The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) wants to shed its stern regulatory image and acquire a gentler, corporate-friendly reputation. The new mantra is to be a facilitator in corporate growth instead of just another regulator. The mantra is now being translated into action. For example, to cut out subjectivity in decisions, MCA has decided that field officers will not conduct any scrutiny of company balance sheets or send notices based on personal judgments or external tips.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has decided to conduct a quarterly scrutiny of the end-use of funds raised through initial public offers (IPO). To this end, the ministry has directed all Registrar of Companies (RoC) to coordinate with the stock exchanges to access the quarterly balance sheets of all companies that have come out with IPOs in the recent past.

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.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) would come up with guidelines for setting up stock exchanges exclusively for small and medium firms soon. “Sebi is working on it. The norms are being finalised and would be released soon,” Finance Ministry sources said.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the 134-year-old Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to set its house in order before planning a listing. BSE had been planning to list on the exchange for a while and had approached Sebi for permission to list without an initial public offer. Sebi also has to [...]

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued a code of conduct for intermediaries, including distributors, of mutual funds. Asset management companies have been told not to deal with non-compliant intermediaries. They are to report such cases to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) and Sebi.

What is meant by Hostile Takeover? Hostile Takeover is a type of acquisition in which, the company being purchased (Target Company) does not want to be purchased at all, or does not want to be purchased by a particular buyer (Acquirer) that is making a bid. In other words, the Acquirer intends to gain control [...]

The Securities and Exchange Board of India today asked all mutual fund companies to get their systems audited at least once in two years and submit the reports to the market regulator.  Also for the financial years April 2008 to March 2010 the audit should be completed by September 2010, the regulator in a statement [...]

In a blow to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has set aside the former’s ruling in the case of Tata Tea, wherein Sebi had asked the company to pay non-compete fees to all shareholders of Mount Everest Mineral Water.Tata Tea had acquired Mount Everest in 2007, buying [...]

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW F&O transactions are not speculative transactions and thus, the income from such transactions cannot be set off against the speculation loss.