Pantaloon Retail (India)’s board of directors approved a proposal to raise equity funds of up to Rs 1,500 crore. The board has told the company to restrict equity dilution to a maximum of 15%, and to limit its debt to equity ratio to 1.33 times. Pantaloon has postponed its annual general meeting from 22 October to 10 November, giving it time to seek permission for the equity issue from its shareholders in the AGM itself.

Summary: Sebi has released two orders which will ask the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to conduct internal inquiries into systemic and procedural lapses that led to the IPO scam reaching such large proportions without being detected. Though the committee has clarified that its action is not punitive in nature, which might make one wonder what the fuss was all about, the issue is how individual responsibility –as asked by the committee- will be determined.

Kotak Mahindra's private equity group is raising about $300 million or about Rs 1,350 crore for an infrastructure fund. It has lined up Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Brookfield Asset Management as cornerstone investors, and along with Kotak, will invest about $68 million as their contribution.

Aditya Birla Money announced a proposed block deal, in which its parent company Aditya Birla Nuvo is selling a 75% stake to Aditya Birla Financial Services Pvt Ltd. The deal will be done on February 20 through a block deal on the stock exchanges, which will be done at around the market price on that day. It will sell 4.16 crore shares that are valued at Rs 220 based on today’s price which is locked up 5% at about Rs 52.