Securities and Exchange Board of India

AML / KYC

India Mandates Centralised KYC from 1 August

By Samuel Riding | 22/07/2016

Central registry has already conducted ‘live run’ of the improved system for new individual accounts.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI to Monitor Market via Social Media

By Samuel Riding | 21/07/2016

Securities regulator seeking bids from web crawling, data extraction and information management firms.

SEBI to Relax REIT Norms

By Samuel Riding | 20/07/2016

Proposed amendments to regulation will allow more holding structure parties to participate.

Securities / Derivatives

India Tightens Collateral Rules

By Samuel Riding | 18/07/2016

Stock exchange clearing members barred from using their own fixed deposit receipts as collateral.

India Simplifies Trading Account Opening

By Samuel Riding | 14/07/2016

New SEBI guidelines make it easier for brokers to use electronic documents.

SEBI Sets Out InvIT Valuation Rules

By Samuel Riding | 13/07/2016

Regulator proposes mandatory disclosures, combination of domestic and international accounting standards.

AML / KYC

SEBI Tightens P-Note KYC

By Samuel Riding | 12/07/2016

Offshore derivative instruments have allegedly been misused for round-tripping funds

Market Infrastructure

BSE Seeks Approval for Commodity Derivatives Platform

By Samuel Riding | 11/07/2016

Exchange has approached securities regulator for approval of GIFT City-based platform.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI to Strengthen Supervision of Bond Rating Agencies

By Samuel Riding | 08/07/2016

Board member Rajeev Kumar Agarwal says to also simplify FPI procedures, crack down on ‘black money’.