Adani Enterprises Ltd. and Adani Transmission Ltd., two companies of Gautam Adani’s group, have received approval to raise up to $2.6bn in a Qualified Institutional Placement. The board of the flagship company, Adani Enterprises, approved up to $1.5bn, while Adani Transmission can seek up to $1.1bn via similar means. The shares of Adani Group were hit by allegations of accounting fraud and stock manipulation by US short-seller Hindenburg Research earlier this year. The move to raise funds comes as the group looks to win back investors and continue its comeback strategy.
Market expects one more rate cut as inflation stays benign
Indian economists and bond market experts expect another quarter percentage point cut in policy rates. This follows the Reserve Bank of India’s recent rate reduction