It has been observed that buy back through open market has failed to achieve its objectives in spirit, due to the following reasons: a) Section 77A(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 specifies that every buy back shall be completed within a period of 12 months. Companies, instead of fixing a definitive period for buyback, usually keep the buyback offer open for the entire period of 12 months.

SEBI vide circular IMD/FIIC/1/2012 dated January 3, 2012 had provided the facility of re-investment of up to two years from the date of the circular or to the extent of twice the size of the debt portfolio, to those FIIs and sub-accounts that had already acquired limits and/or invested in debt in the manner prescribed in the said circular. The facility of reinvestment period was not allowed for all new allocations of debt limits to FIIs/sub-accounts after the issuance of the said circular.

SEBI has decided to realign the Base Minimum Capital (BMC) deposit requirements. The stock broker and trading members shall be required to provide BMC deposit based on their profiles i.e. whether trading on proprietary account only, or trading on behalf of clients only, or both including with or without algorithmic trading.

It has been decided to prescribe a framework of dynamic trade based price checks to prevent aberrant orders or uncontrolled trades. These measures would be implemented in phases in order to ensure the Indian stock exchanges deploy latest technology while maintaining adequate controls. As an initial measure, it has been decided that stock exchanges shall implement the measures as given below.

Top Stories Case Laws Statutes Analysis of Latest News All CL : Chairman of CLB can now transfer any matter pending before a Regional Bench to any other Regional BenchORDER [FILE NO. 10/36/2001-CLB], DATED 07-12-2012 SEBI : Stock Exchanges to implement measures to prevent aberrant orders or uncontrolled tradesCIRCULAR NO. MRD/DP/34/2012, DATED 13-12-2012 SEBI :

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, namely:-

CIRCULAR No. MIRSD/13/2012, dated 7-12-2012 1. Please refer to SEBI Circular no. MIRSD/Master Cir-04/2010, dated March 17, 2010 on the captioned subject. 2. It has been decided, in consultation with Stock Exchanges and the associations of stock brokers, to modify the provisions of Para 2 & 3, Part I of the above mentioned Circular as [...]

SEBI Revises Norms with Regard to Exchange Traded Funds to bring Efficiency in Margining of Index Exchange Traded Funds (ETFS) and Facilitate Efficient use of Margin Capital by Market Participants The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has revised the norms for calculating the margins for Exchange Traded Funds. In order to bring efficiency [...]

Any lender or borrower who wishes to extend an existing lent or borrow position shall be permitted to roll-over such positions i.e. a lender who is due to receive securities in the pay out of an SLB session, may extend the period of lending. Similarly, a borrower who has to return borrowed securities in the pay-in of an SLB session, may, through the same SLB session, extend the period of borrowing. The roll-over shall be conducted as part of the SLB session.

SEBI vide Circular No. SEBI/DNPD/Cir-33/2007, dated December 27, 2007 had permitted Stock Exchanges to introduce mini derivative contract on Index (Sensex and Nifty) with a minimum contract size of INR 1 lakh.