Securities and Exchange Board of India
CA, CS, CMA : Major rulings and notifications clarified tax treatment, compliance timelines, and financial regulations. The updates emphasize ef...
SEBI : Regulation 31A lays down strict eligibility and compliance requirements for promoter reclassification. The key takeaway is that lo...
CA, CS, CMA : The update discusses GST rulings on ITC and refunds, income tax relief interpretations, and insolvency reforms. It also covers dis...
Income Tax : Explains how commission-driven incentives in banks lead to mis-selling of financial products. Highlights the need for structural r...
SEBI : Explains mandatory quarterly disclosures under SEBI LODR, including financial results, governance reports, and shareholding patter...
SEBI : The consultation highlights that existing net worth calculations based on retained client funds are no longer effective. A revised...
SEBI : The draft circular addresses issues in managing unpaid client securities and proposes changes to the existing pledge framework. It...
Finance : The agreements introduce structured protocols for intelligence sharing and monitoring compliance under PMLA. The ruling highlights...
SEBI : The issue involved misuse of telecom resources in financial scams. The MoU establishes real-time data sharing to enable early dete...
SEBI : The issue concerns multiple filings of the same disclosures on different stock exchanges. The framework enables a single filing sy...
SEBI : The issue was whether failure to refund investor funds is time-barred. The Court held it is a continuing offence, rejecting the li...
Company Law : Supreme Court held that diversion of funds raised through preferential allotment for purposes other than those stated in offer doc...
SEBI : Calcutta High Court directs SEBI to accept Priya Ranjan Sah's payment, citing a one-day delay as not warranting prolonged litigati...
SEBI : SEBI penalty on Deccan Chronicle's Company Secretary overturned. Tribunal rules Company Secretary not responsible for verifying au...
SEBI : SEBI prosecutes directors of Gujarat Arth Ltd for market manipulation and fraudulent trading under SEBI Act....
SEBI : The issue was compliance timeline under amended DT regulations. SEBI extended the deadline to October 2026 due to implementation c...
SEBI : The event underscored that increasing retail participation must be matched with stronger investor awareness and safeguards. It emp...
SEBI : SEBI addressed concerns over high funding costs caused by gross settlement requirements. It permitted netting for outright transac...
SEBI : SEBI clarified that only a body corporate can act as a sponsor under MF Regulations 2026. A family trust, not being a body corpora...
SEBI : SEBI reduced the threshold under Regulation 10(c) from ₹2 lakh to ₹1,000, easing compliance requirements. The move simplifies ...
SEBI decided that there would be two-tiered structure for benchmarking of schemes for certain categories of schemes. The first tier benchmark shall be reflective of the category of the scheme, and the second tier benchmark should be demonstrative of the investment style / strategy of the Fund Manager within the category. All the benchmarks followed should necessarily be Total Return Indices.
These Regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
With the increased interest and focus on investments in the Environment Sustainability and Governance (ESG) space globally, Asset Management Companies (AMCs) in India have also been launching equity schemes in the ESG space under thematic category. The AMCs are also launching Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and ETF Fund of Funds in India in ESG space.
With a view to boosting liquidity in corporate bonds, SEBI, vide circulars dated June 30, 2017 and March 28, 2018 on consolidation and re-issuance of debt securities (ISIN circulars), provided specifications related to International Securities Identification Number (ISINs) for corporate bonds.
The Stock Exchanges shall ensure that once a member has been declared defaulter, the claim (s) shall be placed before the Member Core Settlement Guarantee Fund Committee (MCSGFC, the erstwhile Defaulters’ Committee) for sanction and ratification. MCSGFC’s advice w.r.t. legitimate claims shall be sent to the IPF Trust for disbursement of the amount immediately.
In order to further enhance the effectiveness of Investor Grievance Redressal System and Arbitration Mechanism at the Stock Exchanges, based on the internal deliberations/discussions, and the feedback received from the Stock Exchanges, it has been decided to add/modify certain provisions of the aforesaid circulars, as stated here under:
SREI Mutual Fund Asset Management Private Limited (SREI AMC) had informed SEBI that they want to surrender the registration granted to SREI Mutual Fund Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) by SEBI. SREIMF will continue to be responsible for all the liabilities / obligations which may arise for the period prior to surrender of certificate of registration.
The Merchant Banker shall independently exercise due diligence of all the disclosures in the placement memorandum, satisfy itself with respect to veracity and adequacy of the disclosures and provide a due diligence certificate.
It has come to the notice of SEBI that some registered Investment Advisers are engaged in unregulated activity by providing platform for buying/selling/dealing in unregulated products including digital gold.
