INDIA

Indian Regulator Issues Guidelines on Assessing Depository Participants

By Editors | 11/02/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has called on depositories to keep a close watch on client information and their risk ratings as part of efforts to strengthen the securities market.

India Relaxes IPO Rules, Makes Grading Mechanism Voluntary

By Editors | 05/02/2014

The Securities and Board Exchange of India (SEBI) is relaxing listing rules to boost its dormant primary market.

India Allows Increased Foreign Investment in Government Bonds

By Editors | 03/02/2014

India has doubled the sub-limit available to long-term investors of government bonds to $10 billion in a bid to boost overseas capital inflows.

India to Plan Merging Regulators to Boost Bourses Oversight

By Editors | 24/01/2014

The Finance Ministry is planning to combine the stock and commodities market regulators to strengthen oversight of markets.

India Pulls Out Old Currency Notes, Curbs ‘Black Money’

By Editors | 24/01/2014

The Reserve Bank said it will withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005 from March 31, in an apparent move aimed at curbing black money and fake currencies.

SEBI Refines Rules for Interest Rate Futures

By Editors | 21/01/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is enhancing monitoring requirements and easing certification norms for employees of intermediaries as local exchanges launch interest rate futures this month.

India Tasks New Committee to Review Governance of Boards at Local Banks

By Editors | 21/01/2014

The committee, tasked to oversee governance of boards at local banks, will be chaired by Shri P. J. Nayak, former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank.

India’s Forward Markets Commission Refines Commodity Futures Trading Rules

By Editors | 19/01/2014

Commodities market watchdog Forward Markets Commission is refining rules for trading commodity futures to lure market participants.

Regulation Must Keep Pace with Changing Dynamics of Commodities Market

By Editors | 09/01/2014

The high and volatile global commodity prices have posed considerable challenges to the domestic monetary policy in several commodity importing countries.