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Capital markets today leave little room for uncertainty. Whether you are preparing for an IPO, building investor confidence, or keeping pace with SEBI’s evolving expectations, having the right partner by your side matters.
Grant Thornton Bharat’s Capital Markets Advisory team works with companies through every stage of the listing journey, from getting IPO-ready to hand-holding through the listing journey, managing investor communication and insider trading compliance. Hence, the transition to the public markets is smooth, credible, and compliant.
An IPO changes how a company operates and is held accountable. Beyond meeting regulatory requirements, businesses need to show maturity, transparency, resilience, and a credible growth story. We support you across strategy, governance, finance, risk, and stakeholder communication, so you are ready at every step.
When preparing for an IPO, companies must ensure that their timing, governance standards, and equity narrative meet prevailing market expectations. Critical questions include:
Enabling you to prepare a clear, credible equity story that reflects your strategy, performance, and long-term plans, and speaks directly to what public-market investors look for.
Readiness assessment across finance, controls, governance, risk, ESG, IT, and leadership, and flag the gaps that could slow things down or create issues during the listing process.
Seamless coordination with merchant bankers, legal advisors, auditors, and internal teams, tight control of timelines, responsibilities, and interdependencies.
Support on complex accounting matters, including Ind AS/IFRS application, consolidation, financial instruments, and audit‑ready reporting, to ensure readiness for all public‑facing financial reporting requirements.
Enhancing finance operations through process optimisation, tighter controls, faster close cycles, and a scalable operating model geared for public‑company standards, leveraging technology and automation.
Seamless transition to post-listing reporting, disclosures, investor communications, and ongoing compliance obligations.
Design and strengthening of internal controls, Board/committee structures, key policies, and risk frameworks to meet investor and regulatory expectations.
Enabling companies to prepare for the public markets through IPO readiness, governance, compliance, and execution support.
AI-powered IPO readiness self-assessment platform to help organisations evaluate IPO preparedness.
A strong investor relations function helps ensure your strategy, results, and outlook are clearly understood in the market. We support leadership teams in communicating with clarity and credibility.
Connect financial performance, strategy, ESG initiatives, and outlook into a cohesive investor-ready narrative.
Compare current IR practices with peers and best practices, identify opportunities to enhance disclosures, engagement, and consistency.
Establish the IR operating model, governance, and communication processes, and run the IR function on an ongoing retainership basis to ensure consistent, high‑quality investor engagement.
End-to-end support for results cycles: analyst decks, scripts, FAQs, leadership talking points, and stakeholder-aligned disclosures.
Support for roadshows, investor meetings, analyst interactions, perception studies, and feedback analytics to understand drivers of market sentiment.
Equip company spokespersons and senior leaders with structured trainings on investor communication, earnings delivery, and effective handling of analyst and stakeholder interactions.
Annual reports and integrated reporting that go beyond compliance to tell a compelling value‑creation story.
Supporting companies in strengthening investor communication, sharpening their equity story, and building long-term market confidence.
With increasing enforcement actions and penalties, insider trading compliance is no longer a tick-box exercise. Organisations must demonstrate robust controls, clear accountability, and continuous awareness across all levels.
Drafting and review of codes, policies, and SOPs aligned with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015.
Independent assessments of PIT frameworks to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Practical, scenario‑based trainings for employees and senior management, delivered in instructor‑led, virtual, or e‑learning formats.
UPSI leakage risks can happen at several stages, from financial closing processes to interactions with external advisors. We help identifies vulnerabilities across people, processes, and technology, providing a clear roadmap to strengthen controls.
Explore key compliance challenges and priorities for listed entities to strengthen UPSI governance, PIT controls and insider trading prevention.
Amid repeated lapses and rising instances of unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) leaks, stronger safeguards have never been more urgent.
Good governance underpins sustainable performance, investor confidence, and regulatory trust. Our programmes equip Boards and senior leadership with practical insights, regulatory clarity, and a real-world perspective.
In-person workshops, virtual instructor-led sessions, custom organisation-specific programmes
Customised trainings for Boards and Independent Directors covering fiduciary duties, Board effectiveness, oversight responsibilities and emerging risks.
Practical governance programmes for CXOs and senior management, aligning business strategy with governance expectations.
Structured onboarding for new Directors and periodic refreshers to stay current with regulatory and market expectations.
Sector‑focused governance challenges and case studies aligned to your context.
We bring hands-on experience across IPO readiness, investor communication, and post-listing compliance, helping you meet market expectations while strengthening governance and credibility.
Our teams stay closely aligned with evolving SEBI regulations and global best practices, so you are prepared for what’s coming, not just what’s required today.
From early diagnostics and shaping your equity story to investor engagement and ongoing compliance, we support you through every stage.
We don’t just identify gaps. We work with you to close them, with solutions designed to be implemented and sustained
We work closely with Boards, Audit Committees, CFOs, and senior leadership, balancing regulatory expectations with business realities at critical moments.
As part of the Grant Thornton global network, we bring a global perspective backed by deep local insight, particularly valuable for Indian and cross-border listings.
Grant Thornton Bharat’s 'IPO Access' podcast series features conversations with leaders and experts on the decisions, governance and leadership practices that shape successful IPO journeys and build long-term market confidence.
India’s IPO market was active in FY26, supported by strong domestic participation, but IPO readiness became more important than ever. Investors were not simply backing market momentum.
An in-depth analysis of India’s IPO market trends, performance and outlook shaping capital raising in 2025–26.
