The crisis engulfing Gautam Adani is worsening as his conglomerate's shares and bonds tumble to new lows, heightening concern about the Indian billionaire's ...
After drawing money from the Middle East and other Indian billionaires to shore up a $2.4 billion share sale, he then abruptly pulled it late Wednesday to protect investors. [Gautam Adani](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/adani-in-crisis-as-bonds-hit-distressed-levels-stock-sale-axed)’s businesses have lost $107 billion in a week, one of the biggest wipeouts in history, after an explosive report by short-seller Hindenburg Research shook his empire, forced him to pull a [stock sale](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/adani-s-flagship-firm-pulls-2-4-billion-share-sale-amid-selloff) at the 11th hour and had some lenders reject his securities as collateral.
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani broke his silence and defended his industrial empire despite a cancelled $2.4bn share sale in the wake of a short-seller ...
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Adani Group's market losses swelled to more than $100 billion and sparking worries about their potential systemic impact on Thursday a day after its ...
Maybank Securities and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority had bid for the anchor portion of the issue, investments which will now be reimbursed by Adani. Adani stocks plunged, opposition lawmakers called for a wider probe and India's central bank sprang into action to check on the exposure of banks to the group. It said it has always made the necessary regulatory disclosures. Adani Enterprises - described as an incubator of Adani's businesses - has lost $26 billion in market capitalisation. Adani Group entities made scheduled dollar-denominated bonds on Thursday, Reuters reported citing sources. 24, group companies have lost nearly half their combined market value. 7, which would make the shares less appealing to sustainability-minded funds. Aborting the share sale sent shockwaves across markets, politics and business. [exposed to](/business/finance/india-cenbank-asks-countrys-banks-details-exposure-adani-group-sources-2023-02-02/) about 40% of the $24.5 billion of Adani Group debt in the fiscal year to March 2022. [(ADAG.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ADAG.NS), Adani Green Energy [(ADNA.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ADNA.NS) and Adani Transmission [(ADAI.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ADAI.NS), while Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone shed nearly 7%. [(C.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/C.N) wealth unit [stopped](/business/finance/citigroup-wealth-unit-stops-margin-loans-against-india-adanis-securities-source-2023-02-02/) making margin loans to clients against Adani Group securities.
Adani Enterprises shares came under pressure from 24 January when a US-based forensic financial research firm, Hindenburg Research released a report ...
From the closing price of 24 January when the Hindenburg report came out, Adani Enterprises shares have fallen around 47%. The banking regulator has reportedly already reached out to some of the major banks which are the lenders to the group and is engaging with lenders to verify the exposure details. The interest of the investors is paramount.” The mayhem continued for investors on Thursday as Adani Enterprises shares tanked 10% in the morning trade to hit an intraday low of Rs 1,809 on BSE. The company said that in view of the current market volatility, it would seek to ‘protect its investing community’ by returning the proceeds of the FPO. It will also look into any possible irregularities in a share sale by its flagship company, according to a Reuters report. Hindenburg was quick to respond to Adani’s reply, and reiterated its allegations that Adani is a fraud. In its response, Adani failed to specifically answer 62 of them. Adani Enterprises share price rout continued on Thursday as the scrip fell nearly 15% to below Rs 2,000 after the company withdrew its fully subscribed FPO. The company accused Hindenburg of being an “unethical short seller”. and sabotage the FPO from Adani Enterprises. It tanked 16% on 27 January, the first day of the company’s Rs 20,000 crore IPO. Six days after the company proposed India’s largest-ever FPO, Hindenburg Research released its explosive report.
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani suffered a major setback after his flagship company abandoned its $2.5-billion share sale.
Early on Thursday, Adani said in a video address the “interest of my investors is paramount and everything is secondary. Adani Group has said the Hindenburg claim of stock manipulation has “no basis” and stems from an ignorance of Indian law. [Hindenburg Research](https://hindenburgresearch.com/) of assisting Adani Group in alleged stock market manipulation were also underwriters in Adani Enterprises’ $2.5-billion share offering. Anchor investors who had supported the issue included Maybank Securities and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. This decision will not have any impact on our existing operations and future plans,” the billionaire said. Unless Adani is able to regain the confidence of institutional investors, stocks will be in freefall,” Avinash Gorakshakar, head of research at Mumbai-based Profitmart Securities, said. Given these extraordinary circumstances, the company’s board felt that going ahead with the issue will not be morally correct. Over $100 billion has now been wiped off stock values of its seven listed companies over the past week. Adani Group was working with its bankers to refund the proceeds received in the secondary share sale of Adani Enterprises. Early on Wednesday Reuters revealed that India’s market regulator was examining the rout in the shares of Adani Group, looking into several of the allegations made by Hindenburg Research, and any potential irregularities in a share sale by Adani Enterprises. The Congress party’s lawmaker, Manish Tewari, said he will demand a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the matter, ANI reported. In a statement to Indian exchanges, Adani said: “Today the market has been unprecedented, and our stock price has fluctuated over the course of the day.
Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's flagship company says it is reviewing its fundraising options after calling off a $2.5 billion share offering ...
The stock losses on Wednesday cost Adani his title as the richest man in Asia and in India. The opposition parties were pushing for an investigation into the Adani Group by a parliamentary or a Supreme Court-appointed panel. It listed 88 questions for the group to answer. Adani Enterprises said in a statement that it would withdraw the transaction and return the money to its investors. Stocks in six of Adani’s other listed companies sank between 5% and 10%. In a video address Thursday, Adani said the decision to scrap the share offering was made “to insulate the investors from potential losses.”
The group company stock, Adani Enterprises fell ₹561.75, or 26.39%, to ₹1566.95 on February 2.
Since January 24, the market-cap of seven listed Adani Group companies has fallen nearly $100 billion. The group shares have been in a free fall with some bouts of recovery since the Hindenburg Research report came to light late last month. - The group company stock, Adani Enterprises fell ₹561.75, or 26.39%, to ₹1,566.95 on February 2
Adani Group companies extended the selloff to the sixth day after a report by Hindenburg warned of high leverage and fraudulent practices in group companies ...
However, Societe Generale, in a report, said the Indian banking sector's direct exposure to the Adani group was just 0.6%. Global bankers Citigroup and Credit Suisse stopped accepting securities of Adani companies as collateral for margin loans. [Sensex](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indices/sensex_30_companies)and [Nifty](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indices/nifty_50_companies)Track [latest market news](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks), [stock tips](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/recos)and [expert advice](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view)on [ETMarkets](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets). "The balance, at only 0.13%, has a maturity of 1-2 years. Nifty Bank index has lost 5.4% since the New York-based short-seller Hindenburg released its report. The bank has been receiving payments as per the quarterly amortization payment schedule for the same.
Lord Jo Johnson, the former Conservative minister and brother of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson, has resigned as a director of Elara Capital, ...
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Adani's estimated net worth has now dropped below Chinese billionaire Zhong Shanshan—the founder and CEO of beverage giant Nongfu Spring.
On Wednesday, the company announced it had [canceled](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2023/02/01/adani-enterprises-cancels-25-billion-share-sale-amid-fraud-accusations/) a $2.5 billion follow-on public offering of its flagship firm Adani Enterprises due to market volatility. [first public address](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/02/gautam-adani-addresses-scrapped-public-offering-in-first-public-remarks-since-hindenburg-allegations/?sh=13a152c12c7c) to investors amid the ongoing turmoil affecting his companies on Thursday but made no mention of Hindeburg’s allegations that have triggered the issue. [How Gautam Adani Lost More Than $50 Billion In A Week—And His Ranking As Asia’s Richest](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/02/how-gautam-adani-lost-more-than-50-billion-in-a-week-and-his-ranking-as-asias-richest/?sh=31a6102b4480) (Forbes) [Gautam Adani Fails To Address Hindenburg Allegations In First Public Remarks Amid Ongoing Turmoil](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/02/gautam-adani-addresses-scrapped-public-offering-in-first-public-remarks-since-hindenburg-allegations/?sh=23c615842c7c) (Forbes) Before the cancelation announcement, Forbes [reported](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2023/02/01/theres-evidence-that-the-adani-group-likely-bought-into-its-own-25-billion-share-sale/?sh=1f4c0fef4017) that two of the companies accused by Hindenburg Research of aiding the Adani Group in its alleged accounting fraud and stock manipulation were underwriters in the public offering. Last week, Hindenburg [disclosed](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/01/25/adani-group-shares-slide-after-hindenburg-alleges-largest-con-in-corporate-history/?sh=296947693564) a short position against the Adani Group’s listed firms and published a report which accused the conglomerate of engaging in “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades.” While the company has pushed back against the allegations calling them “mischievous,” all of Adani Group’s listed companies have been hit hard on the stock market, [cumulatively losing](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/adani-stock-rout-deepens-after-flagship-firm-pulls-share-sale?srnd=premium-asia) around $108 billion in valuation. [total amount](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/02/how-gautam-adani-lost-more-than-50-billion-in-a-week-and-his-ranking-as-asias-richest/?sh=368e53c24480) that Adani’s fortune has shrunk since Hindenburg’s allegations were made public last week.
Shares in Gautam Adani's businesses plunged further on Thursday after an attempt by the Indian billionaire to reassure panicking investors failed to halt a ...
[Reuters reported](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/business/adani-stocks-plunge-hindenburg-fraud-hnk-intl/index.html) Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was examining the stock price falls and also looking into any possible irregularities in the abortive share sale, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. These range from asking for details on Adani’s offshore entities, to why it has “such a convoluted, interlinked corporate structure.” [Hindenburg Research](http://cnn.com/2023/01/30/business/nightcap-adani-hindenburg-explained/index.html), accused the conglomerate of fraud and manipulating stock markets. “The India story is looking weak” to foreign investors now, he added. They even staged a protest in India’s parliament on Wednesday while the country’s finance minister presented the annual budget. “ Shares in Adani Enterprises plunged 25% Thursday, while shares in his other companies fell 5% to 10%. The Adani Group said at the time that the “leverage ratios” of its companies “continue to be healthy and are in line with the industry benchmarks in the respective sectors. In his video address, Adani said the group’s fundamentals were “strong” and that it had an “impeccable track record of fulfilling” its debt obligations. The research firm questioned the “sky-high valuations” of Adani firms and said their “substantial debt” put the entire group “on a precarious financial footing.” It concluded its report with 88 questions. But it wasn’t enough to calm markets. “For me, the interest of my investors is paramount and everything is secondary,” the 60-year-old businessman said in a
The stock prices of seven Adani group companies have lost significant value with Adani Total Gas shares taking the biggest plunge of 56% since January 24.
Adani’s personal wealth has also taken a significant hit as he slipped on Thursday to the 16th spot in the ranking of the world’s richest person as per Forbes’ list, down from holding the third rank last week. The Billionaire also lost the title of Asia’s richest person to rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. January 31: The now-called-off $2.5 billion FPO by Adani Enterprises was fully subscribed by Tuesday, January 31, which helped it recover to close at ₹2,975 on the BSE, compared to Monday’s ₹2878.50, but it still remained below the floor share price offered by the FPO. According to Bloomberg, the three-day selloff managed to erase about $72 billion in market value of the Group by January 30. The share price of the group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises closed at ₹3,389.85, down from ₹3,442.75 on the Bombay Stock Exchange on January 24. The firm had set a floor price of ₹3,112 ($38.22) a share and a cap of ₹3,276 for the share sale but on the opening day of the offer, the stock had slumped to as low as ₹2,721.65, well below the lower end of the price offering. Here’s a roundup of how Adani stocks have changed since the day of the report’s release: The combined market value of the group shares had plunged by more than 35% in just five trading sessions by Budget day. Despite the recovery from the pre-weekend stock rout, Adani Enterprises ended at ₹2892.8 on NSE, while other Adani portfolio companies- Adani Power, Adani Green Energy, Adani Willmar, Adani Total Gas, and NDTV only saw sellers flocking their counters on Monday. By Friday, January 27, listed companies of the Adani conglomerate, excluding cement and media arms had lost a combined $48 billion in market capitalisation. The entrepreneur said that while the decision to scrap the FPO would have “surprised many”, the group’s board felt it “would not have been morally correct” to proceed with the share sale considering the “volatility of the market” seen on Wednesday. Adani made a video statement on Twitter before markets opened on Thursday morning to reassure investors and explain the unprecedented scrapping of the follow-on public offer (FPO) the night before.
The shock withdrawal of Adani Enterprises' share sale marks a dramatic setback for founder Gautam Adani, the school dropout-turned-billionaire whose fortunes ...
Maybank Securities and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority had bid for the anchor portion of the issue, investments which will now be reimbursed by Adani. It said it has always made the necessary regulatory disclosures. Adani Group entities made scheduled coupon payments on outstanding US dollar-denominated bonds on Thursday, Reuters reported citing sources. Since Hindenburg’s report on January 24, group companies have lost nearly half their combined market value. Aborting the share sale sent shockwaves across markets, politics and business. Meanwhile, Citigroup’s wealth unit stopped making margin loans to clients against Adani Group securities.
A few weeks ago, Gautam Adani was indisputably India's richest man. Now his fortune is slipping away as the stocks of his many companies crash, ...
This is the case in Australia and the US (where Hindenburg and some of its positions in Adani are based). For example, its report says of Adani’s deals to build a rail line to transport coal in Queensland: But if the financials were not generally available, it risks being accused of insider trading. When the time comes to return the stock, they buy shares on the market to “repay” the loan. We uncovered them only by reviewing financials for the private Singaporean Carmichael Rail entity. But this is relatively easy to discover. A corporate bond is much like a loan. It is illegal in most jurisdictions for activist short sellers to profit by spreading false or misleading information. These are financial instruments that allow investors to “bet” on financial outcomes. It’s an “activist short seller”, with a financial incentive in seeing Adani’s stock price fall. The “short seller” makes a contract with a share owner to borrow shares for an agreed period. [US$150 billion](https://www.forbes.com/india-billionaires/list/) in 2022.
The Indian conglomerate looked increasingly isolated amid fraud allegations as banks clamp down on using its bonds as margin collateral.
"If it is correct that Elara was used as a vehicle indirectly by the Adanis then we have to worry about that," the newspaper quoted Desai as saying. The Japanese model is to bring together political leaders and big business to chart a national strategy for continued growth." "If this is not clarified by the [Indian] government they are going to have a serious problem attracting foreign capital." In November, Bloomberg called the gains—as much as 2,000% over four years for some of Adani's stocks—"eyebrow-raising." [Gautam Adani](https://www.investopedia.com/who-is-gautam-adani-7101011), the conglomerate's CEO, said in a video address to investors that his Adani Enterprises flagship canceled the offering "to insulate the investors from potential losses." Adani and Modi have promoted what some in India call the "Gujarat development model," named after both men's home state. Hindenburg cited the rapid gains in Adani share prices over recent years to support its claims of market manipulation. Hindenburg's report quoted two unidentified former traders for Mauritius-based funds run by Elara in alleging Adani used them to conceal the extent of the family's ownership of listed shares in its companies and to manipulate their share prices. [bookrunners](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bookrunner.asp) for the stock sale after Adani's allies in India's business community and among its strategic Middle East investors ensured it was fully subscribed in a last-day push.3 U.S. 5 Adani's own losses, meanwhile, totaled $12.5 billion Wednesday, shrinking his net worth to $72.1 billion, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.6 Adani, a key supporter of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fell to 12th place in the global wealth ranking and second in India behind rival tycoon [Mukesh Ambani](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/012015/where-does-mukesh-ambani-net-worth-come.asp). "Our balance sheet is healthy and assets robust," Adani said in his address to investors. short-seller Hindenburg Research of being a secret Adani affiliate.
Adani Enterprises will be removed from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices following a Media & Stakeholder Analysis triggered by allegations of stock ...
A short seller attack on the conglomerate raises bigger, darker questions about India's credibility as a destination for global investors.
21 on the [Bloomberg Billionaires Index](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/). [Hindenburg Research](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-25/hindenburg-s-anderson-turns-sights-on-adani-after-ev-spac-wins) accused it of stock manipulation and accounting fraud in a Jan. Just 10 days ago, Gautam Adani and his sprawling energy-to-ports empire looked invincible.
"Insrance companies will get a hit from Budget moves. Most of the companies have come out and said that the hit on them might be marginal but some of the ...
The yields of some of their bonds have gone up to as high as 30%. [Sensex](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indices/sensex_30_companies)and [Nifty](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indices/nifty_50_companies)Track [latest market news](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks), [stock tips](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/recos)and [expert advice](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view)on [ETMarkets](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets). Tata Sons has been exploring the possibility of being exempted from a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notification, issued in October 2021, that included it among the top 10 non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in terms of asset size, said people with knowledge of the matter. Growth could slow down in the near term and that is what is getting reflected in stock prices. The government wants to move to a new tax regime, take out whatever is giving you exemption and insurance has been a big industry which in a sense has given tax benefits for years now. In the light of what has come in the Budget, how do you see life insurance companies moving now? On the consumer side, durables, non-durables, selective companies will keep on doing well. I don't really know what is happening out here. [Adani](/topic/adani)bonds is largely driven by what is happening to their global bonds. I can understand that the stock is down but retail investors hardly own it. I don't really know what is happening out here," says [Sandip Sabharwal](/topic/sandip-sabharwal), asksandipsabharwal.com. I think volumes keep on happening in such stocks because of arbitrage etc.
Traders sent shares down more than 25% on Friday despite attempts to restore investor confidence following fraud claims.
After sitting alongside Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates among the world’s richest just a couple of weeks ago, Adani has dropped out of the top 20 once Friday’s share price falls are taken into account. There are also calls for an independent probe into the allegations. There is also the prospect of forced asset sales. The fundraising was pulled because participating investors would have suffered large losses should the sale have gone ahead given falling share price movements. [personal net worth has taken a significant hit](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/31/major-investment-in-adani-group-fails-to-stop-us70bn-slide-in-value-following-allegations), according to the Bloomberg billionaires index. Other listed entities, such as Adani Green Energy and Adani Ports, were also down sharply.
Shares in Adani Group companies continued to plunge on Friday, as the embattled conglomerate grapples with stock market mayhem unleashed after a US short ...
His net worth has now fallen to a little more than $61 billion and claims the 21st spot on Opposition lawmakers have begun asking for a probe into the Hindenburg report. The plunge has wiped out over $29 billion in the firm’s market capitalization. Gautam Adani, the group’s founder, said in a recorded video address on Thursday that the share issue was pulled to protect investors from losses — the stock had been trading well below the offer price since last week. Adani is seen as a close ally of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. Other Adani stocks also slumped on Friday.
Companies of Adani Group saw their share prices extend declines on Friday amid continued selling pressure as well as concern about any systemic impact from ...
Adani Total Gas Ltd – a joint venture with France’s TotalEnergies SE – fell 5%. That took losses to nearly $33.6 billion since last week representing a 70% decline. [lawmakers have called for a wider probe](https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/parliament-adjourned-adani-group-ruckus-8419360/) into the matter, and the [RBI has asked lenders](https://indianexpress.com/article/business/rbi-asks-countrys-banks-details-of-exposure-adani-group-sources-8419306/) for details of their exposure to the group, sources previously told Reuters.
Shares of India's Adani Group companies fell sharply on Friday as ripples from a market rout disrupted parliament for a second day, fanning fears of ...
"One of the big risk factors to watch for now is if more indices remove Adani stocks," said Chanana. It added that over the past decade, group companies have "consistently de-levered". He had been third, after Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault. "Contagion concerns are widening, but still limited to the banking sector," said Charu Chanana, a market strategist with Saxo Markets in Singapore. "We want a joint parliamentary committee (to investigate)," they said. [(RELI.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/RELI.NS) as he has slid to 17th in Forbes' ranking of the world's wealthiest people. It also alleged stock manipulation. 7, which would blunt their appeal for environment-conscious investors. The Adani group said the allegation of stock manipulation had "no basis" and stemmed from ignorance of Indian law. [(APSE.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/APSE.NS) was down 2%, while Adani Transmission Ltd [(ADAI.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ADAI.NS) and Adani Green Energy Ltd [(ADNA.NS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ADNA.NS) slumped 10% each. [has asked lenders](/business/finance/india-cenbank-asks-countrys-banks-details-exposure-adani-group-sources-2023-02-02/) for details of exposure to the group. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story