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Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for directors on governing boards of market infrastructure institutions (MIIs), along with standard qualification and experience norms for key officials such as chief technology officers and chief information security officers. In its consultation paper, the regulator said the proposals are aimed at strengthening the governance of MIIs, which include stock exchanges, clearing corporations, and depositories. Sebi said MIIs faced practical difficulties finding suitable candidates, especially for public interest director positions, due to existing restrictions. These rules often disqualify expert candidates from joining an MII board if they are directors at any company even remotely linked to a stockbroker or trading member. Under the proposed changes, Sebi said the existing exemption available to directors of public sector banks and financial institutions would be extended to directors of companies with
Markets regulator Sebi on Monday decided to introduce an IT Resilience Index (ITRI) to assess the functioning and resilience of information technology systems of market infrastructure institutions (MIIs), including stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations. The move is aimed at strengthening oversight of the resilience of IT systems and identifying emerging weaknesses at an early stage, so that timely corrective measures can be taken. Under the framework, the ITRI will be computed using a uniform set of nine parameters, each carrying a specific weightage to ensure comparability across MIIs, Sebi said in its circular. Availability and security will carry the highest weightage of 20 per cent each, followed by integrity, governance, reliability and monitoring, business continuity, and modularity and flexibility at 10 per cent each. Scalability and other aspects, including incident handling, will account for the remaining 5 per cent each. Sebi said MIIs will also develop
A promoter group entity of Adani Power on Tuesday sold 12.48 crore shares of the company Adani Infra (India) Ltd for Rs 2,627 crore through open market transactions. According to the block deal data on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Ardour Investment Holding Ltd, a promoter entity, offloaded 12,48,00,000 shares, representing a 0.65 per cent stake in Adani Power Ltd. The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 210.50 apiece, taking the deal size to Rs 2,627.04 crore. Following the latest transaction, Ardour Investment Holding Ltd's stakeholding in Adani Power has declined to 3.03 per cent from 3.68 per cent. Meanwhile, Adani Infra (India) Ltd purchased an equal number of shares at the same price. Shares of Adani Power fell nearly 2 per cent to close at Rs 209.95 on the NSE. On Monday, Adani Infra (India) Ltd, a promoter group entity of Adani Green Energy Ltd, bought a 1.03 per cent stake from another promoter arm, Ardour Investment Holding Ltd, for Rs 2,380 crore. P