Mumbai, July 2 -- Less than three months after completing a Rs.25,000-crore rights issue, billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) is returning to the equity market with a qualified institutional placement (QIP) to raise at least Rs.10,000 crore ($1.05 billion) from institutional investors, with an option to increase the issue size, according to a term sheet reviewed by Mint.

Jefferies, SBI Capital Markets, ICICI Securities and IIFL Securities are acting as the book-running lead managers.

Unlike a rights issue, which is offered to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings, a QIP is open only to qualified institutional investors.

The latest capital raise underscores the Adani Group's push to fund an aggressiv...