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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

A bill enabling the State Bank of India (SBI) to split its shares and issue bonus shares may be placed in the current winter session of Parliament. Besides, the amendments to the State Bank of India Act, 1955, envisage the preferential or private placement of shares. The SBI (Amendment) Bill also proposes to allow India’s No. 1 bank to bring down the government holding to 51 per cent, which is on a par with other nationalised banks. Full Article

Please refer to our circular UBD.PCB.Cir.No.4/09.18.201/2008-09 dated July 15, 2008 prescribing guidelines for issue of Preference shares and Long term Deposits by Urban Cooperative Banks. In this connection, it is advised that the Long Term Deposits referred to in the said guidelines should henceforth be titled as ‘Long Term (Subordinated) Deposits’. Full Article

Corporates houses, banks and financial institutions have got just 18 months to begin the changeover to a new set of transparency, inducing accounting standards that will have a major impact on their financial statements. The new norms to classify, value and disclose the complex financial instruments they trade in is expected to change the way exposure to many instruments are reported now, besides capturing many unreported exposures. Accounting standard setter the Institu.. Full Article