SEBI would like to appreciate the effort and time that has been put in by IMF and World Bank team to assess the Indian securities market including the securities settlement systems and central counterparties in the securities markets. The third party assessments and suggestions like the ones provided by the FSAP are very important to us as it highlights areas that may contribute toward further improvement of the system.
Investment by a registered FII under the Portfolio Investment Scheme would be permitted up to 24% only in the CICs listed at the Stock Exchanges, within the overall limit of 49% for foreign investment.
All the persons acting as an investment adviser before the commencement of IA Regulations are advised to make their application for grant of registration before October 21, 2013 to continue to do so and shall comply with the requirement of obtaining a certificate of registration for acting as investment adviser under the IA regulations.
immediately withdraw and remove all advertisements, representations, literatures, brochures, materials, publications, documents, websites, etc. in relation to their investment advisory and portfolio management activities or any unregistered activity in the securities market.
Clause-41 of Equity Listing Agreement provides the framework for preparation, authentication and submission of Financial Results by listed companies. Based on the requests/ suggestions/ recommendations received from various market participants, some of the provisions of Clause-41 have been revised. It is proposed to replace the existing Clause-41 of Equity Listing Agreement with the draft placed at Annexure to discussion paper.
The Board has approved the proposal to declare illegal mobilization of funds without obtaining a certificate under the SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999 as a fraudulent and unfair trade practice. As such, it has been decided to amend the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, accordingly.
On the domestic front, the foreign exchange market came under severe stress starting late May, prompting the Reserve Bank to initiate liquidity tightening measures to contain the volatility. As regards economic activity, risks to growth have increased notwithstanding the robust onset and spread of the monsoon.
As part of SEBI’s constant endeavour to align regulatory requirements with the changing market realities as well as to enhance efficiency of the buy-back process, the following changes to buyback of shares or other specified securities from the open market through stock exchange mechanism have been approved:
SEBI had passed an ad interim ex-parte order dated September 21, 2011, in the matter of market manipulation using GDR issues against several entities including Shri Arun Panchariya(hereinafter referred to as AP) and Pan Asia Advisors Limited (now known as Global Finance and Capital Limited.
The Committee recommended that the requirement of submitting personal identification documents such as copy of passport, photograph etc. of the designated officials of FPIs belonging to Category I and Category II shall be done away with. SEBI would separately prescribe the documentation needed for the three categories.
