HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) Limited is coming out with Offer for sale (OFS) of 2.5 crore shares having face value of Rs. 5 each. The offer will open from June 25, 2018 and will close on July 27, 2018. The price band for the OFS issue is Rs. 1,095 to Rs. 1,100 and the minimum lot size is 13 shares, which implies a minimum investment in the range of Rs. 14,235 to Rs. 14,300.

Last year witnessed beginning of the trend of banks listing their different business arms, providing special business focus and raising funds to independently cater to their growth. We saw a wave of insurance companies being listed from both private and public sectors. The next in the line is ICICI Securities, which will get its own identity and and independent status from its parent ICICI Bank.

HG Infra Engineering plans to raise ~Rs.300cr through fresh issue of shares and ~Rs.162 cr. through offer for sale of 60 lakh shares. The offer will open from Feb. 26, 2018 to Feb. 28, 2018. HG Infra Engineering Ltd is engaged in infrastructure construction, development and management and is focused on road projects, including highways, bridges and flyovers. 

Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley in his budget speech introduced Long Term Capital Gains tax (LTCG) which will be applicable from April 1, 2018 onward. The LTCG, however, is being grandfathered . The stock highs of January 31 will be used to index the LTCG gains. This means when you sell a stock after April 2018 for price more than the high of the stock price on January 31, 2018, LTCG of 10 per cent will be applicable on the gains, which is exempt for gains uptill Rs. 1,00,000.

Government started with the objective to improve the farm income by 2x by 2022. In the very direction government is planning to provide 1.5x of the cost of produce as the minimum support price. This was earlier applicable for Rabi crops and has been extended to all crops.