The coming of the new government has seen institutional investors returning to the Indian market. But there is no sign of the retail investor who has already missed the initial hope rally.

Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland has raised over Rs 666 crore through allotment of shares at a price of Rs 36 apiece to institutional investors.

Qualified Institutional Placements, or QIPs, is an instrument through which listed companies can sell shares directly to institutions without making a public offering. Most companies will use capital raised through QIPs to cut their high-cost debt and strengthen their balance sheets.

India's fourth-largest telecom operator will also raise Rs 1,300 crore by issuing warrants to its promoters, which along with the QIP proceeds, will take the total amount to Rs 6,100 crore.

The Mumbai-based firm will raise $500 million (Rs 3,000 crore) through the QIP and Rs 1,300 crore through a preferential allotment of warrants to promoter groups at Rs 150 each.

State-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) said it has requested the government to provide a capital support of Rs 3,500 crore during the current fiscal.

The issue saw 62 per cent of its investments towards the QIP coming from foreign investors and the rest was towards domestic investors. Each share was given at an issue price of Rs 134, at a premium of Rs 124.

People directly involved with the deal said on Friday that the issue would be priced at Rs 134 per share. Idea had set an indicative price band of Rs 131-136.35 for the sale.

SKS Microfinance's net worth of Rs 459 crore as of March 31, 2014, will cross Rs 850 crore (approximate) after the QIP, a statement from the company said.

A source, who refused to be named as the process is not over yet, said the bank has completely met its capital needs for this fiscal as well as the next fiscal, with this issue. The bank which has the board mandate to raise up to Rs 9,500 crore, also has the option to raise the same in multiple tranches.

Though the exchange filing from the state-run bank did not mention the amount it plans to raise, the country's largest lender has a mandate from board and shareholders to raise up to Rs 9,500 crore by issuing shares to qualified institutional investors.

At an extra-ordinary general meeting of the bank held in Kolkata on Tuesday, the shareholders approved the preferential issue of Rs 400 crore to government against capital infusion.

While there was a lull in the primary stock market, it was private placement of corporate bonds and non-convertible debentures that was used the most to meet funding requirements of businesses in 2013.

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) said its board has approved to raise Rs 350 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).

The bank had earlier this week secured government approval to raise Rs 9,576 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).

The company's board of directors has proposed to seek shareholders approval authorising them to issue equity shares or any other convertible instruments for an amount not exceeding Rs 5,000 crore, Videocon Industries said in a filing to the BSE.

The bank needs an additional Rs 3,000 this financial year, of which Rs 1,800 crore will come from the government and the rest will have to be raised via qualified institutional placement route.

SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya also said that although the bank has not set a timeframe, the funds will be raised before the end of the current financial year.

According to a report by Prime Database, companies raised a total of Rs 5,401 crore via institutional investors during the six-months ended September 30, compared to Rs 1,243 crore raked in the year-ago period.

Government decided to pump in Rs 2,000 crore in State Bank of India and Rs 1,800 crore each in IDBI Bank and Central Bank of India as part of the Rs 14,000 cr capital infusion plan for the current fiscal. This money has been given to enhance equity capital not for any other purpose.