The main functions of merchant banking are the following; Corporate counselling, project counselling, pre-investment studies, capital restructuring, credit syndication and project finance, issue management and underwriting, portfolio management, working capital finance, acceptance creat and bill discounting.
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Trang 2• Merchant Banking
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Trang 3Merchant Banking – An
Overview
• The financial services sector is an
important constituent of the financial
system and plays a significant role in the realm of economic development of a
country
• Merchant Banking is a prominent
component of the financial sector of our
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Overview
• Merchant banking, although a
non-banking financial activity, resembles
banking function
• The function of merchant banking which originated, and grew in Europe, was
enriched by American patronage, and
these services are now being provided
throughout the world by both banking and non-banking institutions 4
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Overview
• The word ‘Merchant Banking’ originated
among the Dutch and the Scottish traders, and was later on developed and
professionalized in Britain
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Overview
• In the U.S., investment bankers cater to
the needs of business enterprises carrying out merchant banking functions The main functions of merchant banking are the
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Overview
4 Capital restructuring
5 Credit syndication and project finance
6 Issue management and underwriting
7 Portfolio management
8 Working capital finance
9 Acceptance creat and bill discounting
10 Mergers, Amalgamations and takeovers
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Overview
11 Venture capital
12 Lease financing
13 Foreign currency finance
14 Fixed deposit broking
15 Mutual funds
16 Relief to sick industries
17 Project appraisal
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Management
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• The management of securities of the
corporate sector offered to the public on a regular basis, and existing shareholders
on a rights basis, is known as ‘public issue management’
• Issue management is an important
function of merchant bankers and lead
managers
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• The management of issues for raising
funds through various types of instruments
by companies is known as ‘issue
management’
• A fast growing economy like Pakistan
offers tremendous scope for issue
management and the merchant bankers
provide their skills and expertise to
companies in the management of capital
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• Corporate enterprise use several sources for raising funds from the capital market
• Issue of securities constitutes an important mode of raising such finances
• Security issues takes the following forms;
1. Public issue
2. Right issue
3. Private placement 13
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Public issue of securities:
• When capital funds are raised through the issue of a prospectus, it is called ‘public
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Public issue of securities:
• The prospectus has to disclose all the
essential facts about the company to the prospective purchasers of the shares
• SECP insists on the adequacy of
disclosure of information that should serve
as the basis for investors to make a
decision about the investment of their
money
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Right issue:
• When shares are issued to the existing
shareholding of a company on a privileged basis, it is called as ‘Rights Issue’
• The existing shareholders have a
pre-emptive right to subscribe to the new issue
of shares
• Rights shares are offered as additional
issues by corporates to mop up further
capital funds 16
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• In this case, no prospectus is issued, since
it is presumed that the investors have
sufficient knowledge and experience and are capable of evaluating the risks of the investment 17
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Public issue of securities:
• Private placement covers shares,
preference shares and debentures
• The role of financial intermediary, such as merchant bankers and lead managers,
assumes greater significance in private
placement
• They involve themselves in the task of
preparing an offer memorandum and
negotiating with investors 18
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Public issue of securities:
Private placement obviously commands an advantage over the public issue on the
following grounds;
1. Speed and confidentiality of issue
2. Access to capital market more quickly
than a public issue which may take 6
months to one year Time taken by
private placement is just 2 to 3 months.19
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Public issue of securities:
3 Less expensive method of raising capital
because of fewer compliance procedures
4 Advantageous to small companies which
cannot afford a public issue because of the expense involved
5 Ideally suited to companies which need
only relatively limited amount of capital
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• Issue Manager
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Issue Manager
• Any financial institution / intermediary
which can carry out the activities
connected with issue management, is
registered with SECP, and can follow its
regulations and guidelines, is capable of venturing into issue management
• Issue management is an important activity for merchant bankers
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Issue Manager (Requirements)
The Issue manager needs to satisfy the
following requirements before being allowed
by the SECP to carry out various issue
management activities;
1. Adequate and necessary infrastructure
such as adequate office space,
equipments and manpower to effectively discharge activities
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Issue Manager (Requirements)
2 Minimum number of two persons
needed, who are professionally qualified
in Law, Finance or Banking management and have the experience to conduct the business of the merchant banker
3 Fulfilling the capital adequacy
requirements, i.e a minimum net worth of
Rs 5 crores
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Categories of Issue managers
• SECP has classified Issue managers into four categories as follows;
• Merchant banker who is authorized to act
as issue manager, advisor, consultant,
underwriter and portfolio manager
• Merchant banker who is authorized to act only as advisor, consultant, underwriter and portfolio manager 26
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Categories of Issue managers
• Merchant banker who is authorized to act
as underwriter, advisor to an issue
• Merchant banker who is authorized to act only as advisor or consultant to an issue
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• Role of Issue manager
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Role of Issue manager
The merchant banker as an issue
manager is helpful is the following ways;
1 Easy floatation:
• An issue manager acts as an
indispensable pilot facilitating a public /
right issue This is made possible with the help of a repository of special skills
possessed by him to execute the
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2 Financial consultant:
• An issue manager essentially acts as a
financial architect, by providing advice
relating to capital structuring, capital
gearing and financial planning for the
company
3 Underwriting:
• An issue manager allows for underwriting the issues of securities made by corporate enterprise This ensures due subscription
of the issue
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4 Market makers:
• Merchant bankers, an issue managers
often act as the market makers for the
issues lead managed by them
• They invest, continue to hold and provide, buy and sell quotes for the listed scrips of the company
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5 Due diligence:
• The issue manager has to comply with SECP guidelines
• The merchant banker will carry out
activities with due diligence and furnish a Due Diligence Certificate to SECP
• SECP has also prescribed a code of
conduct for merchant bankers
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Activities involved in public issue
management:
• There are several activities that have to be performed by the issue manager in order
to raise money from the capital market
• Adequate planning needs to be done while chalking out an appropriate marketing
strategy
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Activities involved in public issue
management:
• The various activities involved in raising funds from the capital markets are the following;
Pre-issue Activities:
1. Signing of MoU
2. Obtaining appraisal note
3. Optimum capital structure 35
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Activities involved in public issue
management:
4 Convening meeting
5 Appointment of financial intermediary
6 Preparing documents
7 Due diligence certificate
8 Submission of offer document
9 Finalization of collection centres36
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Activities involved in public issue
management:
10 Filing with RoC
11 Launching the issue
12 Promoter’s contribution
13 Issue closure
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issues
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Methods of marketing securities:
• Following are the various methods being adopted by corporate entities for
marketing the securities in the New Issues Market;
1. Pure prospectus method
2. Offer for sale method
3. Private placement method
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Methods of marketing securities:
4 Initial public offers (IPOs) method
5 Right issue method
6 Bonus issue method
7 Book-building method
8 Stock option method
9 Bought-out deals method
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Pure prospectus method:
• The method whereby a corporate
enterprise mops up capital funds from the general public by means of an issue of a prospectus, is called ‘pure prospectus
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Pure prospectus method:
Advantages:
• The pure prospectus method of marketing the securities serves as an excellent mode
of disclosure of all the information
pertaining to the issue The method
promotes confidence of investors through transparency and non-discriminatory basis
of allotment
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Pure prospectus method:
Drawbacks:
1. High issue costs
2. Time consuming
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Offer for Sale method:
• Where the marketing of securities takes place through intermediaries, such as
issue houses, stockbrokers and others, it
is a case of ‘Offer for Sale Method’
• Under this method, the sale of securities takes place in two stages
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Offer for Sale method:
• First stage, the issuer company makes an en-block sale of securities to
intermediaries such as the issue houses and share brokers at an agreed price
• Second stage, the securities are re-sold to ultimate investors at a market-related
price The difference between the
purchase price and the issue price
constitutes ‘profit’ for the intermediaries.45
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Offer for Sale method:
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Private Placement Method:
• A method of marketing of securities
whereby the issuer makes the offer of sale
to individuals and institutions privately
without the issue of a prospectus is known
as ‘Private Placement Method’
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Private Placement Method:
Advantages:
1. Less expensive as various types of costs
associated with the issue are borne by
the issue houses and other
intermediaries
2. Placement of securities suits the
requirements of small companies
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Private Placement Method:
Disadvantages:
1. Concentration of securities in a few
hands
2. Depriving the common investors of an
opportunity to subscribe to the issue, thus affecting their confidence level
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Initial Public Offer (IPO) Method:
• The public issue made by a corporate
entity for the first time in its life is called
‘Initial Public Offer’ (IPO)
• Under this method of marketing, securities are issued to successful applicants on the basis of the orders placed by them,
through their brokers
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Initial Public Offer (IPO) Method:
• The job of selling the stock is entrusted to
a popular intermediary, the underwriter
Advantage:
The biggest advantage of this method of
marketing of securities is that there is no
need for the investors to part with the money even before the shares are allotted in his