Securities and Exchange Board of India

Resolution & Recovery

India Regulator to Create Trade Depository Winding Down Framework

By Editors | 17/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is working on a new policy which will establish a framework for the orderly winding down of trade depositories in the event of a depository going bust or voluntarily closing its business.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Concerns Over Regulating Forward Contracts

By Editors | 13/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India says it is not comfortable with forward contracts on the commodity exchanges it will soon be expected to regulate.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

India to Crack Down on Asset Managers Violating Inter-Scheme Transfer Norms

By Editors | 12/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is considering taking action against asset management companies that are transferring assets from one mutual fund scheme to another at unfair valuations.

Cybersecurity

SEBI Directs Key Market Entities to Implement Cyber Security Policy

By Editors | 11/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has directed stock exchanges and key market entities to implement a new framework to protect the securities market from cyber threats within six months.

Alternative Markets

India to Fast-Track Foreign Inflows into Alternative Investment Funds

By Editors | 08/07/2015

India is considering changes to its foreign exchange regulations to attract greater foreign capital inflows to Alternative Investment Funds.

Structural Regulation

New Outsourcing Policy Planned for India’s Key Market Entities

By Editors | 06/07/2015

SEBI will soon issue a new set of guidelines to govern outsourcing by stock exchanges and other key entities.

Trading & Investment

India to Restrict Trading Speeds for Algorithmic Traders

By Editors | 03/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is working on rules to strengthen regulation of algorithmic trading and create a level playing field for investors.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SEBI Warns Mutual Fund Industry for High Fees

By Editors | 03/07/2015

India’s capital markets regulator has come down heavily on mutual fund players over the higher agency commissions they charge from customers, warning of punitive and corrective actions.

Structural Regulation

SEBI to Register Commodity Brokers from August

By Editors | 28/06/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India may start registrations of commodity brokers in August as it moves closer to its merger with the Forward Markets Commission.