Soft underwriting
Where the underwriter takes up only its share of devolvement — underwriting commitment less procurement — if public response is insufficient, so liability arises later and risk is lower.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Anchor investorA qualified institutional buyer allotted shares a day before a book-built issue opens — at least Rs 10 crore on the main board or Rs 2 crore on the SME exchange — under a discretionary, locked-in allocation.
- ASBAThe mandatory payment mechanism for public and rights issues, in which your bank blocks the application money in your own account and debits it only if you actually get an allotment.
- Non-Institutional InvestorThe residual public-issue category for applicants who are neither retail individual investors nor qualified institutional buyers — in practice anyone bidding for more than Rs 2 lakh without being a QIB.
- Preferential issueAn issue of specified securities by a listed issuer to a select person or group on a private placement basis — excluding public, rights, bonus and ESOP issues, QIPs, sweat equity and overseas depository receipts.
- Qualified Institutions PlacementA fast route by which an already-listed company places eligible securities privately with Qualified Institutional Buyers, without the prospectus and timetable of a public issue.
- Red Herring ProspectusThe offer document used in a book-built public issue, containing every disclosure a prospectus carries except the final price or number of shares, filed with the Registrar before the issue opens.
Where this is taught
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