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Star is set to become the first standalone health insurance company in India to go public. Will its valuation and a resurgent pandemic spoil the party?
Editor's note: Star Health and Allied Insurance’s initial public offer of shares should have been among the highlights of this year’s unending public listing frenzy. After all, at Rs 7,249 crore, it is the third largest in terms of size this year, behind only those of Paytm and Zomato. Yet, Star Health’s draft red herring prospectus, filed ahead of its public issue of shares, has escaped public scrutiny. Unlike the frenzy in the run-up to Paytm and Zomato’s IPOs, Star Health hasn’t attracted any newspaper headlines that deliver verdicts on its draft prospectus or lengthy Twitter threads by analysts dissecting every aspect of its business model. Nothing by way of recommendations for retail investors on YouTube or Instagram as well. Puzzling, given this is a company with a track record of profitability in a sector that is destined to grow. For starters, this is the first standalone health insurer to go public in India. It comes amid fears of a resurgence of the pandemic. And, it precedes the mega-IPO of government-owned Life Insurance Corp. of India, speculated to come up early next …
Star is set to become the first standalone health insurance company in India to go public. Will its valuation and a resurgent pandemic spoil the party?
Editor's note: Star Health and Allied Insurance’s initial public offer of shares should have been among the highlights of this year’s unending public listing frenzy. After all, at Rs 7,249 crore, it is the third largest in terms of size this year, behind only those of Paytm and Zomato. Yet, Star Health’s draft red herring prospectus, filed ahead of its public issue of shares, has escaped public scrutiny. Unlike the frenzy in the run-up to Paytm and Zomato’s IPOs, Star Health hasn’t attracted any newspaper headlines that deliver verdicts on its draft prospectus or lengthy Twitter threads by analysts dissecting every aspect of its business model. Nothing by way of recommendations for retail investors on YouTube or Instagram as well. Puzzling, given this is a company with a track record of profitability in a sector that is destined to grow. For starters, this is the first standalone health insurer to go public in India. It comes amid fears of a resurgence of the pandemic. And, it precedes the mega-IPO of government-owned Life Insurance Corp. of India, speculated to come up early next …
As the smart fan maker gears up for an IPO, prospective investors could do with some clarity on what the company’s next phase of growth will look like.
The stock market regulator is investigating a string of disappointing public listings. The idea is to send a message.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
As the smart fan maker gears up for an IPO, prospective investors could do with some clarity on what the company’s next phase of growth will look like.
The stock market regulator is investigating a string of disappointing public listings. The idea is to send a message.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
