MKWASI wrote:About 4 Billion is sitting in broker's accounts/NSE as refunds. This is a serious issue given the opportunity costs of such funds.
Why can't we explore ways of committing funds but not necessarily channeling funds to the institutions.
Once the criteria of allocation is done, I suppose they should wire the refunds immediately.
It happens. In DTB rights issue, i know a chap who bought 200 shares before books closure and then applied for rights worth Kes. 1B via an Irrevocable Bank Guarantee. On allocation, he only paid Kes. 58.3M (which is what was allocated to him following the overscription)