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Market regulator Sebi is examining position limits for non-agricultural contracts to improve liquidity and depth without weakening risk controls, its chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday. Speaking about reforms in the commodity derivatives market, Pandey said the market design should allow contracts to gain scale. In some agricultural commodities, physical settlement from the outset can impede market development, and a phased approach could allow contracts to mature before physical settlement becomes mandatory. He said Sebi has completed consultations on the matter and guidelines will follow. The regulator is also working to reduce structural friction in commodity markets, including engaging with stakeholders on GST-related issues affecting participants who give or receive commodities through exchange platforms. Pandey said technology should serve the specific needs of commodity markets, which include producers, commercial users, farmers, processors and physical ...
Market regulator Sebi will soon issue a framework on proposed changes to the Closing Auction Session (CAS) mechanism after receiving more than 3,500 comments on its consultation paper, its Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had sought public comments on its proposal to review certain aspects of the CAS, market timings and the settlement methodology for derivative contracts. The deadline for submitting comments is October 3. Asked when the final framework or circular on CAS can be expected, Pandey said the regulator would quickly examine the responses and move ahead with the process. "Today is the last date, and we will actually quickly look at all these comments and go ahead, because I think our proposals are quite clear," Pandey said at an event organised by CPAI (Commodity & Capital Market Participants Association of India). The regulator would not require much time to compile and analyse the responses as the proposals
Markets regulator Sebi has kept in 'abeyance' the draft offer documents of Inox Clean Energy Ltd, which is looking to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 8,000 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of shares, amounting to Rs 2,000 crore by promoter Devansh Jain, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP). The status of the issue was updated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday under the list of IPOs whose observations have been kept in abeyance. The company had filed its draft papers with the regulator on September 29. Without specifying reasons, the regulator stated that the "issuance of observations (has been) kept in abeyance", according to an update on its website. The proposed issue could rank among the largest IPOs in India's private-sector renewable energy space. Inox Clean Energy, part of the INOXGFL Group, proposes to use the procee
Market watchdog Sebi has asked stock brokers to display investor awareness messages on their websites and trading apps under its initiative Project Jagrook. This is part of Project Jagrook -- Sebi's nationwide investor awareness initiative -- and the upcoming World Investor Week 2026. From October 5 to 31, all stock brokers will be required to display the "investor awareness message(s)" shared by Sebi and the 'Risk disclosures' on their websites, the regulator said in its circular on Thursday. From November 1 onwards, they will be required to display the specified investor awareness messages on the landing page of their websites. Regarding trading apps, Sebi said all stock brokers may display the investor awareness messages on their trading apps on a voluntary basis from October 5 to October 31.During this period, if on any day, the stock broker chooses to display the specified investor awareness messages on its trading app, the display of the risk disclosures will be optional. Fr
Real estate consultancy firm Anarock Property Consultants Ltd has filed draft papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 1,000 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to fund its technology push, business expansion and acquisitions. The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 550 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to Rs 450 crore, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) filed on Wednesday. Under the OFS, promoter selling shareholders Peter Properties Ltd and Khushi Trust, along with investors including various funds managed by 360 ONE, Om Sai Trust and Colared Consultants and Traders LLP, will offload shares. The company may also consider a pre-IPO placement of up to Rs 110 crore. If such a placement is completed, the size of the fresh issue will be reduced accordingly. The company said it plans to deploy the proceeds from the fresh issue towards organic and inorganic growth, including investments in artificial