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Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday proposed a dedicated electronic book provider platform for fundraising by not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) through the Social Stock Exchange. The proposed framework aims to streamline the process for NPOs to issue Zero Coupon Zero Principal instruments and other permitted securities on the SSE by introducing a common bidding and settlement platform called the SSE Electronic Book Provider (SSE-EBP), the regulator stated in a consultation paper. Under the draft circular, NPOs intending to raise Rs 50 lakh or more in a single issue or via shelf issues will have to use this new platform. The SSE-EBP will be open to a wide range of participants including qualified institutional buyers, non-institutional and retail investors. However, foreign portfolio investors and foreign funds will not be allowed to participate, Sebi said. Also, the regulator said issuers will be required to submit detailed fundraising documents and term sheets ahead of t
Leading stock exchange BSE has directed market participants to take precautionary measures on potential "high-impact" cyber-attacks by beefing up security monitoring of the systems with appropriate incident response plans. This comes amid India launching missile attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. In a circular issued on Wednesday, BSE has asked market participants "to take precautionary measures on potential cyber risks, including high-impact cyber-attacks such as ransomware, supply chain intrusions, DDoS attacks, website defacement and malware" It asked trading members to check if necessary security controls are in place, conduct risk assessment and mitigate any findings, beef up security monitoring of the systems with appropriate incident response plans, and increase threat hunting activities. These measures are aimed at ensuring a safe marketplace. This directive comes after an advisory was received from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) ...
Markets regulator Sebi on Monday directed brokers to collect all other margins, except value at risk (VaR) and Extreme Loss Margin (ELM), by the T+1 settlement day. The decision has been taken due to the shift from T+2 to T+1 settlement cycle. Trading members or clearing members are required to mandatorily collect upfront VaR margins and ELM from their clients. Earlier, they had time till 'T+2' working days to collect margins (except VaR margins and ELM) from their clients. "With effect from January 27, 2023, the settlement cycle has been reduced from T+2 to T+1 across all scrips in the cash market. "In this regard, based on representation received from the Brokers' Industry Standards Forum (ISF) and to ensure a more robust risk management framework, it has been decided that keeping in view the change in the settlement cycles, the TMs (trading members)/CMs (clearing members) shall be required to collect margins (except VaR margins and ELM) from their clients by the settlement day,"