Which Type of Investors Can Make or Break an IPO?

The power of money rules and this decides the type of category of an investor. The investors can be categorised as individual investors, non-institutional buyers (NIBs) and qualified institutional buyers (QIBs).

• Individual investors are further categorized based on the amount invested as retail, who invests less than Rs. 2 lakhs in a single issue.
• Non-institutional buyers (NIBs), who invest more than Rs. 2 lakhs in a single issue. 
• The other categories of investors are classified as institutional investors and are also known as qualified institutional buyers (QIBs)

Generally a retail trader falls in the category of individual investors as they generally invest less than 2 Lakh in a single issue and it is the power of QIBs and NIBs who can really make or break even a bad IPO. However power of retail participation provides the depth to the stock market. Thus all are equally important for successful functioning of any kind of economic market.