Stock market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has widened the scope of index-based options by allowing exchanges to offer option contracts based on Sensex and Nifty with a tenure of up to five years. In January, 2008, Sebi had extended the period to three years. The share of index-based options in the total derivatives volumes has risen from around 10 per cent three years ago to 45 per cent in 2009-10 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Attention of Authorised Persons in foreign exchange is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 19 dated October 30, 2000 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.11 [A.P. (F.L. Series) Circular No.1] dated November 13, 2001, in terms of which Authorised Dealers and Full Fledged Money Changers are permitted to sell foreign exchange in the form of foreign currency notes and coins, up to USD 2,000 or its equivalent, to the travellers proceeding to countries other than Iraq, Libya, Islamic Republic of Iran, Russian Federation and other Republics of Commonwealth of Independent States.
Attention of the Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000, notified vide Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time.
In this connection, please refer to paragraph 2 (iii) (b) of our Circular UBD.(PCB) BPD.Cir.No. 46/16.20.000/2008-09 dated January 30, 2009 on investments in Non-SLR securities by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs), in terms of which investments in unlisted securities (subject to the minimum rating prescribed) should not exceed 10 percent of the total Non-SLR investments at any time. Where UCBs have already exceeded the said limit, no further investment in such securities will be permitted.
Recent events in global financial system have underlined the pivotal role that credit ratings play. Effective use of credit ratings by the users is crucially dependent upon quality and quantity of disclosures made by the Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). There have been widespread consultations on the issue both globally and within India and several documents have been prepared.
It is observed from the information provided by the depositories that the companies listed in Annexure ‘A’ have established connectivity with both the depositories during January 2010. The stock exchanges may consider shifting the trading in these securities to normal Rolling Settlement subject to the following:
Based upon the insurance related data as of year ending March 31, 2010 and related discussions, the Authority issues the following clarifications in continuation of the ULIP guidelines “Guidelines on Unit Linked Products” issued vide Circular No. 032/IRDA/Actl/Dec-2005 dated 21.12.2005:
In this connection, we advise that apart from Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd., (existing credit information company in operation since January 2001) DBOD has recently issued certificate of registration to Experian Credit Information Company of India Pvt. Ltd. and Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt. Ltd. on February 17, 2010 and March 26, 2010 respectively to commence the business of credit information. The addresses and other details of the companies are given below.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide A. P. (DIR Series) Circular no. 47 dated April 12, 2010 has permitted FIIs to offer domestic Government Securities (acquired by the FIIs in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 5 to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time and subject to the overall limits specified by the SEBI from time to time; the current limit being USD 5 billion), and foreign sovereign securities with AAA rating, as collateral to the recognized Stock Exchanges in India,
Further to SEBI circular no. SEBI/DNPD/Cir-35/2007 dated January 15, 2008 with regard to introduction of Volatility Index, it has now been decided to permit Stock Exchanges to introduce derivative contracts on Volatility Index, subject to the condition that;
