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The founder of the muckraking financial research firm Hindenburg Research says he is disbanding the organization after finishing the work it set out to do

Adani Group bonds fell 5-10 cents Thursday after a US court indicted chairman Gautam Adani and senior executives over allegations of paying $265 million in bribes to secure solar power contracts in India. Adani Green Energy’s March-issued bond offering 6.7% dropped as much as 15 cents, trading at 78/ 79 cents on the dollar in the early trades. This saw some recovery and closed at 82/83 cents from 94 cents Wednesday

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. The shares of Adani group companies plunged on Thursday after the US indicted chairman Gautam Adani and other executives for allegedly bribing Indian officials.

Super Micro Computer lost a quarter of its market value by midday Wednesday after the server technology company said it was delaying the filing of its annual report

regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will have a new look as two members exit after the end of their respective terms to make way for two incoming candidates. The Sebi chief, while also a full-time member of the board, reports to it. IIM Bangalore professor V Ravi Anshuman and bureaucrat Manoj Govil, who joined the board in 2019 and 2022, respectively, are exiting. The former's five-year tenure with the regulator has ended and the latter's role is being reassigned from corporate affairs secretary to expenditure secretary at the Centre.

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.

Adani bombshell last year, Hindenburg Research has hinted at another 'big' India reveal. Hindenburg Research on Saturday, in a post on X(formerly Twitter), said, «Something big soon India.» On January 24 last year, Hindenburg Research published a report sharply criticizing the Adani Group just before the planned share sale of Adani Enterprises. The report led to an $86 billion decline in the market value of Adani Group's stocks and triggered a significant sell-off of its overseas listed bonds.

(Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship firm is considering raising around 100 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) to 120 billion rupees through a share sale, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would follow a separate recent fundraising deal at his power transmission unit. Adani Enterprises Ltd. may seek to raise funds through a so-called qualified institutional placement, or QIP, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.

Adani Energy Solutions, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, is likely to launch a share sale this week to raise more than $600 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The sale of existing shares will be Adani Group's first fundraise from equity markets after a $2.5 billion share sale was scrapped in February last year after U.S.-based short seller Hindenburg Research accused the group of improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation.

Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL). According to a January note by American brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald, AEL "is at the core of everything India wants to accomplish." The company functions as an incubator for Adani's businesses. Many have been spun out and become leading players in their respective sectors.

Investing.com-- Shares of listed firms under the Adani Group fell on Monday after Bloomberg reported that the U.S. government had widened its investigation of the conglomerate over suspicions of bribery.

Investing.com-- Adani Group is marketing a $409 million bond in potentially its first dollar debt sale after a damning short seller report last year, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

Catch all the LIVE updates on Adani Hindenburg Case Verdict hereThe Hindenburg Research said that the seven listed companies of the Adani group, have an 85% downside on a fundamental basis due to sky-high valuations, Hindenburg said in the report.The report pointed out the debt on the company. "Key listed Adani companies have also taken on substantial debt, including pledging shares of their inflated stock for loans, putting the entire group on precarious financial footing.

Gautam Adani and his conglomerate by storm. Since the turn of the year, Adani’s company was accused of corporate misdoings, the Opposition said the Centre favoured him over others, the Supreme Court got involved, and his investors lost money. Yet, as we approach the end of 2023, he has yet to be charged for any of the allegations.

The Adani Group stocks have had a rollercoaster ride since the start of the year. As the year comes to a close. Here is a look at how the stocks have performed thus far in 2023. In a late January report, US-based short seller Hindenburg Research accused the Adani Group of accounting fraud, stock price manipulation, and improper use of tax havens. This led to a significant stock market downturn for the Adani group shares, wiping out close to $150 billion in market value at its lowest point.

Adani’s crucial relationships have held up surprisingly well. One, his proximity to India’s government appears intact, even though opposition politicians have relentlessly attacked the businessman from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat for currying favors, allegations that Adani has always denied — and Modi has just ignored. Two, the former centibillionaire’s clout with bankers seems to have escaped unscathed. The acquisitive Indian conglomerate, which expanded its assets nearly threefold in four years, continues to have sizable relationships with 20 global banks.

After a critical report by Hindenburg Research, Ad... moreAfter a critical report by Hindenburg Research, Adani group promoters have raised ₹39,400 crore by diluting stakes in their companies.

Adani Enterprises share price ended 3.51% lower, Adani Total Gas share price closed down 2.24% , Adani Energy Solutions share price concluded 3.53% lower, Adani Green Energy share price ended 3.76% lower, Adani Ports & Special Economic share price settled down 3.18%, ACC share price closed 0.73% higher, Ambuja Cements share price ended down 3.66%, NDTV share price closed 1.92% lower, Adani Power share price was down by 1.93% and Adani Wilmar share price closed 2.70% down, on Thursday, August 31. Also Read: Adani stocks fall up to 4%; m-cap of all 10 stocks drops over ₹35,000 crore in a day According to exchanges data, the total market-capitalisation of all 10 stocks was almost 10.84 lakh crore in the previous session but fell to almost 10.49 lakh crore on August 31, losing about ₹35,000 crore in a single day.

By Krishn Kaushik, Aditya Kalra and Scott Murdoch

Adani Ports confirmed media reports about Deloitte's exit as auditor on Saturday while asserting that the reasons cited by the accounting giant were ‘not convincing’. Deloitte had reportedly voiced concern about certain transactions flagged by the Hindenburg report earlier this year that the company did not wish to scrutinise independently. The Adani Group company has said that MSKA and Associates Chartered Accountants will be taking over as APSEZ auditor.

By Niket Nishant