Ananth Narayanan

Unregistered advisors a threat; 70k misleading posts removed: Narayan

Markets regulator Sebi, in consultation with social media platforms, has removed 70,000 misleading handles and posts since the implementation of the fin-influencer framework last year, said its whole-time member Ananth Narayan G on Friday. Amid concerns over foreign portfolio investors selling equities, the Sebi's whole-time member said the overall flows are not as bad as one would imagine and stressed that they "remain invested" in India. The unregistered investment advisors and research analysts are a "menace" who are cashing in on the rising interest in investments, he said. "Since October 2024, Sebi has worked with social media companies to bring down over 70,000 misleading handles/posts," he said while addressing an event organised by registered investment advisors here. He sought the advisors' help in ensuring compliance and mentioned the UPI 'Payright' handle to help identify Sebi-registered entities and the optional Centralised Fee Collection Mechanism as Sebi's efforts in

Updated On: 21 Mar 2025 | 5:05 PM IST

BS BFSI Summit: Sebi WTM Ananth Narayan for strengthening of MII ecosystem

Sebi whole-time member says regulator to float consultation paper to consider demerger of equity clearing corporations from exchanges

Updated On: 07 Nov 2024 | 11:03 PM IST

Proactively made all disclosures, recusals: Sebi WTM on Cong's charges

Narayan assured that he has made all necessary disclosures and followed recusal procedures to manage potential conflicts

Updated On: 07 Nov 2024 | 10:30 PM IST

Sebi member warns against 'race to the bottom' among MIIs at BS BFSI Summit

Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan, whole-time member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), shares insights into MIIs at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit

Updated On: 07 Nov 2024 | 11:03 AM IST

FPIs may get funds on day of settlement from October, says Sebi WTM

Rs 1 trillion float lying with custodians may reduce with faster remittance

Updated On: 29 Aug 2024 | 10:33 PM IST

F&O curbs for stemming 'frenzied trading': Sebi whole-time member

Whole-time member Narayan says measures aimed at addressing hyperactive trading on expiry day

Updated On: 02 Aug 2024 | 10:59 PM IST

AIFs' actual investment at 65% of commitments: Sebi WTM Ananth Narayan

Along with a code of conduct, Sebi is working to define the specifics of what constitutes circumvention

Updated On: 28 Feb 2024 | 1:03 PM IST

Ready to relook at some AIF norms if assured of no misuse: Sebi official

Ananth Narayan said that RBI has agreed with Sebi's assessment on circumvention by AIFs

Updated On: 06 Dec 2023 | 9:46 PM IST

Sebi's job to ensure capital formation: Ananth Narayan at BS BFSI Summit

Sebi WTM Ananth Narayan talks about walking the tightrope between overregulation and underregulation

Updated On: 31 Oct 2023 | 9:07 AM IST

BS BFSI Summit: From Ananth Narayan G to Sameer Nigam, here're key speakers

Ananth Narayan G, Dinesh Kumar Khara, Sameer Nigam, and Christopher Wood: Meet the key speakers of BS BFSI Summit 2023

Updated On: 29 Oct 2023 | 9:50 PM IST

Mensa Brands is profitable with net revenue run rate of Rs 1,500 cr

The Ananth Narayanan-led firm achieved this in the first 12 months of operations and it has plans to hire 700 employees in 2022

Updated On: 31 May 2022 | 4:09 PM IST

Ananth Narayanan starts Mensa Brands after exit from PharmEasy-Medlife deal

Mensa aims to create a tech-led 'House of Brands' for e-commerce industry; has closed Series A round, raising $50 mn from Accel, Kunal Shah, Mukesh Bansal and Scott Shleifer of Tiger Global

Updated On: 31 May 2021 | 10:24 PM IST

Myntra ex-boss sets sights on e-health biz; eyes 15 mn customers in 5 yrs

Ananth Narayanan wants to turn Medlife into a $2-billion player

Updated On: 27 Jan 2020 | 12:49 PM IST

Will close $150-mn funding in 3-5 months: Medlife CEO Ananth Narayanan

MedLife has seen 100 per cent year-on-year growth. It has built very unique assets that are not there with other players

Updated On: 05 Aug 2019 | 10:19 PM IST

Newsmaker: Ananth Narayanan

Narayanan's strategy of building exclusive brands for Myntra has been a success as well, and more such brands will be added to the portal's offering in the future

Updated On: 28 Jul 2016 | 9:28 PM IST