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With an aim to shielding investors from vested interests and potential corporate scams, market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed to frame a strict set of rules for research analysts and wants an independent oversight body for auditors. At the same time, the market watchdog is planning to prescribe a fresh set of guidelines for dealing with conflict of interest of associated persons in the market. It would also set up a separate unit.. Full Article

Sebi has allowed brokers an uninterrupted access to their clients' accounts by seeking one time authorisation, reversing its earlier direction of such a requirement every year. Sebi has agreed to drop the requirement of stock brokers seeking 'running account authorisation' from their clients at least once a year -- which was made mandatory in December 2009 -- after repeated requests from brokerages in this regard. Full Article

The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by the Sahara Group against the orders of the Allahabad High Court which necessitated the company to share full details of investors participating in its fund raising exercise with the market regulator Sebi. A three judges bench headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia adjourned the matter for a week after the group's investment arm Sahara India Real Estate Corporation sought some time to file recent docu.. Full Article

The higher the promoter stake in a company the more faith he has in the business. That is how the general belief goes. The same obviously holds true for the reverse as well. And this (lower promoter stake) is definitely something investors would not like. Full Article

The market regulator SEBI on Monday asked mutual fund companies to make all the disclosures about market risks involved in the products more prominent in their communication. "To make these statements more prominent, it is advised that the disclosures as stated in the clauses 10, 13 and 14 of schedule VI of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations of 1996 on Advertisement Code shall be printed in bold," the regulator said in a circular here today. Full Article

It is essential for the investors to be aware that the investments made in mutual funds are subjects to risk and that the scheme related documents should be read before investing. Hence it was mandated that statements appearing in Clauses 10, 13 and 14 of Schedule VI of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 on Advertisement Code should appear in all advertisements. However, it is noted that the advertisements issued are generally lengthy and hence these disclosures are n.. Full Article

An IPO is when a company which is presently not listed at any stock exchange makes either a fresh issue of shares or makes an offer for sale of its existing shares or both for the first time to the public. Through a public offering, the issuer makes an offer for new investors to enter its shareholding family. Full Article

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked asset management companies (AMCs) not to compel investors to get no-objection certificates (NoCs) from their existing distributors for shifting their investments. Full Article