Securities and Exchange Board of India

Structural Regulation

SEBI Clears Way for India Exchange Listings

By Samuel Riding | 01/12/2015

Regulator clarifies listing framework for initial public offerings by stock exchanges, depository firms.

Structural Regulation

US Investment Banks Lobby on BSE, NSE Listings

By Samuel Riding | 30/11/2015

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among 17 firms lobbying Indian government for faster progress on listings of India’s two stock exchanges.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Pushes Commodity Exchange Consolidation

By Samuel Riding | 27/11/2015

Regional commodity exchanges have two years to demutualise, will be brought under securities contract regulation by 2018.

Trading & Investment

India Lines up Level Playing Field for Traders

By Samuel Riding | 19/11/2015

BSE addresses HFT concerns by ensuring all market participants have equal market access.

Trading & Investment

How Regulatory Easing is Attracting Global Capital to India

By Samuel Riding | 19/11/2015

Indian regulators’ forward thinking on market participation and products benefits investors and infrastructure providers alike.

Trading & Investment

India to Issue Guidelines on Cross-currency Trading

By Samuel Riding | 17/11/2015

Regulators also propose to extend exchange hours beyond 5pm to allow domestic markets to benefit during peak global trading.

KYC & CDD

SEBI to Ease KYC for Mutual Fund Investments

By Samuel Riding | 12/11/2015

Investments of less than USD3,000 will not require in-person verification.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Halts Approvals of ‘Copycat’ Mutual Funds

By Samuel Riding | 06/11/2015

India’s capital markets regulator will approve no new funds until existing similar schemes are merged.

Structural Regulation

PFRDA Wants Remit on Insurance and Mutual Fund Pensions

By Samuel Riding | 30/10/2015

Pensions authority says it should be overseeing pension products which are currently regulated by SEBI