INDIA

Market Infrastructure

India Ditching Proposed Crowdfunding Regulations

By Samuel Riding | 27/07/2016

Proposals had sought to protect small investors from systemic risks.

AML / KYC

RBI Penalises Banks for Allowing Forex Scam

By Samuel Riding | 26/07/2016

Lenders must focus on better customer assessment to reduce probability of fraud, central bank says.

AML / KYC

India Mandates Centralised KYC from 1 August

By Samuel Riding | 22/07/2016

Central registry has already conducted ‘live run’ of the improved system for new individual accounts.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI to Monitor Market via Social Media

By Samuel Riding | 21/07/2016

Securities regulator seeking bids from web crawling, data extraction and information management firms.

SEBI to Relax REIT Norms

By Samuel Riding | 20/07/2016

Proposed amendments to regulation will allow more holding structure parties to participate.

Securities / Derivatives

India Tightens Collateral Rules

By Samuel Riding | 18/07/2016

Stock exchange clearing members barred from using their own fixed deposit receipts as collateral.

Market Infrastructure

RBI Sets up Fintech Regulation Panel

By Samuel Riding | 15/07/2016

Working group will assess current regulations and statutory provisions.

India Simplifies Trading Account Opening

By Samuel Riding | 14/07/2016

New SEBI guidelines make it easier for brokers to use electronic documents.

SEBI Sets Out InvIT Valuation Rules

By Samuel Riding | 13/07/2016

Regulator proposes mandatory disclosures, combination of domestic and international accounting standards.