The IPO year of Reliance Capital Limited is 2002
Initial public offering is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
Reliance Capital Limited, a non-banking financial company, primarily engages in lending and investing activities in India. It operates through Finance & Investment, General Insurance, Life Insurance, Commercial Finance, and Others segments. The company offers life, health, and general insurance products; brokerage and distribution services, including equities, commodities and derivatives, wealth management services, portfolio management services, and financial products; and commercial finance services, such mortgages, loans against property, SME loans, loans for vehicles, loans for construction equipment, business loans, infrastructure financing, and retail finance. It also provides asset reconstruction, and proprietary investments services, as well as other financial and allied services. The company was formerly known as Reliance Capital & Finance Trust Limited and changed its name to Reliance Capital Limited in January 1995. Reliance Capital Limited was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Mumbai, India.