SEBI set to allow e-commerce firms to sell mutual funds
Posted Date : 29-Jun-2016 , 09:33:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The capital markets regulator is set to allow online marketplaces such as Flipkart and Amazon to sell mutual funds to make these products more accessible to people.
A Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) panel on digitization of financial services, headed by Infosys Ltd co-founder Nand...
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SEBI eases trading requirement in currency derivatives
Posted Date : 23-Jun-2016 , 08:36:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To ease trading requirements in the currency derivatives segment, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday said position limit linked to open interest will be applicable at the time of opening a position.
Such positions will not be required to be unwound in the eve...
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SEBI issues stricter KYC, disclosure norms for P-Notes
Posted Date : 13-Jun-2016 , 08:16:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Markets regulator SEBI has put in place a stricter KYC norms and disclosure regime for Participatory Notes. The aim is to make it tougher to use these offshore instruments without disclosing the money-trail and details of their users. The measure comes after taking into account suggestions from SIT ...
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Sebi plans to relax start-up listing norms by next month
Posted Date : 04-Jun-2016 , 07:19:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To make start-up listing platform more attractive, regulator Sebi plans to relax norms by next month to help them tap this avenue for raising funds as also to give an easier exit opportunity to their existing investors including from abroad.
The platform is aimed at providing easier exit op...
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SEBI to tighten disclosure rules for credit rating agencies
Posted Date : 30-May-2016 , 08:24:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To safeguard investors' interest, capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) might soon ask credit rating agencies (CRAs) to make greater disclosure about suspension and subsequent withdrawal of ratings, and periodic review of the criteria used for ratings.
The mo...
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SEBI's new order to listed firms on audit qualifications
Posted Date : 28-May-2016 , 08:01:42 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked all listed companies to disseminate the cumulative impact of all audit qualifications in a separate format.
This is to ensure the information is available to investors. An audit qualification is typically a statement written upon the fro...
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SEBI To Delist 4,200 Firms; Warns Erring Promoters, Auditors
Posted Date : 25-May-2016 , 06:18:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a mammoth clean-up exercise, markets regulator Sebi is planning to push for delisting of over 4,200 listed companies whose shares are not being traded, and promoters refusing to give exit opportunity to investors would face strict penal actions.
These include over 1,200 companies whose shares ...
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SEBI tightens norms to curb black money inflow
Posted Date : 20-May-2016 , 09:12:12 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday tightened rules on issue of participatory notes (P-notes) to bring in more transparency and curb misuse of the investment route used by foreign investors not registered in India. Sebi also made it mandatory for the to...
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SEBI streamlines settlement procedures
Posted Date : 17-May-2016 , 06:39:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Entities under probe for ‘serious violations’ in capital markets can seek settlement of the case only if they agree to make good the losses suffered by the investors to SEBI’s satisfaction, the regulator has opined.
Regulations provide for settlement of the cases whe...
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SEBI plans campaign against Dabba trading
Posted Date : 14-May-2016 , 08:22:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To counter the menace of the grey market being used to offload shares and thereby manipulating public offerings (popularly called dabba trading), securities market regulator SEBI is likely to come out with a campaign covering TV, radio, and print media besides cinema and digital media.
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SEBI to tighten KYC, transfer norms for P-Notes
Posted Date : 14-May-2016 , 08:08:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Acting upon recommendations of the Special Investigation Team on black money, market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India - Sebi plans to tighten due diligence requirements for issuance and transfer of controversy-ridden P-Notes and put the onus on investors to ensure compliance with anti...
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Compliance of SEBI Directive on Women Director
Posted Date : 11-May-2016 , 08:23:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The requirement of appointment of woman director emanates from Section 149 of Companies Act, 2013. SEBI has mandated that listed companies to appoint one woman director on its board. Companies can appoint any woman as director who is not otherwise disqualified for appointment as a direct...
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SEBI working with RBI for common KYC
Posted Date : 22-Apr-2016 , 08:26:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In an effort to ease retail participation in the securities market, regulator SEBI will pitch for a common KYC (Know Your Customer) norm for banking and the capital markets. With this, your bank KYC specification will soon be enough for you to avail of other financial services, offered by securities...
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SEBI to tighten disclosure norms for rating agencies
Posted Date : 18-Apr-2016 , 07:45:06 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Concerned over severe spill-over impact of recent drastic downgrades by rating agencies, market regulator Sebi plans to strengthen its disclosure guidelines for issuance and review of the ratings by such entities.
Besides, Sebi is also considering asking the Credit Rating Agencies (CR...
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SEBI mulls reforms in commodity market
Posted Date : 10-Apr-2016 , 07:05:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
An experts panel of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will meet on Monday to mull introduction of new products for the commodity derivatives market.
The commodity advisory committee will also discuss a price pooling mechanism for the spot market.
At present, prices are collated...
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SEBI lays out cyber security policy for commodity exchanges
Posted Date : 30-Mar-2016 , 06:58:58 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To protect securities market from cyber threats, regulator Sebi has asked commodity derivatives exchanges to put in place framework to safeguard systems, networks and databases from such attacks.
"The exchanges are one of the systemically important Market Infrastructure I...
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SEBI proposes two methods to redefine Control in Companies
Posted Date : 15-Mar-2016 , 07:38:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Securities and Exchange Board of India, or Sebi, on Monday suggested two ways to clear ambiguities in the definition of “control” in a listed firm, a move primarily aimed at making mergers and acquisitions smoother and free of legal hassles.
The market regulator proposed in a di...
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SEBI clampdown busts over Rs 15000 crore worth tax evasion
Posted Date : 14-Mar-2016 , 08:00:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a major clampdown, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has debarred over 1,000 entities from the capital markets after they were found to be misusing stock exchange platforms for tax evasion to the tune of more than Rs 15,000 crore.
Market regulator Sebi has also suspended tradin...
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All willful loan defaulters would stand disqualified from board positions at listed companies - SEBI
Posted Date : 12-Mar-2016 , 10:20:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman U K Sinha today said that all willful loan defaulters would stand disqualified from board positions at listed companies under new rules
Addressing media in New Delhi, Mr Sinha said, willful loan defaulters barred from fund raising, taking pos...
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SEBI bars 22 entities for options manipulation
Posted Date : 17-Feb-2016 , 10:28:43 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday restrained 22 entiies, mostly brokers, from the securities market for their allegedly making illicit gains through manipulating illiquid stocks options.
Sebi found these entities executing 'reversa...
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UK Sinha gets one-year extension as SEBI Chairman
Posted Date : 16-Feb-2016 , 07:28:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Monday extended U.K. Sinha’s tenure as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a year, opting for continuity at a time of domestic and global market volatility.
The appointments committee of the cabinet approved extension for Sinha from 18 F...
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SEBI scans Facebook accounts in insider trading case
Posted Date : 08-Feb-2016 , 08:15:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To catch manipulators, markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has begun looking into social media accounts of suspected persons, with ‘mutual friends on Facebook’ being cited as evidence for the first time in an insider tr...
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Directors of Listed Firms can serve in maximum 10 Committees - SEBI
Posted Date : 20-Jan-2016 , 08:34:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Director of a publicly-traded company can serve in a maximum of 10 committees in listed and unlisted firms put together, according to Sebi, which is strengthening corporate governance norms.
Besides, the director can't chair more than five committees of listed entities and unlisted public lim...
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SEBI introduces SRO norms for mutual fund distributors
Posted Date : 20-Jan-2016 , 08:20:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said that a single Self Regulatory Organisation (SRO) would be put in place for the oversight of for all mutual fund distributors, according to a financial newspaper.
Market regulator said in its notification that the Board (SEBI) may in case of d...
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SEBI approves norms to make e-book must for pvt placement debt
Posted Date : 12-Jan-2016 , 08:36:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) today approved new norms to make electronic book mandatory for all private placement issues on debt basis, having a threshold of more than Rs 500 crore.
The move is aimed at improving the efficiency, transparency of the price...
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SEBI Issues New Listing Norms for Stock Exchanges
Posted Date : 01-Jan-2016 , 09:25:46 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Paving way for listing of the stock exchanges, markets regulator Sebi on Friday announced detailed guidelines for their compliance to disclosure and listing regulations including for ensuring "fit and proper" status of every investor in the bourses.
The exchanges would need to take step...
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SEBI Develops Online System for Commodity Brokers Registration
Posted Date : 15-Dec-2015 , 08:21:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has developed an online mechanism for registration of commodity derivative brokers as members of such exchanges.
Sebi began regulating commodities derivatives market earlier this year after the merger of the erstwhile FMC (Forward Mark...
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Sebi-registered FPIs get I-T filing relief
Posted Date : 11-Dec-2015 , 08:24:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After giving a relief to foreign portfolio investors over the issue of minimum alternate tax (MAT), the Income Tax Department on Thursday gave them more reason to cheer over the filing of the so-called defective income tax returns. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) clarified that incomplete o...
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Sebi issues show-cause notice to RBL bank
Posted Date : 08-Dec-2015 , 07:52:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued a show-cause notice to RBL Bank over possible rule violations, which could hinder the 72-year-old lender's plans to raise an estimated Rs 1,450 crore though an initial public offering (IPO).
The bank can go ahead with the IPO ...
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SEBI sets timeline for commodity exchanges
Posted Date : 27-Nov-2015 , 10:39:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed regional commodity derivatives exchanges to submit a scheme for corporation and demutualisation for approval within a period of two years from the date of their association with Sebi, that is September 28, 2015. Followi...
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