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Minj Property LLC, which is organizing its roadshow for a bond offering today, is planning on becoming a publicly traded firm. Along with the company, Ard Credit and Tumen Shuvuut have announced potential IPOs in upcoming months. Minj Property LLC is a construction firm that has implemented Park Town-1 project for 620 households in Darkhan-Uul aimag. A study that involved 600 households in need of accommodation in Darkhan city shows that 22 percent of surveyee are planning on purchasing new housing in the short-term. Because of the fact that 91 percent of accommodation in the city were constructed in 1990s, the demand for new housing stands high in Darkhan city. The province has over 100,000 population, of which working-age population account for 64 percent.
Thus, Mongolian Securities Exchange informs that these will act as guarantees for Park Town-2 project. The next financial instrument in the capital market is expected to be Ard Credit non-banking financial institution (NBFI). The company announced that they plan on raising MNT 5 billion from the stock market and have submitted necessary documents to the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC) for approval. Simultaneously with Ard Credit, Tumen Shuvuut LLC notified the FRC for an IPO. The company, which runs a poultry farm, intends to raise MNT 10 billion within this year. This agribusiness with over 300,000 chickens annually supplies 60 million eggs to the domestic market and helps reduce import eggs to 40 percent, accounting for 30 percent of egg production and 20 percent of total egg market in Mongolia. Funding its operation from own assets and bank loans since the beginning, the company grew by 12 times since establishment.
Potential IPOs of Minj Property, Ard Credit and Tumen Shuvuut expected
Overall, five companies have offered 230 million units of shares and raised MNT 26.73 billion from IPOs this year. According to the FRC, a total of 304 publicly traded companies are operating nationwide. Analysts expect growing trend of entities going public, giving more options for investors in the domestic capital market. As for securities market, market capitalization grew 12.8 percent to MNT 2.35 trillion, which is 8.4 percent of 2017 year-end GDP as of the third quarter of this year.
Published Date:2018-11-22