India

Structural Regulation

India to Plan Merging Regulators to Boost Bourses Oversight

By Editors | 24/01/2014

The Finance Ministry is planning to combine the stock and commodities market regulators to strengthen oversight of markets.

Anti-Money Laundering

India Pulls Out Old Currency Notes, Curbs ‘Black Money’

By Editors | 24/01/2014

The Reserve Bank said it will withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005 from March 31, in an apparent move aimed at curbing black money and fake currencies.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Refines Rules for Interest Rate Futures

By Editors | 21/01/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is enhancing monitoring requirements and easing certification norms for employees of intermediaries as local exchanges launch interest rate futures this month.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

India Tasks New Committee to Review Governance of Boards at Local Banks

By Editors | 21/01/2014

The committee, tasked to oversee governance of boards at local banks, will be chaired by Shri P. J. Nayak, former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank.

Trading & Investment

India’s Forward Markets Commission Refines Commodity Futures Trading Rules

By Editors | 19/01/2014

Commodities market watchdog Forward Markets Commission is refining rules for trading commodity futures to lure market participants.

Trading & Investment

Regulation Must Keep Pace with Changing Dynamics of Commodities Market

By Editors | 09/01/2014

The high and volatile global commodity prices have posed considerable challenges to the domestic monetary policy in several commodity importing countries.

Structural Regulation

CCIL Selected to Issue LEIs in India

By Editors | 07/01/2014

The Reserve Bank of India has selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) to act as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India.

Clearing & Post-Trade

RBI Grants Qualified Counterparty Status to CCIL

By Editors | 02/01/2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted Qualified Central Counterparty (QCCP) status to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL). […]

Credit Risk

RBI Hones Rules to Hasten Remedy of India’s Bad Loans

By Editors | 19/12/2013

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent discussion paper on the management of non-performing loans signals an intensification of regulatory […]