Tag: Securities and Exchange Board of India

Markets regulator trains sights on emerging area of fractional ownership platforms for real estate projects

The SEBI has permitted authorised bank officials to use the Swift mechanism for certification of copies of original documents submitted by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs)

The SEBI has announced amendments to its Buy-Back Regulations with the aim of streamlining the process of buyback, promoting ease of doing business, and creating a level playing field for investors

In a move towards creating greater transparency, the SEBI issued a circular announcing the introduction of the issue summary document (ISD) and the dissemination of issue advertisements

SEBI recently listed 39 entities to use the e-KYC Aadhaar authentication services in the securities market as a sub-KYC (know your customer) user agency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has announced governance norms for REITs and InvITs, in line with those for listed companies. It follows the board’s approval of the concept in December

SEBI has issued a circular stating that intermediaries – including brokers, mutual funds and portfolio managers – can be held accountable for any fraudulent activities committed by their clients

To expedite the trading of securities by investors, the SEBI has stipulated a three working day (T+3) timeline for listing of debt securities issued

Alternative investment funds (AIF), including venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms, must “segregate and ring-fence” liabilities and assets of each scheme from others, mandated the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) plans to review the norms on the electronic book provider (EBP) platform, using it to issue and list non-convertible securities, securitised debt instruments, security receipts, municipal debt securities and commercial paper

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced pre-filing or confidential filing or the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) by companies planning to go public

The SEBI has sought public comment on changing the disclosure requirements as applicable to listed companies

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has extended the SEBI Settlement Scheme 2022, for companies involved in trading in illiquid stock options, until 21 January 2023

The SEBI in its board meeting on 30 September announced a number of modifications to various laws, which included stricter disclosure rules for initial public offerings (IPOs)

S&R Associates has promoted six lawyers, with counsel Swapneil Akut, and associates Raya Hazarika and Pratichi Mishra becoming retained partners, while Akshat Kulshrestha, Kinnari Sanghvi and Prateek Sharma are now counsel

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has expanded its highways and ports portfolio with the acquisition of two major projects in Jammu and Kashmir

DSK Legal, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) and Link Legal advised in India amusement park Imagicaaworld Entertainment’s debt restructuring that saw Malpani Group acquire a 66.5% stake in its rival

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in its quarterly board meeting held at the end of March, amended regulations governing collective investment schemes (CIS) to bring them on a par with mutual fund regulations

India’s antitrust probe into the alleged collusion over fees charged by debt trustees of the State Bank of India, Axis Bank and IDBI Bank took a back seat following an intervention by the Bombay High Court after the banks challenged the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in April this year

The competition regulator has taken an assertive enforcement stance in the post-pandemic era

The markets regulator has begun a process to move away from the broad concept of promoter to controlling shareholders in order to better identify who’s in charge. Shivanand Pandit reports