INDIA

India’s SEBI Plans Separate Governance Norms for Big Corporates

By Editors | 23/07/2014

India’s market regulator is planning a separate corporate governance standards for big and complex business groups.

India’s SEBI Issues New Guidelines on Crowdfunding

By Editors | 20/06/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India seeks public opinion on new guidelines for ‘crowdfunding’ or fund-raising through web-based platforms and social networking sites.

India’s SEBI Asks Depository Participants to Share FPI Information with Banks

By Editors | 17/06/2014

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked depository participants to share information about foreign portfolio investors with banks, as part of efforts to harmonise norms focused on client information.

Securities / Derivatives

India’s Forward Markets Commission Moves to Strengthen Corporate Governance

By Editors | 16/06/2014

India’s Forward Markets Commission is seeking to strengthen the corporate governance framework at commodity derivative exchanges and recommends the creation of mandatory committees to oversee audit, risk management, including technology development.

India’s SEBI May Seek HK, Singapore Assistance in Insider Trading Probe

By Editors | 13/06/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India may ask help from its peers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Mauritius, as it widens investigations into suspected market activities of several overseas hedge funds.

India’s SEBI Probing Mutual Fund Houses for Regulatory Breach

By Editors | 27/05/2014

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has found large-scale violations in several schemes of select mutual fund houses where norms regarding minimum 20 investors and maximum 25% single investor exposure have been breached repeatedly.

India’s Regional Stock Exchanges to Shut Operations as SEBI Deadline Nears

By Editors | 20/05/2014

India’s 15 regional stock exchanges (RSEs) are opting to exit the business as the deadline to meet new net worth and trading norms nears.

India’s SEBI Issues Risk Management Norms for Foreign Portfolio Investors

By Editors | 16/05/2014

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) came out with a risk management framework for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) citing margin of trade and position limits for investors in the cash market.

India’s SEBI Plans Tax Benefits for Mutual Fund Products

By Editors | 15/05/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India will petition the new government for more tax relief for mutual funds and the equity market to incentivise and channel savings into long-term investment products.