Sebi's go-to consultant for legal issues works a 16-hour day but yearns to play with his two-year-old grandson.
The Bombay Stock Exchange is in the process of listing Sensex futures on Europe's largest stock exchange by market value, the Frankfurt-based Deutsche Borse AG.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is re-looking at Asba , or Application Supported by Blocked Amount, norms to make the facility more popular.
Data shows almost all the initial public offers and the follow-on public offerings that hit the market in the current calendar year saw the employee quota receiving only a handful of applications, even as the overall issue was subscribed more than once.
Firms with strong cash flows not happy with 25% public shareholding rule.
In an interview with Business Standard, Jalan, who has also been a member of the Rajya Sabha, speaks on a wide range of issues concerning the markets
Not many are keen on diluting further promoter stake and delisting attempts do not have an impressive record in the country.
'I think RBI has been phenomenally responsive to ensure there is ample liquidity in the system.'
The deterioration in the market mood has directly impacted fund-raising plans of real estate developers, many of whom have either delayed their initial public offers or have decided to go slow.
Nagendar Parakh, the senior-most chief general manager of Sebi, filed a petition in the Mumbai High Court on May 3 challenging Sebi's decision of denying him a promotion as an executive director even while junior officers were being elevated.
But big brokerages see no problem with Sebi panel's recommendations.
Real estate companies appear to be the worst hit by the ongoing global uncertainties, coupled with the new norms for primary market issuances.
The European economic crisis could be an opportunity for Indian corporate houses. Leading investment bankers say assets, globally, are available at attractive valuations and the rise in domestic stock prices has added more strength to balance sheets of Indian companies.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to tighten the rules for transfer of sub-accounts by foreign institutional investors.
With the Supreme Court likely to announce its judgement on the gas price tussle between Ambani brothers next week, the share price of Reliance Industries Ltd has taken a sharp knock while Reliance Natural Resources Ltd witnessed a spike.
Sunil Sanghai, the head of the investment banking team speaks on Goldman Sachs' India plans, mergers and acquisitions, and the regulatory arena.
Institutional desks of many brokerages in India are in the process of selling about Rs 2,000 crore worth of equity holding of bankrupt US investment bank Lehman Brothers Inc in some Indian companies.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has started the process of identifying new executive directors.
Soros has bid for the BSE stake, held by the embattled Dubai Financial Group LLC, through Soros Fund Management LLC, and Kaiser has done so through private equity fund, Argonaut.
S Ramadorai, vice-chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is set to become non-executive chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) following the exit of Jagdish Capoor last week on health grounds.Ramadorai will join BSE board on Monday and assume the role of chairman later.