PB FINTECH BLOCK DEAL
Block deals worth over Rs 9,947 crore this week. HDFC Bank, Infosys, Adani Ports among stocks with major action
In the large cap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals worth Rs 5,725 crore led by HDFC Bank with 43 block counts totalling to Rs 2,446 crore. The next in line were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Rs 469 crore), Godrej Consumer (Rs 421 crore), TVS Motor Company (358 crore), Infosys (Rs 339 crore), Interglobe Aviation (Indigo, Rs 288 crore) and Maruti Suzuki (Rs 218 crore).
Top startup and tech stories this week
Welcome to a brand new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories that we covered this week. Here’s a recap if you missed them.
Global firms buy PB Fintech stakes from early backers
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have lapped up shares in Gurugram-based listed fintech firm PB Fintech, as its founders and early investors sold their shares, in full or in part, in multiple tranches. These transactions happened through bulk deals when several early-stage investors of the company exited the firm fully or partly after 2021, when it went public.
Are FIIs getting into a big buy mode in India? Dipan Mehta answers
On days of positive FII flows largecap stocks will do exceptionally well because those are the ones that they really are targeting and if FII buying, even FII selling, stops in some of the largecap index stocks, local money will ensure that the stock prices move up, says Dipan Mehta
Block deals worth over Rs 40,543 crore this week. Indus Towers, HAL, Suzlon Energy among stocks with major action
Despite the Nifty index closing the shortened trading week with a slight increase of 0.4%, significant activity was observed in block deals. Over three dozen companies across various market caps saw block deals worth a total of ₹40,543 crore, involving both buying and selling.
Goldman Sachs sells 44.20 lakh shares worth Rs 183 crore in Paytm via block deal
As per the shareholding data of One 97 Communications, Goldman Sachs Singapore held 84,01,067 shares or 1.32% stake in the fintech payment platform. Paytm shares on Tuesday settled in the red, breaking their two-sessions winning streak.
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Block deals worth over Rs 7,640 crore this week. Chandrababu Naidu’s Heritage Foods, Adani Ports see top action
The week was an eventful one. Besides the general election results, D-Street saw some prominent block deals which included over three dozen companies from large, mid and smallcap segments. Shares worth Rs 7,640 crore were traded on screen, which included both buying and selling.
Tencent sells Rs 415.7-cr PB Fintech shares
Tencent Cloud Europe BV divested ₹415.7 crore worth of PB Fintech shares in a bulk transaction on the NSE, selling 33 lakh shares at ₹1,259.7 each.
RBI cracks down on payment frauds; layoffs at Simpl
The central bank is setting up a panel headed by former NPCI chief Abhaya Hota to take on payment frauds. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
PB Fintech shares climb over 5% amid block deal
PB Fintech, an online insurance aggregator, saw its shares surge by 5.2% to Rs 1,360 in Thursday's trading on the BSE following a block deal. This transaction, valued at around Rs 428 crore, represented a 0.73% stake in the company.
A quarter of hits & a few misses; and other top tech, startup stories
Welcome to another edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter. This is Pranav Mukul in New Delhi. This week we’ve wrapped up another compelling quarterly earnings season for listed new-age companies from Zomato and Delhivery to Paytm and PB Fintech.
Stocks in news: Vodafone Idea, Biocon, PB Fintech, ZEEL, JSW Steel
Shares of ZEEL, JSW Steel, Godrej Industries, Glaxo and Sobha will be in focus as the companies will announce their quarterly results.
PB Fintech's Dahiya, Bansal likely to sell stakes worth Rs 1,053 crore
Dahiya plans to sell up to 54 lakh shares, while Alok Bansal intends to sell up to 29.70 lakh shares, valuing the deal at about ₹1,053 crore at the floor price.
PB Fintech's top executives to offload marginal stakes; floor price at Rs 1,258
Substantial portions of the proceeds from the sale will be used to make the payment of taxes on current and future ESOP exercises. ESOPs are subject to payment of taxes on exercise in addition to the payment of capital gain tax on the sale of shares. Post the sale Yashish Dahiya will continue to have a 4.83% stake and Alok Bansal will have a 1.63% stake in PB Fintech on a fully diluted basis.
Atlan’s valuation nearly doubles; decoding PB Fintech’s FY24 financials
Data collaboration software startup Atlan has raised $105 million at nearly double the valuation since its last round. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Paytm’s lending biz in trouble; inside Tata Digital’s top-level churn
Happy Wednesday! Paytm’s lending business has hit a roadblock as partner NBFCs have stopped issuing loans. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Block deals worth over Rs 12,045 crore this week. Kotak Bank, Vodafone Idea among stocks with major action
In the large cap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals on the screen which were worth Rs 6,046 crore led by Kotak Mahindra Bank with 29 block counts, totalling to Rs 1,310 crore.
Rs 16,600-cr worth block deals take place this week; Mankind Pharma, Shriram Finance see significant action
In the largecap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals.
Sensex rises for 5th session, gains 282 points; Nifty closes at new high riding on auto stocks
Among the Sensex stocks, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma, and Maruti closed higher, while L&T, Wipro, TCS, Tata Motors, and Axis Bank ended with cuts. The market capitalisation of all listed companies on BSE surged by Rs 2.17 lakh crore to Rs 391.7 lakh crore.
Policybazaar shares jump 7% on IRDAI's license upgrade for PB Fintech's arm
The insurance regulator upgraded the license of the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Policybazaar Insurance Brokers Private Limited to 'Composite Insurance Broker' from 'Direct Insurance Broker'
Temasek sells entire holding in Policybazaar for Rs 2,425 crore
According to BSE block deals data, Claymore Investments (Mauritius), a Temasek entity, sold 2.44 crore shares of PB Fintech at Rs 992.8 per share, valuing the transaction at Rs 2,425 crores.
Temasek Holdings exits PB Fintech; sells entire 5.42% stake for Rs 2,425 crore
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings on Thursday sold its entire 5.42 per cent stake in Policybazaar's parent firm PB Fintech for Rs 2,425 crore through open market transactions. Temasek Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary Claymore Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd sold the shares of PB Fintech in three tranches on the BSE.
RBI's draft rules on fintech SRO; Pixxel unveils mega facility
The main idea behind the guidelines is to empower the fledgling sector to function and innovate responsibly even in the absence of formal regulations.
Softbank takes home Rs 914 crore via 2.5% stake sale in PB Fintech
This is the second sale in two months, and this time the investment major accrued a higher profit, thanks to the rally in the market. In October, Softbank had sold 2.5% stake in the owner of Policybazaar for Rs 871 crore.
PB Fintech shares jump 6% on likely block deal
PB Fintech shares have rallied over 80% in the last 12 months and have outperformed Nifty which has returned over 15% during this period. The stock is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs).
SoftBank may offload $135-million worth stake in Zomato via block deal: Report
SoftBank has been gradually paring stake in Zomato post the lock-in for Blinkit deal ended in August. As of June end, the Japanese investor, through its affiliate, held 3.35%, which came down to 2.17% in September.
Softbank eyes $150-million share sale in Delhivery via block deals: Report
As of September end, Softbank, through its entity Svf Doorbell (Cayman) held 14.46% stake in the company
SoftBank sells 2.5% stake in PB Fintech for Rs 869 cr; Goldman Sachs, Nomura among buyers
SoftBank which was one of the early investors in India's tech companies, has been gradually paring stakes in the firms. Earlier in August, it had sold 1.17% in Zomato through bulk deals. Prior to that in July, SoftBank had offloaded about 2% stake in Paytm. In May, SoftBank sold 2.07% stake in the fintech major through a series of open market transactions.
Japan’s SoftBank Group likely sells 2.5% stake in PB Fintech via block deal
Kotak Mahindra Capital is the banker handling the share sale, reports said. As of June-end, SoftBank, through its entity SVF Python II ( Cayman) Ltd, held a 4.39% stake in PB Fintech.
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