INDIA

    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.

    CCIL Selected to Issue LEIs in India

    By Editors | 07/01/2014

    The Reserve Bank of India has selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) to act as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India.

    RBI Grants Qualified Counterparty Status to CCIL

    By Editors | 02/01/2014

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted Qualified Central Counterparty (QCCP) status to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL). […]

    RBI Hones Rules to Hasten Remedy of India’s Bad Loans

    By Editors | 19/12/2013

    The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent discussion paper on the management of non-performing loans signals an intensification of regulatory […]

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