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Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Extends Trading Hours for Equity Derivatives
By Manesh Samtani | 09/05/2018
The move will align trading hours of equity derivatives with commodity derivatives, effective 1 October, when individual Indian exchanges are also set to integrate stock and commodity trading.
Market Infrastructure
SEBI Issues New Risk Management Guidelines for Derivatives
By Editors | 04/05/2018
Guidelines to take effect in June specify margin calculation methods, collection and enforcement norms, and method of calculation of trading and clearing members’ liquid net worth, effective from June.
Market Infrastructure
SEBI Extends Deadline for Monitoring Foreign Investment Limits
By Editors | 02/05/2018
Extension to give listed companies more time to provide data to depositories on foreign investment; data to enable daily calculation of foreign investment in listed companies.
Market Infrastructure
India Puts Funds Passporting On Hold
By Garima Chitkara | 30/04/2018
Local press reports say SEBI is concerned about excessive foreign money into the country’s nascent mutual funds industry making it susceptible to fund volatility.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Proposes Biometric Authentication for Mobile App Stock Trading
By Garima Chitkara | 26/04/2018
Indian securities regulator is consulting the industry on potential guidelines for finger print and iris-scan authentication for stock trading through mobile apps, in a bid to protect the capital markets against cyberattacks.
Market Infrastructure
SEBI Releases New Guidelines for RTAs, Corporate issuers
By Garima Chitkara | 23/04/2018
New guidelines strengthen risk management, documentation and communication norms for RTAs (registrar and share transfer agents).
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI to Reduce Debt Issuance Timeline to Six Days
By Garima Chitkara | 23/04/2018
SEBI looking to bring down time to issue debt securities from 12 to six days by mandating the online mechanism for blocking application funds for subscription of debt securities.
Capital / Liquidity
India Sets Floor for Foreign Investment into Unregulated Financial Entities
By Garima Chitkara | 19/04/2018
Minimum foreign investment into fund-based services by unregulated entities to be set at $20 million; $2 million for non-fund based services.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Requires Physical Settlement of Equity Derivatives
By Garima Chitkara | 19/04/2018
Regulator issues enhanced eligibility criteria for equities to enter the derivatives segment, physical settlement for derivatives not meeting criteria.
Securities / Derivatives
India Raises FPI Investment Limits for Govt, Corporate Debt
By Editors | 17/04/2018
Investment limits raised almost 10% effective 12 April, with additional increases set for October.
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