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Market regulator Sebi on Friday eased the mandatory requirement for research analysts to maintain call recordings of their interactions with institutional investors to reduce compliance burden and improve ease of doing business. In a circular, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said research analysts and entities will no longer be mandatorily required to maintain call recordings of interactions with institutional investors. However, they will continue to be required to maintain records of their interactions with all clients, including prospective clients, through means such as signed physical records, emails, SMS messages, call recordings or any other legally verifiable method. The records are required to be maintained for five years. In cases where a dispute has been raised, the records will have to be preserved until its resolution. They also need to be retained if Sebi directs that specific records be preserved. The regulator clarified that call recordings are not

The first cohort includes 14 alternative investment funds and five focused research organisations, with managers expected to mobilise private capital matching the fund's contribution

Fund Review: SBI Large & Midcap Fund

The fund will provide growth capital to SMEs seeking to expand capacity, adopt technology, enter global markets, make acquisitions and join global value chains

The Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund, which invests in stocks outside the top 100 by market capitalisation, has been seeing a sharp rise in recent months

The framework offers tax breaks and simpler rules for global family offices, investment funds and fund managers seeking to establish operations in Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City

Sebi had eased rules for arbitrage funds in a bid to boost participation from the ₹3 trillion mutual fund category in the CAS

Fund Review: DSP Midcap Fund

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund has raised more than half of its $3.2 billion target from global and domestic investors, including AustralianSuper and Temasek

Industry-first products, balanced hybrid funds in the pipeline

SEBI has proposed a new Mutual Fund-only Portfolio Management Service that could lower the minimum investment from ₹50 lakh to ₹25 lakh. Here's what's changing, why it matters, and what investors.

Beware that funds with higher exposure to mid- and smallcaps are likely to be more volatile

What would happen if your salary stopped tomorrow? Could you pay your rent, EMIs, and bills without a paycheck? In this video, we explain why an emergency fund is essential, how much you should save

Check the underlying index and concentration, and invest for at least five years

Commitments raised, other parameters have grown faster than other AIF categories

The new funds automatically shift asset allocation towards lower-risk investments as the target year approaches

A case has been registered against a US-based organisation and six others after the ED lodged a complaint alleging illegal utilisation of foreign funds through a network of foreign debit cards, including in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas of the country. Based on the complaint filed by ED Assistant Director Sunil Kumar Sinhmar, Kothanur Police in Bengaluru registered on June 11 under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The FIR names Jonathan S Rajan, Micah Mark, Ajit Verghese Mathai, Varghese Chacko, Bablu Kurmi, Supreme Joy, US-based The Timothy Initiative and others as accused. In the complaint, the ED alleged that searches conducted on April 18 and 19 under provisions of the Income Tax Act and the Foreign Exchange Management Act revealed that the accused, in association with TTI, used foreign-origin debit cards issued by a US bank to withdraw and utilise foreign funds across India. The agency alleged tha

A new category inside India’s mutual fund industry is growing at lightning speed. In just seven months, Specialised Investment Funds, or SIFs

Fund flow data points to deterioration in risk appetite towards EM & commodity-linked themes, says Elara Capital

Artha's Anirudh Damani says disciplined entry valuations-not market timing-are driving its biggest wins