India

Market Abuse

US Exempts Some Foreign Insiders from Transaction Reporting Rules

By Manesh Samtani | 27/05/2026

SEC order grants a conditional exemption for directors and officers of certain foreign private issuers in Australia, India, and Singapore.

Structural Regulation

RBI Tightens Governance Rules for Co-operative Bank Directors

By Nithya Subramanian | 27/05/2026

The RBI has introduced a mandatory three-year cooling-off period for directors to prevent the circumvention of statutory tenure limits.

Trading & Investment

SEBI's Revised Formula Reveals Surge in India's Household Savings

By Nithya Subramanian | 26/05/2026

A new data-driven methodology shows household savings in securities are significantly higher than previously estimated, driven largely by mutual funds.

Market Abuse

SEBI Bars Seven in Social Media Stock Manipulation Case

By Nithya Subramanian | 26/05/2026

The market regulator has frozen INR 202.5 million in alleged illegal gains from a social media-driven stock manipulation scheme.

Trading & Investment

India to Explore Adding New Asset Classes to Pensions

By Editors | 26/05/2026

The PFRDA is seeking to improve returns and ensure stability for its growing National Pension System subscriber base by considering new investment avenues.

Reporting & Disclosures

Indian Regulators Strengthen Corporate Governance, ESG Standards

By Editors | 25/05/2026

India’s securities and corporate affairs bodies have signed an MOU to enhance capacity building, policy, and research on ESG and capital markets.

Trading & Investment

NCDEX to Launch India's First SEBI-Approved Weather Derivatives

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/05/2026

India’s national commodity exchange is launching the country’s first exchange-traded weather derivatives, creating a new regulated asset class for hedging monsoon risk.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Proposes Overhaul of Price Discovery Rules for IPOs, Re-listed Stocks

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/05/2026

The regulator is seeking to curb artificial price suppression and excessive volatility by reforming the pre-open call auction mechanism for newly traded stocks.

Credit Risk

RBI to Tighten Loan Recovery Rules, Restrict Device Disabling

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/05/2026

New draft rules limit remote device locking to financed phones and introduce strict conduct standards and compensation for coercive practices.