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Brokers seek clarity from Sebi on withholding payouts in fraud cases

Brokers have called for clarity on resolution timeline, granting market institutions more powers to Access and act alone

Contra funds: Can you weather the long periods of underperformance?

Make sure the fund manager does not abandon this strategy in a bull run

Sebi rejects Bajaj Hindusthan's jurisdiction plea in fund diversion probe

Market regulator says forensic audits cited by Bajaj Hindusthan did not examine accounts through which alleged fund diversion was carried out

Sebi orders Rashmi Saluja to disgorge Rs 2 crore in insider trading case

Market regulator imposes Rs 40 lakh penalty on former Religare Enterprises chairperson in insider trading case linked to Burman Group's open offer

Sebi weighs specialised distributors for debt mkt: WTM Amarjeet Singh

Move aims to widen retail participation in bond investments

Sebi moots overhaul of municipal debt securities framework, ESG bond norms

Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed easing and tightening norms for municipal bonds to deepen investor participation and improve disclosure standards

Brokers seek Sebi clarity on payout freezes in fraud-linked cases

Move comes after recent withholding of Rs 80 crore that impacted more than 160 brokers

Sebi proposes doubling position limits for agri commodity derivatives

The regulator has proposed higher client-level position limits and revised penalties for breaches to improve liquidity and deepen agricultural commodity markets

Sebi proposes phased physical settlement in select agri derivatives

The regulator has proposed allowing select agricultural derivatives contracts to begin with financial settlement before transitioning to compulsory physical delivery

The legal price of State failure: Accountability must bind all authorities

It is now routine for MIIs to face monetary consequences for regulatory failures, through settlement or adjudication, occasionally accompanied by non-monetary sanctions

Sebi mulls allowing depositories to use IPF income for specific expenses

Market regulator says excess expenses beyond the proposed limit must continue to be borne by depositories and unused amounts returned to the IPF corpus

BofA Securities India settles alleged insider trading matter with Sebi

BofA Securities India has settled alleged violations related to insider trading and merchant banking regulations with Sebi after paying ₹58.5 lakh

Sebi proposes green-channel route to speed up AIF scheme launches

Sebi has proposed easing filing norms and reducing timelines for alternative investment fund scheme launches under a green-channel mechanism

Fintech firms form SRO to boost trust in digital precious metals market

Digital gold and silver platforms have formed a self-regulatory body to improve governance, transparency and consumer protection amid regulatory uncertainty

Sebi proposes 'GARUDA' mechanism to speed up AIF scheme launches

Markets regulator Sebi on Monday proposed a new green-channel mechanism -- GARUDA-- for alternative investment funds (AIFs) to launch schemes to 10 working days of filing their placement memorandums from the current 30 days, in a bid to speed up the deployment of capital by them. GARUDA, or Green-Channel: AIF Rollout Upon Document Acknowledgement, aims to streamline the Processing of Placement Memorandums (PPMs) filed with Sebi and further ease fundraising by AIFs. Under the proposal, regular AIF schemes would be allowed to launch within 10 working days of filing the PPM with Sebi through a merchant banker, unless the regulator raises objections. At present, AIFs can launch schemes only after 30 days from filing, Sebi said in its consultation paper. For the first scheme of an AIF, launch would be permitted from the date of grant of registration or after 10 working days of filing the application, whichever is later. Sebi said the move would "further enable faster and efficient ...

Treat these novel strategies as diversifiers, not as core holdings

Treat SIFs as satellite holdings, not replacements for core mutual fund holdings, as management and threshold compliance risks remain

Sebi clarifies trading window norms for pledged share transactions

Sebi said designated persons may pledge shares during trading window closure for bona fide purposes such as raising funds, subject to prior approval and compliance checks

Sebi proposes additional measures to strengthen buyback framework

Recommendations follow earlier proposal to re-introduce open market buyback through stock exchange

Zepto, Dhoot Transmission among 6 companies to secure Sebi's nod for IPO

As many as six companies, including quick commerce unicorn Zepto and auto components manufacturer Dhoot Transmission, have secured Sebi's approval to raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs). Other companies that obtained approval are Horizon Industrial Parks, Surgiwear, Crystal Crop Protection and Hotel Polo Towers, an update with the markets regulator showed on Friday. These companies, which filed their preliminary IPO papers between October and February, obtained Sebi's observations during May 4-8. InSebi's parlance, obtaining observations is equivalent to securing approval to float a public offering. Zepto and Dhoot Transmission filed preliminary papers with Sebi in December and February, respectively, using a confidential route. According to people familiar with the development, Zepto is aiming to raise Rs 11,000 crore through its maiden public offering. If the listing goes through, Zepto will join its rivals Zomato and Swiggy, both of which are already listed on

Sebi allows 30-day lag for use of market data in educational content

Sebi on Friday revised rules to allow a uniform time lag of 30 days for sharing and using stock price data for educational and investor awareness activities to strike a balance between preventing misuse of market data and keeping educational content relevant. The new framework will be applicable from July 1, Sebi said in its circular. The markets regulator, in May 2024, had restricted the sharing of live market data by stock exchanges exclusively for trading and allied activities, allowing educational and awareness programmes to use such data only with a one-day lag to curb misuse. The framework was further tightened in January 2025, when the regulator stipulated that entities engaged solely in education could use market data only with a three-month lag. Under the existing system, educational institutes could access price data with a one-day delay for preparing content, but were permitted to use only three-month-old data while conducting classes or disseminating material through an