Securities and Exchange Board of India

Trading & Investment

SEBI to Increase Broker Monitoring, Issue HFT Regulations

By Samuel Riding | 27/05/2016

Regulator sets out priorities for 2016/17 including de-listing of 4,200 firms.

KYC & CDD

SEBI Tightens KYC for Offshore Derivatives

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Securities regulator to require monthly reports on transfer flow from P-Note issuers.

Trading & Investment

India Approves 1st InvITs

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Two of four infrastructure trust applications accepted, SEBI to advise other pair on how to fix applications.

Structural Regulation

NSE to Question SEBI on Having to List on Rival Exchange

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Exchange reluctant to list on rival market, will insist on not being regulated by BSE.

Trading & Investment

India Considering Additional HFT Surveillance Requirement

By Samuel Riding | 19/05/2016

Regulator also looking into speed bumps, order randomisation, trade bunching and limiting colocation access.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SEBI to Strengthen Penalties for Disclosure Rule Violations

By Samuel Riding | 17/05/2016

Property and bank accounts of promoters who repeatedly flout rules could be seized.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Revises Infrastructure Investment Trust Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/05/2016

Vehicles to require institutional investment of 75%, expected to encourage international participation.

Structural Regulation

BSE to File for IPO in July

By Samuel Riding | 09/05/2016

Exchange aims to raise USD120mn and be first of India’s two equity markets to list.

Market Abuse

SEBI to Tighten Trading Violation Enforcement

By Samuel Riding | 06/05/2016

Securities regulator to introduce ‘market-wide impact’ definition.