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AT-1 bonds' valuation by mutual funds to be based on yield-to-call: Sebi

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Monday said that mutual funds will value Additional Tier 1 or AT-1 bonds based on yield to call (YTC) basis. Yield to call is the expected return an investor gets if they buy a bond and hold it until the issuer repurchases it on the call date, before maturity. This came after the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) recommended that AT-1 bonds should be valued based on yield to call to align with market practices and Ind AS 113 principles. This recommendation applies only to the valuation of AT-1 bonds under Ind AS 113, not to other purposes. "In order to align the valuation methodology with the recommendation of NFRA, it has been decided that the valuation of AT-1 bonds by mutual funds shall be based on Yield to Call," Sebi said in a circular. However, for all other purposes, the deemed maturity of perpetual bonds will still follow the guidelines in the Master Circular. AT1 bonds are issued by banks with no maturity date, but they includ

Sebi proposes uniform timeline to ensure credit, trading of bonus shares

Markets regulator Sebi on Monday proposed a uniform timeline to ensure timely credit and trading of bonus shares in a bid to streamline the process to enable T+2 trading of such shares after the record date. The current ICDR (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) rules prescribe overall timelines regarding implementation of the bonus issue, however, there are no specific timeline on credit of bonus shares and trading of such shares, from the record date of the issue. "Thus, absence of any specific guidelines on this aspect leads to non-uniformity with respect to timelines in which shares are credited and made available for trading in bonus issue," Sebi said in its consultation paper. Currently, after a bonus issue, existing shares continue to trade under the same ISIN, and the new bonus shares are credited and available for trading within 2-7 working days post record date. Therefore, to have uniformity in timelines for credit and trading of bonus shares, it is imperative th

Sebi looks to boost capital raising, plans to streamline IPO filing

Rights issue-preferential combo, 'demystified' IPO filing on table

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

Sebi to relax norms for registered investment advisors, research analysts

According to industry estimates there are more than 1,300 RIAs but only 300 of them are members of the association of RIAs

Sebi to release paper on easing norms for investment advisor registration

Capital markets regulator Sebi will early next week come out with a consultation paper on making it easier to become a registered investment advisor, a senior official said on Friday. The move has come amid Sebi efforts to contain the activities of unregulated 'fin-influencers'. The Sebi board recently approved a series of measures on restricting the play of fin-influencers, which focus mainly on policing the segment through their tie ups with the entities regulated by Sebi. Also, senior Sebi officials in the recent past have said that challenges to get registered as an investment advisor are among the reasons for growth in the problematic fin-influencers segment. The capital markets regulator will come out with a consultation paper which will have proposals on relaxing the registration requirements for investment advisors and research analysts by Monday or Tuesday, its whole-time member Kamlesh Varshney said addressing Ficci's Capam event here. The registered investment advisors h

Sebi says it's considering 'demystified filing' to speed up IPO approvals

Regulator to also bring a combo-product of rights issue and preferential allotment

Sebi fines JM Financial Asset Management, former CEO for flouting rules

Capital markets watchdog Sebi has imposed penalty totalling Rs 2 crore on seven entities, including JM Financial Asset Management Ltd, its trustee and its former CEO Bhanu Katoch, for flouting regulatory norms. The fine needs to be paid within 45 days, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in its order. Individually, a fine of Rs 25 lakh was levied on JM Financial Asset Management, Rs 10 lakh on JM Financial Trustee Company, Rs 1.1 crore on Bhanu Katoch, Rs 17 lakh on his mother Swarn Lata Katoch and Rs 8 lakh on his wife Sharika Kher. Additionally, the regulator slapped a fine of Rs 22 lakh on Deepen Doshi, who was head of institutional sales at JM Financial Asset Management during the violation, and Rs 9 lakh on his mother Aruna Doshi. In its order, Sebi noted that these five persons invested in certain JM Financial Mutual Fund schemes, holding defaulted Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL) securities before the valuation change, using unpublished ...

Kotak MF's Nilesh Shah bats for restrictions on retail investors in F&O

Budget with BS: The Fine Print: 'Atithi Devo Bhava' is good for tourism not for financial markets; there should be no differential treatment, said Nilesh Shah, managing director of Kotak Mutual Fund

Sebi clarifies on reports pertaining T+0 system mandatory for all

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday clarified on media reports pertaining to making the T+0 system mandatory for all. "This has been erroneously reported in a section of the press as Sebi bats for making the T+0 system mandatory for all," the regulator said in a statement. In a statement issued, the regulator clarified that its chief Madhabi Puri Buch was discussing the Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) facility, not the T+0 settlement cycle. The ASBA facility ensures that the investor's fund gets moved only when the allotment is completed. At an NSE event on Tuesday, the Sebi chairperson released a report on "Indian Capital Markets: Transformative Shifts Achieved through technology and reforms". The report referred to potential annual benefit of Rs 2,800 crore if ASBA for the secondary market were to be adopted fully by retail investors. "In this context, a question was posed to the Sebi chairperson on the ASBA facility being optional due to which retail ...

Excessive speculation

Proposed measures will reduce retail participation in F&O

'Sebi's plan on index derivatives to reduce volumes, lower volatility'

Markets regulator Sebi's proposal on tightening rules for index derivatives if implemented may result in erosion of volumes from Futures & Options (F&O), experts said on Wednesday. At the same time, it will enhance investor protection and promote market stability in derivatives markets, they added. In its consultation paper on Tuesday, the regulator has proposed seven measures, including increasing minimum contract size and upfront collection of option premiums, intra-day monitoring of position limits, rationalisation of strike prices, removal of calendar spread benefit on expiry day and increase in near contract expiry margin. One of the proposals is to rationalise weekly expiry and restrict it to one per week on the benchmark index per exchange. This change will likely impact volumes, as the recent volumes in the equity derivatives segment have been driven by weekly expiries, HDFC Securities MD & CEO Dhiraj Relli said. "Reducing volumes in F&O will bring down the ...

BANKEX expiry Friday to boost BSE volumes: Hemang Jani of Finazenn explains

Why is BSE stock up today: BSE share price advanced 8.1 per cent to Rs 2,607.7 per share on the NSE on Wednesday. The rally comes amid market regulator Sebi's new proposals regarding F&O trading

Motilal Oswal maintains buy on Angel One post Sebi's F&O proposals

Not more than 50 strikes would be introduced for an index derivatives contract at the time of contract launch.

How will Sebi's proposed F&O rules affect BSE, NSE, Zerodha, Angel One?

Spillover of trading activity from these contracts into remaining products, analysts believe, can limit the impact to 20-25%

Capital gains tax changes may impact investment behaviour: Rashesh Shah

Buyback and tax-free dividend had a gap and an equalisation was needed. Volumes in F&O trading had gone up rapidly and, in a way, the increase in STT on F&O will protect investor interest, he said

All you need to know about Sebi proposals on index derivatives

Decoded Sebi's proposals to curb speculation in F&O: The market regulator on July 30 proposed these seven measures in its consultation paper on index derivatives framework.

Sebi mulls changes in norms for FPIs from land-bordering countries

The market regulator has proposed linking the disclosure requirements to a minimum threshold to identify whether the FPI is based in an LBC

Overseas training or vacation? Sebi puts kibosh on MFDs' foreign 'perks'

Amfi's hammer fall: No 'incentivisation programmes' beyond Indian shores

Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola Electric IPO likely to open on August 2

SoftBank-backed EV maker to pursue valuation of about $4.5 bn