currency derivatives

The investigation wing of the competition watchdog CCI is believed to have recommended action against the National Stock Exchange (NSE) for abusing its dominant position in currency derivatives trade segment. "...it is concluded that NSE has abused Full Article

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on Monday said it would allow more currency derivatives products beginning with options soon. "It is almost near final stages of deliberation (on currency options introduction). So it can come at any time," SEBI whole-time member K M Abraham said on the sidelines of an event organised by industry body Assocham. Full Article

Many of the biggest names in Corporate India are telling the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) not to clamp down on currency derivatives — financial products that have baffled firms that never understood the risks and sparked court feuds with banks which sold them. Full Article

trading members and clearing members in the equity derivatives and currency derivatives segments. stock brokers in the cash segment who are covered under Schedule III A [payment of fees by stock brokers] of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 and stock brokers in the cash segment who may migrate to Schedule III A [payment of fees by stock brokers] of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 in future (as and when they migrate). Full Article

It has now been decided to permit eligible Stock Exchanges to introduce currency futures on Euro-INR, Pound Sterling-INR and Japanese Yen-INR. The details in terms of product design, margins and position limits for the three additional currency pairs are as given under Annexure I, II and III respectively. Full Article

Markets can now be open 9 to 5, says regulator. You could soon be able to trade for an additional two-and-a-half hours on stock exchanges with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday allowing trading between 9 a m and 5 p m to align timings to international standards. Full Article