India

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    SEBI Warns Mutual Fund Industry for High Fees

    By Editors | 03/07/2015

    India’s capital markets regulator has come down heavily on mutual fund players over the higher agency commissions they charge from customers, warning of punitive and corrective actions.

    Structural Regulation

    India’s Pension Regulator Seeks to Ensure Protection for Subscribers

    By Editors | 30/06/2015

    The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority is collecting information on unregulated pension funds, with the aim of bringing them under regulatory oversight.

    Credit Risk

    Indian Banks Struggling to Restructure Debt

    By Editors | 30/06/2015

    Indian Banks are having a difficult time restructuring debt in spite of new rules the Reserve Bank of India has put forward to help them.

    Capital Adequacy

    India Banks Will Need More Capital to Meet Basel III

    By Editors | 29/06/2015

    The Reserve Bank of India has said that public sector banks are adequately capitalised, but they will need additional funds to comply with international capital adequacy norms in the future.

    Structural Regulation

    SEBI to Register Commodity Brokers from August

    By Editors | 28/06/2015

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India may start registrations of commodity brokers in August as it moves closer to its merger with the Forward Markets Commission.

    Structural Regulation

    India to Ease IPO Regulation for E-Commerce Startups

    By Editors | 26/06/2015

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India is proposing to ease rules for initial public offerings by startups, in order to prevent them from listing on exchanges abroad and allow local investors to profit from India’s e-commerce boom.

    Liquidity Risk

    RBI Opposes Finance Ministry Plan to Use Gold Deposits for Bank Cash Reserve Ratio

    By Editors | 25/06/2015

    The Reserve Bank of India has written to the finance ministry in opposition to its plan to use gold deposits as bank cash reserve ratio.

    Structural Regulation

    India Allows Foreign Venture Funds to Register as Foreign Portfolio Investors

    By Editors | 18/06/2015

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India says Foreign Venture Capital Investors can be granted status as Foreign Portfolio Investors if they meet certain guidelines.

    Credit Risk

    RBI Announces New Debt Restructuring Measures to Help Banks Tackle Bad Debt

    By Editors | 11/06/2015

    The Reserve Bank of India announces a new scheme to help banks deal with their mountains of bad debt.

    Structural Regulation

    SEBI-FMC Merger Expected by September

    By Editors | 11/06/2015

    The merger proposed in the 2015-2016 Union Budget is expected to be completed by September.

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