The FMC had warned MCX that it would not renew contracts, allow new contracts and eventually take away the licence to run the bourse if the commodity exchange does not comply with regulatory norms.
"The National Exchanges were directed on July 23 to ensure that multiple client codes are not given to a single client," Forward Markets Commission said. A separate sting or suffix may be provided after the unique client code to represent different characteristics and branches of the client, if any, it said, adding that these directions would come in force from January 2009.
Is Guar the next commodity that is likely to be banned by the Forward Markets Commission?
The showcause notice by the Forwards Market Commission to promoters of National Spot Exchange Limited on Friday, including Jignesh Shah, is the culmination of a series of steps by the authorities to tighten the noose around Shah.
The order says he was the 'highest beneficiary' of NSEL fraud and has proven unfit to handle affairs of any exchange.
Only time will tell, if the 'Shah' of exchanges will walk out of this battlefield unscathed.
The Forward Market Commission's steely resolve to curb speculation in various agri items like guar futures and the MCX becoming the country's first commodity exchange to be listed were some of the positives during the year.
The rise was on account of robust volumes in gold, silver and energy.
In his first two years, Tyagi, a Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer, has implemented challenging stock market reforms and taken action against high-profile corporate entities.
Exchanges had sought clarifications from the commodity markets regulator on this.
Regulator has asked National Multi-Commodity Exchange to file criminal case against Kailash Gupta.
To the disappointment of the Forward Markets Commission, the commodity markets regulator, the standing committee of Parliament examining the Bill seeking to amend the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952, has invited suggestions from the public and stakeholders, including consumer bodies.
A parallel system of futures trading in commodities, operating outside recognised commodity exchanges, better known by its colloquial epithet Dabba, has been thriving unchecked and is believed to be now generating bigger trading volumes than the regular exchanges.
The Cabinet cleared amendments to the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, giving the FMC autonomy and including various provisions aimed at developing the market. Business Standard spoke to Khatua on how the amendments will impact the markets once it comes into force.
Commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission has banned futures trading in electricity owing to poor volumes of trade.
Turnover stood at Rs. 73.50 lakh crore in the year-ago period, the commodity markets regulator FMC said.
Commodity markets regulator FMC on Wednesday said it has given approval to the Anil Ambani Group to acquire 26 per cent stake in Indian Commodity Exchange from one of its promoters, Indiabulls group.
Besides introducing a penalty for illegal trading, the Forward Markets Commission has announced a uniform penalty structure for all the commodity exchanges, while raising the penalty amount for various other offences.
Four persons privy to the discussions told Business Standard that the deal is close to finalisation, and that regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) had been kept in the loop. Indiabulls holds 40 per cent stake in the exchange, which started operations less than a year ago.
Will get powers to levy fines and penalties and allow options trading in commodities.
The process has been suspended for the time being as Agriculture, Food & Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar, a political heavyweight, is opposed to any intrusion into his turf.
The government has reopened the case for convergence between the capital market and commodity futures regulator, a move that has attracted opposition from the Forward Markets Commission, which regulates the commodities futures business.
The turnover of 23 commodity bourses rose by 49.38 per cent to Rs 9,04,686 crore (Rs 9,046.86 billion) in August this year despite low business recorded during the month at the leading exchanges, MCX and NMCE, according to the Forward Markets Commission.
In what could hit trading on Power Exchange of India Ltd, the Forward Markets Commission has warned it to cease trading in contracts beyond 11 days of payment and delivery. The FMC has also advised traders to desist from trading such contracts on PXIL.
The Kotak group is set to launch the country's fifth national commodity exchange, in association with the Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange (ACE), in which it is picking up a majority equity stake as an anchor investor.
The turnover of 23 commodity exchanges rose by 57 per cent to Rs 11837.26 billion (Rs 11,83,726 crore) till May 15 of the 2010-11 fiscal as against Rs 7525.18 billion (Rs 7,52,518 crore) in the same period last year.
In a severe indictment, commodity market regulator FMC has said Jignesh Shah and his firm FTIL are not 'fit and proper' to run any exchange in the country and charged him of being the "highest beneficiary" in the NSEL scam.
In a significant development, India's National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited on Thursday launched its futures contract for Certified Emission Reduction. Forward Markets Commission, chairman, B. C. Khatua inaugurated the launch at NCDEX Exchange Platform. The CER contract of NCDEX will be traded in multiples of one lot of 500 CERs each.
The Forwards Markets Commission has been working on preventing any possible conflict of interest a promoter of a commodity exchange may have between their roles of running the exchange and other businesses such as broking and trading. "So far, we had two rounds of meeting in this regard. We are resolving the issues and guidelines would be finalised by the end of October," said FMC Chairman B C Khatua.
The move will allow regional bourses to demutualise and go national. Currently, there are three national and 19 regional commodity exchanges in India. FMC is likely to finalise the norms for demutualisation and upgrade of regional exchanges in the next fortnight. The regulator may grant the regional exchanges a period of 3-5 years to raise their networth to Rs 100 crore.
The government last week extended the ban on futures trading in the four commodities till November 30, which was initially meant for four months when imposed in May. The top official regulating India's commodity futures market said FMC had submitted inputs to the government before the decision on the extension was taken. He iterated that there was no direct link between futures trading and price rise.
In its order that rejected a proposal by NCDEX to slash the transaction charges in its evening session of trade, FMC said the exchange's settlement guarantee fund has fallen to meagre Rs.5.05 lakh at the end of calendar year 2008. Performance audit done by the auditors at the behest of FMC shows that the exchange also earned an interest of Rs.24.87 crore on this fund during March 2004 to March 2006.
Commodity futures exchanges are set for another round of equity restructuring with the Forward Markets Commission, the regulator, currently finalising guidelines that will require anchor investors to prune their equity holding to 26 per cent from the present 40 per cent after three years but before five years.
India's commodity bourses -- Multi-Commodity Exchange and National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange -- are gearing up to launch futures trading in carbon credits.
Soon, traders in India could play in the global agri futures market. India's commodity exchanges have asked the market regulator, Forward Market Commission, to permit evening trading in internationally linked agri commodities.
If the Cabinet approves the long-pending Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, the regulator will be empowered to levy penalties besides getting the powers to approve options trading. In addition, it will pave the way for the entry of institutional players like mutual funds and foreign institutional investors into the trading arena, which many believe will deepen the markets. Similarly, the FMC will be able to decide on who can set up commodity exchanges.
India's apex Forward Markets Commission says physical delivery is essential for the transparent functioning of the commodity exchanges.
Last week, after months of scrutiny, the Forward Markets Commission, the regulator for futures trading in commodities, approved a proposal from state-owned MMTC Ltd and finance-to-real estate group Indiabulls to set up a national multi-commodity exchange.
Commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission's new chairman B C Khatua has called for the participation of farmers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the futures market.
A press release by the IIM says that the seminar is expected to see representation from from Punjab, U.P, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Tripura, and Assam.
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