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Retailer education is really important: Divestment secy

Divestment secretary Aradhana Johri says: "The price that secondary market finally fell to was actually above the price at which a retailer would have got it. So, he still would have made money but then a lot of retailers go by sentiment, they don't know the market."

August 24, 2015 / 21:09 IST
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Institutional buyers rescued the Indian Oil Corporation's offer for sale (OFS) aimed at helping the government raise funds. This fiscal year's biggest offer for sale, which is IOC, has already been subscribed over one time because of the general category seeing some demand coming in the last hour or so.

Divestment secretary Aradhana Johri accepted that retail participation has been disappointing. She says: "The price that secondary market finally fell to was actually above the price at which a retailer would have got it. So, he still would have made money but then a lot of retailers go by sentiment, they don't know the market." According to her, retailer education is really important.

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Below is the verbatim transcript of Aradhana Johri's interview with CNBC-TV18's Nayantara Rai.

Q: What is the reason behind such a bad response from the retail investors?