India

Structural Regulation

NSE to Question SEBI on Having to List on Rival Exchange

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Exchange reluctant to list on rival market, will insist on not being regulated by BSE.

Trading & Investment

India Considering Additional HFT Surveillance Requirement

By Samuel Riding | 19/05/2016

Regulator also looking into speed bumps, order randomisation, trade bunching and limiting colocation access.

Trading & Investment

RBI Confirms FPIs Will Be Able to Invest in Unlisted Securities

By Samuel Riding | 18/05/2016

Central bank circular also details rules for allowing investment in securitised debt.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SEBI to Strengthen Penalties for Disclosure Rule Violations

By Samuel Riding | 17/05/2016

Property and bank accounts of promoters who repeatedly flout rules could be seized.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Revises Infrastructure Investment Trust Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/05/2016

Vehicles to require institutional investment of 75%, expected to encourage international participation.

Resolution & Recovery

India Passes Bankruptcy Code

By Samuel Riding | 11/05/2016

India passed its Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, seen as a key element in making the country’s corporate bond market more […]

Structural Regulation

BSE to File for IPO in July

By Samuel Riding | 09/05/2016

Exchange aims to raise USD120mn and be first of India’s two equity markets to list.

Market Abuse

SEBI to Tighten Trading Violation Enforcement

By Samuel Riding | 06/05/2016

Securities regulator to introduce ‘market-wide impact’ definition.

Credit Risk

RBI Proposes Derivative Margining Rules

By Samuel Riding | 04/05/2016

Requirements to apply to non-centrally cleared derivatives usage above INR3.5trn threshold.