# IPo allotment rules **URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/ipo-allotment-rules/63768 **Category:** General **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/ipo-allotment-rules/63768 "2019-10-03T05:52:55Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![Bhuvan](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/bhuvan/32/843_2.png) [@Bhuvan](https://tradingqna.com/u/Bhuvan) #### Post date: [October 7, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/ipo-allotment-rules/63768/7 "2019-10-07T06:41:07Z")
> [@HSL](#): > > but as u said : > hni category has higher probability chance of getting more allotment ; as compare ; to the retail category ! > correct ? Explained here > [@Price discovery of IPO](https://tradingqna.com/t/price-discovery-of-ipo/20848/2): > > Technically IPO’s are rarely undersubscribed and FYI SBI LIfe is oversubscribed. Typically in IPOs, the issuing company appoints underwriters whose job is to find buyers for the shares and they also agree to assume the risk of buying unsold shares. So in case of an undersubscribed issue, the underwriters assume the unsold portion of the issue and hence the IPO will be fully subscribed and sail through. According to guidelines an issue must be subscribed by at least 90% for it to list, if the i… --- _[View the full topic](https://tradingqna.com/t/ipo-allotment-rules/63768)._