Mauritius Financial News

Foreign investors continued their relentless selling in the Indian equity markets in August, offloading shares worth Rs 21,201 crore due to the unwinding of the yen carry trade, recession fears in the US and ongoing geopolitical conflicts. This came after an inflow of Rs 32,365 crore in July and Rs 26,565 crore in June, data with the depositories showed. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused funds in these two months on the expectation of sustained economic growth, continued reform measures, better-than-expected earnings season and political stability.

Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius said IPE Plus Fund and IPE Plus Fund 1, which were mentioned in the Hindenburg report as investment vehicles in which Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch were investors, are not licensees of the regulator and are not domiciled in Mauritius. The Mauritius regulator, responding to the Hindenburg report, clarified that its legislative framework does not allow the creation of shell companies.

Mint on Wednesday in response to a questionnaire. After Hindenburg's Mauritius claim, the island country's financial services regulator in a press statement on Tuesday denied the fund being registered there. “We wish to clarify that IPE Plus Fund and IPE Plus Fund 1 are not licensees of the FSC and are not domiciled in Mauritius," the Mauritius Financial Services Commission said in the statement.

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), in a press release, made several announcements after a board meeting was held on Wednesday. These announcements included agreements and approvals of proposed sales. MTNL entered a service agreement with BSNL for a 10-year period. The agreement can be revoked by mutual consent of the two parties by giving a six-month notice.

Hindenburg dropped a bomb last week accusing the chairperson of Secutiries and Exchange Bureau of India (Sebi) Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband of investing in offshore funds which was used by two Adani associates to round-trip funds and inflate stock prices. Amid the row, industrialist Harsh Goenka has a funny take on this. He shared a funny video showing how a man pretends to spike one's drink to manipulate the other person. Goenka wrote, «Understand in a simple way how Hindenburg works.»

Interarch Building Products has announced a price band of Rs 850-900 for its upcoming Rs 1,186.11 crore initial public offering (IPO), which will open on August 19 and close on August 21. The IPO consists of a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 200 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 44.48 lakh with a face value of Rs 10 each share. At the upper price band of Rs 900, the OFS would be worth about Rs 400.28 crore.

Adani Group companies fell by up to 7% Monday as the sentiment soured following fresh allegations by the US-based short-seller Hindenburg that Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband, Dhaval Buch, held stakes in Bermuda and Mauritius-based offshore funds used by Gautam Adani's brother, Vinod Adani, to «amass and trade large positions in shares of Adani Group.» After the initial drop on Monday, some Adani stocks recovered later in the day. Adani Wilmar, Adani Total Gas, and Adani Energy Solutions ended about 4% lower, while NDTV, Sanghi Industries, and Adani Port fell between 2% and 3%.

Narendra Modi government over the Hindenburg Research's allegations against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch, the Congress on Monday threatened to launch a nationwide protest if its demand for a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) probe into the matter is not accepted. AICC general secretary (Organisation), K C Venugopal, described the allegations as «very serious» and accused the Prime Minister of supporting Adani on the matter. «The Prime Minister's silence on the matter amounts to a destruction of credibility,» Venugopal told reporters at the airport here.

Hindenburg Research on Sunday responded to Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch's statement from the weekend that accused the short-seller of attempting a "character assassination" of the Buchs. In a post on its X account, the short-seller said that the markets regulator boss' response «raises numerous new critical questions,» and «includes several important admissions.» The Buchs had, on Sunday, addressed the allegations made by Hindenburg Research, dismissing them as “baseless,” Sebi chief Madhabi and her husband Dhaval said the US-based short-seller is resorting to character assassination in response to a show-cause notice issued by the regulator in connection with Hindenburg's earlier report on Adani.

IRFC, Vodafone Idea, Adani Enterprises, Honasa Consumer, Siemens, Jubilant FoodWorks among others will be in focus due to various news developments and first quarter results IRFC, Vodafone Idea, NMDC, Hudco, SJVN Voltas Shares of IRFC, Vodafone Idea, NMDC, Hudco, SJVN and Voltas will be in focus as the companies will announce their first quarter results today.

Hindenburg Research as “baseless ”, Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch today said the US-based short-seller is resorting to character assasination in response to a show-cause notice issued by the regulator in the Adani controversy. “It is unfortunate that Hindenburg Research against whom SEBI has taken an Enforcement action and issued a show cause notice has chosen to attempt character assassination in response to the same,” the husband-wife duo said in a late night statement.

Hindenburg Research alleged that Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and her husband Dhaval Buch held stakes in an offshore fund with significant investments from Vinod Adani, brother of Gautam Adani. These entities were allegedly involved in a network used by Vinod Adani to siphon money, raising questions about SEBI's impartiality due to potential conflicts of interest. According to the Hindenburg report, on March 22, 2017, days before Madhabi Puri Buch’s appointment as SEBI chairperson, her husband contacted Mauritius fund administrator Trident Trust regarding their investment in the Global Dynamic Opportunities Fund (GDOF). “In the letter, Dhaval Buch requested to 'be the sole person authorised to operate the Accounts', seemingly moving the assets out of his wife's name ahead of the politically sensitive appointment,” alleged the report.

IndusInd International Holdings (IIHL), the winning bidder to take over Reliance Capital Ltd has transferred Rs 2,750 crore to a designated escrow amount in line with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) directions, one person with the direct knowledge of the transfer said. «The money was received on Saturday morning which is what the court had directed. IIHL has also given a binding term sheet by banks which has details of the loans they will raise to finnance the transaction,» this person said. On Thursday a NCLT bench, comprising Justices Virendrasingh G Bisht and Prabhat Kumar, directed IIHL to implement the resolution plan by August 10 and deposit the equity component of Rs 2,750 crore in an escrow account designated by the committee of creditors (CoC).

dal poori in Mauritius, but one which is very different from the original, and which is rooted in East Africa," he says. These kinds of culinary adaptations became more marked just after the partition of India in 1947—an unprecedented migration of people in history. In May 2020, The Partition Museum, Amritsar, spent a week highlighting food memories related to this.

Mumbai: Seven years after losing the tax edge that had made it India's second-biggest source of capital, Mauritius is eyeing a comeback, this time through the GIFT City route. The island nation's International Financial Centre (IFC) is considering opening an office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), a top Mauritius minister said. A large Mauritius delegation currently visiting India will meet officials of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to discuss areas of collaboration, including equivalence between the two.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the creation of an “investment-friendly charter’ during the ninth Governing Council Meeting of the Niti Aayog on 27 July. This charter will outline policies, programmes and processes to attract more investments. Despite India’s potential, foreign direct investment (FDI) data shows that the country has not fully capitalized on its opportunities.

Qatar Investment Authority, SBI Mutual Fund, and foreign investment funds Nomura and Citigroup were the biggest buyers of shares in Adani group's power transmission unit's $1 billion QIP, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The Rs 8,373.10 crore (USD 1 billion) qualified institutional placement (QIP) of Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL), which closed last week, saw over 120 investors seek shares in the firm that is into power transmission, distribution and smart metering business.

equities in July on the back of expectation of continued policy reforms and sustained economic growth and better-than-expected earnings season. However, they pulled Rs 1,027 crore from equities in the first two trading sessions of this month (August 1-2), data with the depositories showed. There has been a mixed trend with respect to FPI flows following the budget announcement on increase in capital gains tax on equity investments.

Ravi Kishan is on a mission to change how the world perceives the Bhojpuri language. Recently, he introduced a private member Bill in the Lok Sabha, aiming to include Bhojpuri in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. This move, according to Kishan, is long overdue. For the unversed, the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution defined 14 languages in 1950. These included Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. In 1967, the 21st amendment to the constitution added Sindhi as one of the languages in the eighth schedule.

Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, ICICI Prudential MF and Societe Generale, on Friday acquired stakes in Netweb Technologies India for Rs 458 crore through open market transactions. As per the data available on NSE, Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, Discovery Global Opportunity Mauritius, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, Invesco MF, Societe Generale and Union MF bought a total of 20,54,795 shares or 3.64 per cent stake in Netweb Technologies India. Shares were picked up at an average price of Rs 2,232.10 apiece, taking the combined deal value to Rs 458.65 crore.

capital markets regulator SEBI to float an initial public offering (IPO). The size of the proposed IPO would be around Rs 850 crore, sources said.