

XED appoints money maker Evermore to address liquidity for a year after GIFT City listing
XED Executive Development, set to be the first company to list on the GIFT City exchanges after its upcoming IPO, has appointed a market maker for one year to address low liquidity on the exchanges.“We have appointed Evermore as our market maker and 5% of the issue has been set aside for market-making purposes,” Piyush Agarwal, chief executive officer of XED Executive Development, toldMint.XED, which provides leadership and management development programmes to senior professionals in over 25 countries, plans to raise $12 million through a dollar-based offering. It will be listed on the NSE International Exchange and the India International Exchange – in GIFT City – in the first week of March.As the first company to list on these exchanges, XED may initially face liquidity challenges.
To manage this, Evermore will provide two-way quotes—buy and sell—whenever there is no counterparty in the market.For IPOs from small and medium enterprises, market making is mandatory for three years. However, market making is not compulsory in GIFT City – XED has opted for a one-year arrangement.Liquidity is expected to improve as more companies list on the GIFT City exchanges and brokers with a large number of non-resident Indian (NRI) clients start to operate in GIFT City.XED plans to raise additional capital in the future and aims to list on multiple exchanges in India and overseas, including possibly Dubai, over the next 18 months.“The next obvious option would be listing on the Indian mainboard.
Once regulations become clearer, we will evaluate whether to list in India or on an international exchange first,” Agarwal said.Currently, dual listings – in GIFT City and India – are not permitted. However, the Securities and Exchange Board
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