Shri Rajeev Kumar Agarwal, Whole Time Member, SEBI, has passed an Order on February 09, 2015 providing the exit to Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange Limited (BhSE). BhSE is the tenth Stock Exchange to exit under this policy.
While discussing the minutes of the 157th Meeting of the Board held on November 19, 2014, it was decided to add a provision that if the acquirer and the Merchant Banker are able to demonstrate that they have contacted all the public shareholders, about the offer in the manner prescribed, then the condition of mandatory participation of 25% of the public shareholders holding shares in demat mode would not be applicable.
It has been decided to: 1. reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 8.0 per cent to 7.75 per cent with immediate effect; 2. keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL);
A registered institution/ organisation/ association, having a viable project /proposal on Depositors’ Education and Awareness, may be eligible for assistance from the Fund. However, mere registration should not make any registered institution/ organization/ association automatically eligible for claiming financial assistance from the Fund.
Further, the Income Tax Authorities, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the State Government of Punjab are being intimated about the exit of LSE, for appropriate action at their end.
Pursuant to the recommendation made by Corporate Bonds and Securitization Advisory Committee (CoBoSAC), SEBI is proposing to lay down regulatory framework for issue and listing of debt securities by municipalities. In this regard, SEBI has initiated the public consultation process by preparing concept paper and draft regulations viz., SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities by Municipality) Regulations, 2015.
On 19.12.2014, Central Board of Direct Taxes has signed a bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) with a Japanese Company. This is India’s first bilateral APA. The APA is for a period of five years. The APA has been finalized in a period of about one and a half years, which is shorter than time normally taken in finalizing APAs internationally.
It has been observed that certain entities collect / mobilize money under existing / new schemes even after SEBI has directed such entities not to collect any further money, not to launch any new schemes, etc. These companies / entities without obtaining registration are illegally collecting / mobilising money, from investors by making false promises, assuring unrealistic return, etc.
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary penalty on the following two banks for violation of its instructions, among other things, on know your customer/anti money laundering Know Your Customer(KYC)/Anti Money Laundering (AML). The details of the penalty are: Sl. No. Name of the bank Penalty Amount (in Rs. mn) 1 ICICI Bank Ltd. […]
It has come to the notice of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that certain companies / entities unauthorisedly, without obtaining registration and illegally are collecting / mobilising money from the general investors by making false promises, assuring high return, etc. Investors are advised to be careful if the returns offered by the person/ entity is very much higher than the return offered by the regulated entities like banks, deposits accepted by Companies, registered NBFCs, mutual funds etc.
