INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA Ref. No:IRDAI /Life/Cir/Misc/207/08/2020 Date:04-08-2020 To All Life Insurers Re: Issuance of Electronic Policies This has reference to the provisions of Regulation 4 of IRDAI (Issuance of e-Insurance policies) Regulations,2016. In the wake of emerging situation of Covid19 Global Pandemic and taking into account (i) and (ii) below, i) […]
On examining the request, the Competent Authority has allowed Life insurers to upload the Regulatory Returns through BAP module without physical filing and submit a soft copy through email to Mr. S.N Jayasimhan, GM at email id [email protected] , for returns up to 31st March 2021.
Proxy Advisors shall formulate the voting recommendation policies and disclose the updated voting recommendation policies to its clients. Proxy Advisors shall ensure that the policies should be reviewed at least once annually. The voting recommendation policies shall also disclose the circumstances when not to provide a voting recommendation.
IRDAI surveyor department will issue the digitally signed license through BAP and the digitally signed SLA Licenses will be sent to the registered E-Mail ID of applicants.
In case of listed companies, which comply with relevant circulars issued by SEBI, inability to dispatch the relevant notice to shareholders through registered post or speed post or courier would not be viewed as violation of section 62(2) of the Act for rights issues opening upto 31st December, 2020.
If TM / CM collects minimum 20% upfront margin in lieu of VaR and ELM from the client, then penalty for short-collection / non-collection of margin shall not be applicable. However, it is reiterated that Clearing Corporation shall continue to collect the upfront margin from the TM / CM based on VaR and 2.2 The penalty provision for short-collection / non-collection of upfront margin in cash segment shall be implemented with effect from September 01, 2020.
SEBI has received a representation from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) stating that due to the COVID -19 pandemic and precautionary measures for its curtailment, Company Secretaries continue to face operational challenges in carrying out certification and authentication of documents in physical form.
SEBI has received representations from investors expressing concerns that they have not been able to participate in open offers, buybacks and delisting of securities of listed entities since the securities held by them were not in dematerialized form.
CBIC has decided to begin the 2nd phase of All India roll-out of Faceless Assessment w.e.f. 03.08.2020 by including Delhi and Mumbai Customs Zones and extending the scope of Faceless Assessment at Chennai and Bangalore Customs Zones.
The mechanism of pledge / re-pledge shall be implemented with effect from August 01, 2020. Trading member (TM) / Clearing member (CM) shall endeavor to align their systems and accept client collateral and margin funded stocks by way of creation of pledge / re-pledge in the Depository system.