Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has finalized and specified the Model Equity Listing Agreement for execution between the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) issuer and the Stock Exchange.
SEBI has stipulated that no entry load shall be there for any mutual fund scheme and the upfront commission to distributors will be paid by the investor directly based on the assessment of various factors including the service rendered by the distributor.
Secondary packing on fabrics leaving the factory gate for upcountry customers would not attract excise duty, the Supreme Court stated last week in the judgment , National Leather Cloth Manufacturing Co vs Union of India, setting aside the ruling of the Bombay high court.
As per the aforesaid regulations, the inter se relationship between the portfolio manager and client, mutual rights, liabilities and obligations relating to management of funds or portfolio of securities are specified in the agreement signed between the portfolio manager and the client.
The Takeover Advisory Committee has proposed to replace the Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) (Substantial acquisition of shares and takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (“Takeover Code”) in line with international standards and changing economic environment. The Committee constituted vide SEBI order dated 4 September, 2009, under the Chairmanship of Shri C. Achuthan (former Presiding Officer of Securities Appellate Tribunal) has comprehensively re-written the Takeover Code and submitted a report to SEBI.
As part of efforts to attract more retail investors to the stock market, Sebi is considering a proposal wherein the institutional investors would be first asked to submit their bids, possibly in the first two days, and then the remaining two days would be open only for retail investors, provided the IPO is open for four days.
Mutual fund houses are strongly resisting a proposal from market regulator SEBI for treating small investors at par with large institutional ones in terms of various charges, such as exit-loads, with the argument that retail investors are costlier to service.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted the Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee under the Chiarmanship of Mr. C. Achutan with the mandate to examine and review the Takeover Regulations of 1997 and to suggest the suitable amendments as deemed fit. The Committee has submitted its report on July 19, 2010 and structured its report into three parts
A Sebi panel has suggested tax parity be introduced for shareholders who tender their shares in open offer and those who sell through the stock market. According to the Sebi Takeover Advisory Committee, the open offer only provides an opportunity to investors to exit the company and hence need not be treated as off-market transaction.
As part of efforts to attract more retail investors to the stock market, regulator SEBI is considering making applications forms simpler and shorter for public offers, including IPOs. Concerned over the lukewarm and ever-falling retail response to the primary market, SEBI is mulling over ways to win over small investors in this segment and one of the steps under consideration is a simpler investment process.
