According to a Financial Times (FT) report, the imminent Facebook IPO will make the social network's founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg one of the richest people in the world; with his Facebook stake likely to be worth as much as a whopping $28.4 billion, and his 2011 personal income tax bill reaching up to a staggering $1.5 billion.

Owner of Singapore's largest mall and premium commercial properties, Mapletree Commercial Trust announced to go public for S$648.7-million deal. This deal will dictate the pace of other real estate investment trust (REIT) with initial public offerings.

US$1.01 is the indicative price of the largest IPO of South Asia, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, Singapore. Hutchison is looking to raise US$ 6.1billion from this IPO. Hutchison, operator of Li Ka-Shing's ports is backed by financial institution. Decision on final pricing would come on Monday, but it is expected that the price will remain unchanged.

Hutchison Whampoa is all set to come up with its Initial Public Offering. It is the largest shipping container terminal operator of the world. It is expected that the company may raise $5.8 billion (£3.6bn) from this IPO. However, the company has also mentioned that it is going to sell its stake in Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust).

An amount ranging from two hundred and twenty five to two hundred and forty five rupees has been set by the government for the IPO of Coal India Ltd.

This is their first venture in floating shares and the firm expects to raise a sum of fifteen thousand crores of rupees from the issue if it gets full subscription. The issue will commence from October 18.

The Prestige Estates Project, a real estate company from the South of India has started taking subscription for its initial public offering or IPO. As per reports released by KR Choskey one should not invest in their IPO.

Two out of three IPOs that were listed on Friday have caused losses for investors while the third provided marginal profits. As a result the issues of IPOs in the future will face difficulty if companies and bankers look for high valuation.