Mint explains why Sebi is concerned with the rising trade volumes, the measures it plans to take, and the impact of these steps. What are derivatives? Derivatives are financial contracts that derive their value from an underlying asset. Derivatives are of two types – futures and options contracts. They help […]
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Zerodha’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer Nithin Kamath believes that the suggested changes in the new F&O consultation paper released by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are unlikely to affect options volumes despite the government’s increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) in the Union Budget 2024. […]
The capital markets regulator Sebi has returned the draft prospectus documents for Vishal Mega Mart, the education-focused NBFC Avanse Financial Services, Sai Life Sciences backed by private equity firm TPG Capital, and BMW Ventures. On the other hand, the markets regulator has approved the IPOs of four companies: PN Gadgil […]
As a measure for investor protection, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the market regulator, has introduced SEBI’s Virtual Assistant (SEVA), an artificial intelligence-enabled chatbot that addresses investor questions. This chatbot will help investors with information on certain processes and seek responses. “In line with its mandate of […]
Mumbai: India’s capital markets regulator has floated a consultation paper proposing to include more people in the ambit of its insider trading regulations, including those who may be unofficially connected to company officials in possession of price-sensitive information. Connected persons are deemed to have access to unpublished price-sensitive information (UPSI). […]
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is returning draft papers of initial public offerings (IPOs) to merchant bankers citing reasons for the lack of due diligence or disclosures, a strong signal to the investment bankers community, Moneycontrol reported on Monday, July 29, quoting anonymous sources. Garuda Construction, Jaykay […]
Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed the Indian stock exchanges to exercise extra caution when approving documents for initial public offers (IPOs) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). According to a report by the news website Moneycontrol, the capital market watchdog has told the […]
You’re young. Ambitious. Daring enough to venture into the slippery lanes of intraday equity trading at the stock markets. And you’re losing money. If the above description fits your profile, you’re not alone. A study by India’s capital markets regulator said that a staggering 76% of loss-making intraday traders were […]
The government informed Parliament on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) received representations over the market fall on June 4—the day the Lok Sabha election results were announced. However, the market regulator has no specific information on any ‘unfair trading’ that took place in the stock […]
Derivatives are meant to be hedging instruments, but investors worldwide use them as speculative tools and India is likely no exception, the Economic Survey said, at a time the stock market regulator is weighing measures to curb ballooning retail speculation in the segment. However, the survey added that raising investor […]