According to a senior CBI official, the agency has evidence to suggest the finance ministry's recommendations were overlooked while giving a licence to MCX-SX in 2008.
Today, the single most popular route of laundering is the stock market platform, notes Debashis Basu.
'The US investors are very enthusiastic about India and policy changes'.
Sebi has time and again voiced its concerns over higher agents' fees.
Reversing the burden of evidence means that the principle of innocent until proven guilty does not apply. It is exactly the opposite: Guilty as charged, until you can convince the judges of the contrary, points out Shekhar Gupta.
DLF wrote to Sebi, asking if the firm's ban on securities transactions extends to mutual fund investments.
Companies will not be able to access the capital market for at least one year if their IPO documents are rejected by market regulator Sebi, while managers of such public issues would also face penal action.
An electrical engineer by education and an IAS officer of 1975 batch, Bhave engineered and administered numerous changes in Indian markets ever since taking charge as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India on February 17, 2008.
The framework does not allow settling of serious violations that have 'market-wide impact'.
Trading would be conducted during normal hours.
Lack of closure to the algo controversy could weigh on sentiment, say experts
U K Sinha said the equity market also helps in the growth of the Indian economy as the money invested in equities is utilised for infrastructure-building
The govt is likely to announce the new Sebi chief by Feb 10 as interviews for the position is over. Six people have been interviewed.
Minority shareholders are disappointed after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) increased the size of the mandatory open offer from 20 per cent to 26 per cent, ignoring the Achuthan panel's recommendation of giving all shareholders an exit option.
Sebi to fix promoters' side deals with PE investors
The next chairman at the country's largest lender could enjoy a four-year tenure.
After unfavourable response to the safety net, Sebi considers instruments with an option of conversion into equity.
Financial planners also believe that retail investors should avoid the IPOs or direct stock route because it is too risky for them.
Pepsico's Indra Nooyi claims she remains bullish on India, while Sebi's Sinha makes the case for using pension money to pump capital into the market, reports Faisal Kidwai.
The SAT asked Sebi as to what it was doing all these seven years and why it did not object to the revised IPO documents.
Hasty, ill-conceived steps show how isolated Mamata Banerjee had been from the national political trend. A fascinating excerpt from Sugato Hazra's Losing The Plot: Political Isolation Of West Bengal.
If there is one regulation that has undergone the highest number of changes over the past five years, it is the Issue of Capital Disclosure Requirements (ICDR) Regulations.
Multi-Commodity Exchange of India is the only listed bourse in the country
In an interview with Business Standard, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha discusses investment advisory rules and how regulators are coming together to resolve issues.
In an interview with Santosh Tiwari, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha also says he is not against consent orders, but is in favour of a predictable and transparent process.
The Union finance ministry has called for applications to the coveted post of chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
Companies are looking to combine risk management with strategy.
The Budget will focus on Gujarat's GIFT City.
It's been just nine months since the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) gave its nod to mobile trading. But the trend has caught up with trades through uniform resource locator (URL)- and wireless application protocol-based systems.
Indian regulators have identified certain groups as 'financial conglomerates' and they are being monitored closely for any systemic risks they may pose.
Poor disclosure among India-listed firms is a turnoff for foreign investors.
Sebi's suggestions are good but investors should not become overconfident.
In its efforts to make listed firms more responsible towards investors, Sebi may announce new insider trading norms as early as next week.
A large number of companies, either based out of this eastern state or having a significant presence there, are being probed for running illicit 'collective investment schemes', while penal action has already been initiated by Sebi against over 20 other entities from the region.
The Financial Stability and Development Council members include heads of regulatory bodies like RBI, Sebi and Insurance Regulatory Development Authority.
A major payment crisis involving Rs 5,600 crore (Rs 56 billion) broke out at National Spot Exchange last year.
Can only suspend non-compliant companies at present owing to a lack of jurisdictional clarity.
The apex court had last month handed over the case to CBI and asked the state governments to provide all logistical help to the CBI team probing the matter.
Of 194 entities thrown off the exchange, BSE doesn't have promoter names or addresses for 168 firms; yet it has ordered all promoters to buy back shares
Leading stock exchange BSE has initiated a process of putting in place a new risk-based model for supervision of market entities including brokers, taking forward a new model proposed by regulator Sebi in this regard.
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