# SEBI study: Anchor investors sell 50% of IPO holdings within a year 2026-08-13T20:07:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Anchor investors sell half their IPO holdings within a year of listing, a new SEBI study of 242 mainboard IPOs listed between April 2022 and October 2025 has found. Aggregate weighted exit rises from 3.5% at 30 days to 50.7% by T+365. The sharpest price pressure of minus 6% median comes around the 30-day unlock window. Foreign portfolio investors lead selling, offloading 60% of their anchor allotment by one year, against mutual funds’ 38%. FPIs sold shares worth Rs 22,474 crore in absolute terms. The study, authored by Laltu Pore and Pampana Hari Nayak Akshay, also found smaller IPOs see higher exits, 72.5% for issues under Rs 250 crore versus 40.8% for those above Rs 1,000 crore. ## Coverage - thehindu.com - thehindubusinessline.com Tags: anchor investors, FPIs, IPOs, lock-in period, mutual funds, SEBI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sebi-study-anchor-investors-sell-50-of-ipo-holdings-after-a-year/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sebi-study-anchor-investors-sell-50-of-ipo-holdings-after-a-year/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.