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The government plans to introduce a bill to amend the Companies Act in the budget session of parliament to enable convergence of Indian accounting standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). "The ministry will carry out the exercise for necessary amendments in the Companies Act in the forthcoming budget session of parliament," said a statement from the corporate affairs ministry. Full Article

2. In continuation thereof, it has been decided to amend the Simplified Listing Agreement for Debt Securities as follows with immediate effect:(a) fter clause 5, the following proviso shall be inserted: Provided that this requirement shall not be applicable in case of unsecured debt instruments issued by regulated financial sector entities eligible for meeting capital requirements as specified by respective regulators. Full Article

Corporate governance (CG) is one of the most talked about topics in business, indeed in society, today. Google search revealed 513 news citations during a single week in June 2006. Most academics, business professionals, and lay observers would agree that CG is defined as the general set of customs, regulations, habits, and laws that determine to what end a firm should be run. Much more fraught, however, is the question: “what defines good corporate governance?” Full Article

The Corporate Affairs Ministry is expected to bring out the code on corporate governance in a year's time. Mr Salman Khursheed, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, said on Monday that the final code would be based on the draft common minimum code, which would be out for public review by the third week of December. Full Article

The Reserve Bank of India, citing its powers as banking regulator, has put on hold the salaries of Chief Executive Officers of three private sector banks, ING Vysya Bank, Axis Bank and Development Credit Bank, arguing that these are inflated and not in sync with the market. Incidentally, all three banks have recently hired CEOs [...] Full Article

Objecting to the Maharashtra government’s decision of removing the audit limit for non-CAs government-authoris ed auditors, the accounting regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has urged to restore the audit limit of Rs 1 lakh at the earliest. No audit limit enables the auditors to perform audit of trusts of any size. Full Article

Notification of SEBI (Investor Protection and Education Fund) Regulations, 2009 SEBI has notified the SEBI (Investor Protection and Education Fund) Regulations, 2009, on May 19, 2009, with a view to strengthening its activities for investor protection.  The salient features of these regulations are as follows:  The Fund shall be used for the protection of investors and promotion [...] Full Article

GENERAL MANAGER, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IMD/PMS/2/2009/11/05, May 11, 2009 All Registered Portfolio Managers Dear Sirs, Sub: Compliance with Regulation 16(8) of SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 1993. In consideration of the requests received from portfolio managers, SEBI, vide Circular No. IMD/CIR No.1/155740/2009 dated: February 27, 2009 had extended the deadline and permitted portfolio managers to comply with the requirements of sub-regulation(8) [.. Full Article