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The Securities Blawg


Can Macro-Stress testing for Climate Risks get the ball rolling for Green Finance Regulation?
*All views expressed here are personal and nothing contained herein reflects the views, opinions and beliefs of any organization. At the...

Manal Shah
Nov 7, 20225 min read


Repo Rate Increased Thrice in Four Months: An Explainer
[First published at: https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/blog/repo-rate-increased-thrice-in-four-months-an-explainer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=r...

Manal Shah
Aug 27, 20225 min read


PFUTP (Second Amendment) Regulations 2020 - Why it is a game changer
Adarsh Vijayakumaran is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi On October 19,...

Manal Shah
Nov 22, 20205 min read


Social Stock Exchange
(Authored by Gaurang Mansinghka, Editor) The novel idea of a social stock exchange (‘SSE’) which underlines the notion of financial...

Manal Shah
Aug 2, 20205 min read


OPTIONAL PRICING FOR FREQUENTLY TRADED SHARES IN PREFERENTIAL ISSUE
The SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 were recently amended by virtue of SEBI (Issue of Capital and...

Manal Shah
Jul 7, 20202 min read


Creeping Acquisition limit raised to 10%
Market Regulator, SEBI notified the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment)...

Manal Shah
Jun 19, 20203 min read


Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) is one of the mechanisms for incorporated entities to raise funds. It refers to the process of a private...

Manal Shah
May 20, 20209 min read


What is a Securities Market and why does it need regulating?
Market, for our reference, is the term used to denote to a place where buyers and sellers come together to partake in economic...

Manal Shah
May 14, 20205 min read


Case Study - Karvy Stock Boking Limited (Part IV/IV - Policy Developments)
Owing to the seriousness of this case, SEBI has tightened its surveillance over other brokers. It has also attempted to make several...

Manal Shah
Mar 18, 20208 min read


Case Study - Karvy Stock Broking Limited (Part III/IV - The Lender Banks' Case)
Click to read Part I (Facts), Part II (SEBI) and Part IV (Policy Developments). In pursuance of the November 22 Order, NSE passed an...

Manal Shah
Mar 18, 20206 min read


Case Study - Karvy Stock Broking Limited (Part II/IV - SEBI)
Read Part I (Facts), Part III (The Lender Banks' Case) and Part IV (Policy Developments). Ex-Parte-Ad-Interim Order SEBI, in its Interim...

Manal Shah
Mar 18, 20205 min read


Case Study - Karvy Stock Broking Limited (Part I/IV - Facts)
The developments in the recent case of Karvy Stock Broking Limited (“KSBL”) have been touted as a whole new low in Indian securities...

Manal Shah
Mar 18, 20203 min read


SEBI proposes exemption for listed subsidiaries from Delisting Regulations
The extant SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations 2009 (“Delisting Regulations”) requires listed subsidiary desirous of getting...

Manal Shah
Mar 17, 20204 min read


Majority of minority basis approval proposed for corporate guarantee extended to promoters
SEBI has proposed that listed companies shall be permitted to extend guarantee/ security to the promoter(s), promoter group, relatives of...

Manal Shah
Mar 8, 20203 min read


Direct transactions in Mutual Fund by Investor through Stock Exchange facilitated
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) issued the Circular titled ‘Facilitating transaction in Mutual Fund Schemes through...

Manal Shah
Feb 28, 20203 min read


New Regulatory Regime for Portfolio Managers
Indian securities market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), on January 16, 2020, standardized its regulation...

Manal Shah
Feb 6, 20209 min read


OTP and Video Based KYC facilitated by RBI
On January 09, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) vide notification no. DOR.AML.BC.No.27/14.01.001/2019-20 amended the Master...

Manal Shah
Jan 26, 20205 min read


SEBI tightens disclosure norms for banks with listed securities
As a part of its supervisory process, the Reserve Bank assesses compliance by banks with extant prudential norms on income recognition,...

Manal Shah
Nov 2, 20195 min read


Issue and listing of Commercial Papers on stock exchanges
Concept of commercial papers, overview of the regulations governing its issue and listing.

Manal Shah
Oct 30, 20195 min read


SEBI Circular on conditions for resignation of statutory auditors
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) on October 18, 2019 vide Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD1/114/2019 dated October 18, 2019...

Manal Shah
Oct 22, 20197 min read
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