SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

Securities / Derivatives

India Offers FPIs a New Route to Debt Markets

By Editors | 04/03/2019

While the RBI introduces a new scheme to encourage FPI participation in India’s debt markets, SEBI has tweaked valuation norms make debt funds more secure for investors.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Moves to Lower Trading Costs for Investors

By Editors | 04/03/2019

Fees SEBI charges to brokers, stock exchanges and companies seeking to list will be reduced, among other changes aimed at spurring capital market activity.

Fintech / Regtech

India Tech Startups Lobby for Dual-Class Share Structures

By Editors | 01/03/2019

A lobby group for startups in India is urging the government to change the criteria for shares with differential voting rights to allow founders and promoters to better safeguard their ownership control.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Revises Haircuts on G-Secs Used as Stock Trading Collateral

By Editors | 22/02/2019

Following feedback from clearing corporations, there will now be three haircut slabs depending on the type and tenure of government securities.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Proposes Caps to Curb Volatility in Futures, Options

By Editors | 13/02/2019

Among the measures proposed is a circuit breaker capping maximum daily movements at 20 percent for all stocks, including those on which derivatives trading is available.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI to Move Volatile Equity Derivatives to Physical Settlement

By Editors | 11/02/2019

Equities derivatives with heightened volatility will see an earlier than expected move to mandatory physical settlement, SEBI’s latest effort to reduce speculation and volatility.

Enforcement

SEBI Directs Exchanges to Check Volatile Stocks for Manipulation

By Editors | 07/02/2019

SEBI has asked the BSE and NSE to boost intra-day surveillance to check unusually volatile stocks for possible manipulation.

Market Infrastructure

India to Set Up Unified Regulator for GIFT City Financial Services

By Editors | 07/02/2019

A bill to establish a unified regulator to oversee financial services at India’s GIFT City has been approved by the country’s cabinet.

Fintech / Regtech

SEBI Directs Market Infrastructures to Disclose AI, ML Use

By Editors | 05/02/2019

Stock exchanges, clearing corporations, depositories required to disclose their use of artificial intelligence and machine learning starting from the current quarter.