India

KYC & CDD

India Streamlines FPI Registration Process

By Editors | 05/02/2020

The new ‘Common Application Form’ can be used for three purposes – FPI registration with SEBI, PAN issuance by the CBDT, and KYC for account opening with intermediaries.

Emerging Prudential Risks

India Raises Deposit Insurance Cover Five Fold

By Editors | 05/02/2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget Speech that deposit insurance would be increased to 500,000 rupees per depositor.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Asks Exchanges to Review Commodity Derivatives Performance

By Editors | 05/02/2020

Performance reviews of commodity derivatives contracts should be conducted each year to ensure alignment with the physical markets.

Trading & Investment

BSE, NSE Launch New Trading Platforms for Debt Securities

By Editors | 04/02/2020

BSE India launched its new RFQ Platform on Monday and NSE on Tuesday. The platforms offer greater transparency and access to debt securities for eligible investors.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Sets Position Limits for Gift City Rupee Derivatives

By Editors | 04/02/2020

Brokers, institutional investors and eligible foreign investors can hold gross open positions in rupee futures and options contracts up to $1bn or 15% of total open interest, whichever is higher.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Approves MSE Launch of Weekly Interest Rate Futures

By Editors | 31/01/2020

The Metropolitan Stock Exchange has become the first Indian exchange to receive SEBI’s approval to launch weekly interest rate futures contracts.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Panel Proposes Tighter Norms for Related Party Transactions

By Editors | 29/01/2020

Any member of the promoter group would be deemed a related party regardless of shareholding. Any shareholder with more than 20% of a listed company’s shares would also be deemed a related party.

Trading & Investment

BSE India Signs Licensing Agreement with ICE Futures Europe

By Editors | 28/01/2020

BSE India is using the ICE Brent Index as the final settlement price for its new rupee-denominated Brent futures contract, which launched on Tuesday.

Clearing & Post-Trade

SEBI Prescribes New Margin Framework or Commodity Derivatives

By Editors | 28/01/2020

Clearing corporations are asked to categories commodity derivatives as low, medium and high risk, and to set new IM and MPOR floors.