How investors will gain from new Sebi reforms
6 years, 3 months ago

How investors will gain from new Sebi reforms

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has announced several reforms to make the markets more efficient and transparent. The board took steps to reduce transaction costs, improve liquidity, increase market participation, improve capital allocation, penalize fraudulent activities and protect small investors, besides having a more efficient price discovery system. Analysts said that permitting foreign entities in the commodity derivatives market will not only help increase market participation, but could also lead to more innovation and increase liquidity. Sebi said all MF commission and expenses must be paid from the scheme and that the industry must adopt a full-trail model of commission in all schemes without paying any upfront commission. Sebi has approved new know-your-customer norms and eligibility terms for FPIs, which were suggested by a panel led by former RBI deputy governor H.R.

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Sebi to simplify registration for FPIs looking to invest in govt securities
4 days, 17 hours ago

Sebi to simplify registration for FPIs looking to invest in govt securities

Live Mint  

Mumbai: India's capital markets regulator is set to ease the registration of foreign portfolio investors if they want to invest in government-backed securities, even as it proposed doubling the equity investment threshold set for granular disclosures by FPIs to ₹50,000 crore. "There will be zero requirements for a lot of things including investor group all that data will not be …

Mutual Funds: Total asset size spikes 40% in a year, individuals own lion’s share as equity schemes turn favourites
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mutual Funds: Total asset size spikes 40% in a year, individuals own lion’s share as equity schemes turn favourites

Live Mint  

The total assets managed by the mutual fund industry jumped nearly 40 per cent in a year to ₹68.05 trillion in November 2024, a 39.59 per cent jump over November 2023, according to the latest data from the Association for Mutual Funds in India. Equity vs debt The data further reveals that the proportionate share of equity-oriented schemes was 59.7 …

Stock market this week: Top 5 stocks with the biggest gains and losses
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Stock market this week: Top 5 stocks with the biggest gains and losses

Live Mint  

Top News The Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed a platform called MITRA to help investors reconnect with their forgotten or unclaimed mutual fund investments. With MITRA, SEBI aims to simplify the recovery process, promote transparency, and empower investors to regain control over their wealth, fostering trust in mutual fund investments. Mirae Asset Management has introduced a new …

Mint Primer: A new era awaits India’s F&O market in 2025
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Mint Primer: A new era awaits India’s F&O market in 2025

Live Mint  

The allure of quick profits and gamification by brokerages triggered a retail frenzy in India’s F&O market. Sebi introduced a set of six new measures on 1 October to skim the froth in the domestic derivatives market. Measures like doubling and trebling of index contract sizes to ₹15-20 lakh, an additional 200-basis-point extreme loss margin of 14% for selling contracts …

Court issues notice to SEBI over plea seeking investor education on mutual funds
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Court issues notice to SEBI over plea seeking investor education on mutual funds

India Today  

The Bombay High Court issued a notice to the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Association of Mutual Funds of India on Wednesday. Shah sought the court's directions to Sebi to withdraw the mandate given to AMFI for investor education. Shah said in his petition that Sebi has given a mandate to AMFI to spread investor education and …

SEBI Tightens Rules on Offshore Derivative Instruments to Boost Transparency
4 weeks ago

SEBI Tightens Rules on Offshore Derivative Instruments to Boost Transparency

Deccan Chronicle  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has introduced significant changes to the regulations governing Offshore Derivative Instruments issued by Foreign Portfolio Investors. A circular issued on Tuesday outlined the new requirements aimed at enhancing market transparency and stability.Under the revised framework, FPIs are prohibited from issuing ODIs with derivatives as their underlying assets or using derivatives to hedge their …

Sebi notifies mutual fund lite regulations. Here is what you should know
4 weeks ago

Sebi notifies mutual fund lite regulations. Here is what you should know

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has notified Mutual Fund Lite regulations, allowing fund houses focussing only on passively managed schemes to get a licence with less stringent criteria. Net-worth criteria The MF Lite Regulations state that the minimum net-worth criteria for a mutual fund should be ₹35 crore. Business demerger The new rules even allow existing fund houses …

Sebi norms may have partly fuelled recent FPI sell off
1 month, 1 week ago

Sebi norms may have partly fuelled recent FPI sell off

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Was the humongous foreign portfolio investor selling of the past two months driven only by poor corporate earnings and rising bond yields in the US? One fund manager said some of the funds awaited global index provider MSCI's rebalancing of its Emerging Markets Index on 25 November. Another fund manager said the circular has been "a matter of …

Weekend Wrap: From Swiggy to Zomato, top market movers and news of week
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Weekend Wrap: From Swiggy to Zomato, top market movers and news of week

Live Mint  

Top News The Securities and Exchange Board of India, in its recent circular, has introduced an abridged Common Application Form for certain Foreign Portfolio Investors. Franklin AMC has launched new fund offers In the mutual fund space, Franklin Templeton Asset Management Company has launched a New Fund Offer for the Franklin India Arbitrage Fund. These developments across regulatory reforms, capital …

Sebi proposes reforms for angel funds, lowering entry barriers and enhancing investor flexibility
2 months ago

Sebi proposes reforms for angel funds, lowering entry barriers and enhancing investor flexibility

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed sweeping changes to the regulatory framework governing angel funds under Alternative Investment Funds, aiming to boost investor participation and provide more flexibility to fund managers. However, Sebi argues that angel funds provide distinct advantages, including professional management, streamlined operations, and easier access to startup opportunities, warranting their continued inclusion under AIF …

Want to invest in the US markets? These 12 mutual funds have exposure to American stocks
2 months ago

Want to invest in the US markets? These 12 mutual funds have exposure to American stocks

Live Mint  

With Donald Trump winning the US Presidential Elections 2024, investing in the US stocks has suddenly become sought after. These are some of Indian funds that invest in US markets Aditya Birla Sun Life NASDAQ 100 FOF 2. Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 FOF Can you invest in US stocks or mutual funds? Mutual funds which invest in the foreign securities …

Weekend Wrap: From Page Industries to M&M, top market movers and news of week
2 months ago

Weekend Wrap: From Page Industries to M&M, top market movers and news of week

Live Mint  

Top News In a recent regulatory update, the Securities and Exchange Board of India introduced new measures to enhance transparency in the mutual fund industry. Beginning December 5, 2024, fund houses are required to distinctly disclose expenses and returns for both direct and regular mutual fund plans, providing investors with clearer information for decision-making. In mutual fund developments, Shriram AMC …

US Election Results: As American markets spike, this is how investors from India can invest in the overseas stocks
2 months, 1 week ago

US Election Results: As American markets spike, this is how investors from India can invest in the overseas stocks

Live Mint  

With Donald Trump all set to take over as the 47th US President, the markets in America reacted quite positively to the news. If you, too, want to get an exposure to the American equities, you can either get direct exposure by buying stocks via brokers here, or else, buy mutual funds or ETFs which invest in the US stocks …

Sebi permits mutual funds to invest in overseas funds with limit on exposure to Indian securities
2 months, 1 week ago

Sebi permits mutual funds to invest in overseas funds with limit on exposure to Indian securities

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has permitted mutual funds to invest in overseas mutual funds or unit trusts that invest a portion of their assets in Indian securities. “In order to facilitate ease of investment in overseas MF/UTs, to bring transparency in the manner of investment, and to enable Mutual Funds to diversify their overseas investments, the following …

Sebi's fixed timelines to address delays in NFO fund deployment
2 months, 1 week ago

Sebi's fixed timelines to address delays in NFO fund deployment

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : In a pivotal regulatory proposal, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has outlined fixed timelines for deploying funds collected through new fund offers. Why Sebi is setting a deployment timeline Historically, delays in fund deployment have raised concerns, with investors expecting their contributions to be promptly invested according to each fund’s objectives. Sebi’s motivation behind a …

Sebi's Demat Reform: A Step Towards Financial Inclusion for Collective Entities
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sebi's Demat Reform: A Step Towards Financial Inclusion for Collective Entities

Live Mint  

India is taking significant steps towards financial inclusion and regulatory simplification with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) proposing a key reform for non-corporate entities. The proposal allows Associations of Persons (AoPs) to open demat accounts in their names for holding non-equity securities. This reform aims to enhance the ease of doing business for entities such as housing …

Sebi proposes new asset class to fill gap between mutual funds and portfolio management services
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Sebi proposes new asset class to fill gap between mutual funds and portfolio management services

Hindustan Times  

Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday proposed introducing a new asset class to bridge the gap between mutual funds and portfolio management services by looking to tap investors having investible funds between ₹10 lakh and ₹50 lakh. On minimum investment, Sebi has proposed that the minimum amount for investment under the new asset class should be ₹10 lakh per investor. "The …

Sebi imposes limits on passive mutual funds investing in sponsor group companies; details here
6 months ago

Sebi imposes limits on passive mutual funds investing in sponsor group companies; details here

Live Mint  

Capital market regulator Securities Exchange Board of India has released a circular to share the limits imposed on total investment which can be made by passive mutual funds in their sponsor group companies. This followed public consultations on the recommendations of the working group, and it was later decided to streamline the norm applicable to investments by passively managed mutual …

Sebi limits passive mutual funds schemes investing in sponsor group companies
6 months ago

Sebi limits passive mutual funds schemes investing in sponsor group companies

Hindustan Times  

Passive mutual funds will now have investment limits on the shares of the sponsor group companies, according to new rules notified on Monday by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Equity-oriented exchange-traded funds and index fund investments in the sponsor group companies are capped at 35% of the scheme's net asset value. Mutual fund schemes excluding ETFs and index …

SEBI makes nomination optional for joint mutual fund portfolios
8 months, 2 weeks ago

SEBI makes nomination optional for joint mutual fund portfolios

The Hindu  

Capital markets regulator SEBI made the nomination optional for jointly-held mutual fund accounts on May 1 to promote ease of doing business. Based on the working group’s recommendation, a public consultation was carried out suggesting an option to make joint mutual fund account nominations optional and permitting fund houses to have a single fund manager to oversee commodity and foreign …

SEBI asks mutual fund houses to protect investors in small, midcap schemes amid surging inflow
10 months, 2 weeks ago

SEBI asks mutual fund houses to protect investors in small, midcap schemes amid surging inflow

The Hindu  

Capital markets regulator SEBI has asked mutual fund houses to put in place a framework to safeguard investors, who invested in smallcap and midcap schemes, amid a "froth building up" in these categories. In a communication to Association of Mutual Funds in India on Tuesday, SEBI asked the industry body to inform trustees of all the mutual fund houses to …

Do Sebi's New Disclosure Rules Impact Large Number Of FPIs?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Do Sebi's New Disclosure Rules Impact Large Number Of FPIs?

News 18  

Market regulator Sebi does not expect a large number of foreign portfolio investors to be impacted by the new beneficial ownership disclosure norms, according to sources. The sources in the know said FPIs which may be required to provide enhanced disclosures are expected to be significantly less than estimated in the consultation paper and the Sebi board note of October …

SEBI Mandates Additional Disclosures By Foreign Portfolio Investors
1 year, 4 months ago

SEBI Mandates Additional Disclosures By Foreign Portfolio Investors

Live Law  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued a circular aimed at promoting heightened transparency among Foreign Portfolio Investors meeting specific criteria. Although PN3 does not directly apply to FPI investments, there are apprehensions that entities with substantial Indian equity portfolios might misuse the FPI route, potentially disrupting the orderly functioning of Indian securities markets. Under Regulations 22 and …

SEBI board meet today: Here is what is on the agenda
1 year, 6 months ago

SEBI board meet today: Here is what is on the agenda

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India board meeting could discuss a number of controversial policies, said moneycontrol in its report. According to the news report, there are some that seek to regulate the total expense ratio charged by mutual fund houses, others that seek additional disclosures from foreign portfolio investors to verify that businesses are not in violation of …

Sebi proposes overhaul of expenses charged to mutual fund investors
1 year, 7 months ago

Sebi proposes overhaul of expenses charged to mutual fund investors

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India in a 40-page consultation paper has proposed a slew of changes to the total expense ratio that is charged to mutual fund investors. Sebi also proposed the idea of performance-based TER and put forward two approaches, but said the new concepts can first be tested in a regulatory sandbox structure. If such a …

The coming Sebi storm for fintechs
2 years, 5 months ago

The coming Sebi storm for fintechs

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : For nearly a week in July, a curious scene played out near the residence of a senior executive of a mutual fund distributor in Mumbai. Selling mutual funds On 6 July, Paytm Money said it’s giving up its RIA license and will work only as a mutual fund distributor to comply with new Sebi norms. “Though platforms provided …

Indian funds’ overseas investment plans run into RBI barrier
2 years, 6 months ago

Indian funds’ overseas investment plans run into RBI barrier

Live Mint  

Multiple Indian funds have urgently petitioned the Securities and Exchange Board of India to ease the overseas investment cap for Alternative Investment Funds to avoid missing out on deals but are facing a steep battle amid the sharp fall in the rupee in recent months, three people aware of the development said. Overseas investments by Alternative Investment Funds cumulatively hit …

‘India has only one Sebi-RIA per 76,510 investors’
3 years, 1 month ago

‘India has only one Sebi-RIA per 76,510 investors’

Live Mint  

The number of Sebi-registered investment advisers in India has stagnated in the last three years despite the boom in the number of investors, according to a government reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. At the end of October, India had 27.5 million mutual fund investors and 73.8 million demat account holders; against this, there were only 1,324 RIAs; …

SEBI clears norms for gold exchanges
3 years, 3 months ago

SEBI clears norms for gold exchanges

The Hindu  

The board of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, on Tuesday approved the framework for a gold exchange as well as for vault managers. Existing stock exchanges will be allowed to provide the platform for trading of EGRs, SEBI said after the board meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday. The SEBI board also approved an amendment to SEBI Regulations …

Sebi multi cap fund rules: IIFL Securities list of 11 midcap stocks set to rally
4 years, 4 months ago

Sebi multi cap fund rules: IIFL Securities list of 11 midcap stocks set to rally

Live Mint  

Sebi, in a circular, on Friday announced new set of portfolio allocation rules for multi cap mutual funds where the Market Regulator made it mandatory for the multi cap funds to invest a minimum of 25% of their portfolio each in large cap stocks, mid caps and small cap companies. "We will see a rally in mid cap and small …

Invested in mutual funds? New rules for multi cap funds explained in 5 points
4 years, 4 months ago

Invested in mutual funds? New rules for multi cap funds explained in 5 points

Live Mint  

Sebi, in a recent circular, has tweaked the asset allocation rules for multi cap funds on Friday. According to the Sebi circular on 'Asset Allocation of Multi Cap Funds', the changes in the portfolio allocation of multi cap schemes have been done to bring diversification. The circular read, "In order to diversify the underlying investments of Multi Cap Funds across …

3 changes in debt mutual fund rules you should know
4 years, 4 months ago

3 changes in debt mutual fund rules you should know

Live Mint  

Last few years have not been an easy ride for debt mutual fund investors. In order to bring back and retain the trust of investors, the market regulator Sebi has made several changes in the rules for debt mutual funds. Here are the top three rules which have favored debt mutual funds in recent past that you must know: Seggregation …

Sebi rejigs advisory committee on mutual funds
4 years, 6 months ago

Sebi rejigs advisory committee on mutual funds

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has revamped its committee that advises the capital markets regulator on matters related to regulation and development of mutual fund industry. The 20-member advisory committee on mutual funds is headed Usha Thorat, former deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India, a latest Sebi update showed. The members of the committee include officials of …

Sebi amends regulations; provides more relaxation for companies to raise funds
4 years, 6 months ago

Sebi amends regulations; provides more relaxation for companies to raise funds

India TV News  

Markets watchdog Sebi has amended regulations to provide more leeway for companies to raise funds, including reducing the time gap between two qualified institutional placements to two weeks, amid the coronavirus pandemic. This is especially important as companies are finding it difficult to access alternate methods of funding such as debt financing or access equity funding from third party investors," …

Sebi allows mutual funds to make additional investment in govt bonds
4 years, 7 months ago

Sebi allows mutual funds to make additional investment in govt bonds

India TV News  

Markets regulator Sebi has permitted mutual funds to make additional investment in government securities and treasury bills for corporate bond, banking and public sector undertaking, and credit risk funds, industry sources said. In a letter to Amfi, Sebi said asset management companies can invest an additional 15 per cent of assets under management of corporate bond, banking and PSU and …

Sebi extends reduced cut-off time for Mutual Funds subscription, redemption till further notice
4 years, 8 months ago

Sebi extends reduced cut-off time for Mutual Funds subscription, redemption till further notice

India TV News  

Market regulator Sebi has decided to extend the reduced cut-off time for subscription and redemption of mutual funds, including liquid and overnight schemes, till further notice, amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. "Sebi has decided to extend the reduced cut-off timing for both subscription and redemption of mutual fund schemes till further notice," according to …

Sebi gets tough
4 years, 10 months ago

Sebi gets tough

Live Mint  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has tightened rules that apply to investment advisory services. The market regulator has also prohibited investment advisers from hawking products to their clients. Not all retail investors fully grasp the conflict of interest inherent in advice offered by someone who makes money off the investment being advised. Too many people find themselves lumped …

Billions of dollars may come into Indian stock markets after rule tweak
4 years, 11 months ago

Billions of dollars may come into Indian stock markets after rule tweak

Live Mint  

The Indian stock market is set to see billions of dollars of inflows after a policy tweak comes into effect on April 1, analysts predict. The change will likely increase India’s weighting in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by about 70 basis points, according to the two brokers, compared with 8.6% as of last month. Foreign investors injected $1.7 billion …

Opinion | The unintended consequences of Sebi rules on exit loads for liquid funds
5 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | The unintended consequences of Sebi rules on exit loads for liquid funds

Live Mint  

Over the years, capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has done a remarkable job in introducing regulations which make mutual funds transparent and accessible and, more importantly, in shaping asset management companies’ behaviour towards working in the interest of investors. Given that liquid funds and/or debt funds are not FDs and that their returns should not be …

Foreign investors keen on REITs, InvITs: Sebi
5 years, 3 months ago

Foreign investors keen on REITs, InvITs: Sebi

Live Mint  

Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi and other officials met scores of foreign investors in the US last week and saw keen interest from them in emerging areas such as REITs and InvITs, which have a total asset size of more than $10 billion. Several participants also showed interest in the Alternative Investment Fund space with its relaxed foreign investment norms wherein …

Sebi issues new guidelines for Mutual Funds; asks to adopt waterfall approach for money mkt, debt securities
5 years, 3 months ago

Sebi issues new guidelines for Mutual Funds; asks to adopt waterfall approach for money mkt, debt securities

India TV News  

In order to bring uniformity and consistency in valuation, market regulator Sebi has asked mutual fund houses to follow "waterfall" approach for the valuation of money market and debt securities. In a circular issued on Tuesday, Securities and Exchange Board of India said, "for arriving at security-level pricing, a waterfall approach shall be followed for the valuation of money market …

Investing in mutual funds becomes cheaper on Sebi measures: Report
5 years, 3 months ago

Investing in mutual funds becomes cheaper on Sebi measures: Report

Live Mint  

Investing in mutual funds has become less expensive in India due to several investor-friendly measures taken by the markets regulator Sebi, including ban on upfront commissions as well as front loads and a cap on expenses charged from investors, according to a report by Morningstar India. "India had been among the most-expensive geographies when it comes to expense ratios but …

Sebi likely to give Deutsche Bank nod to operate as commodity custodian for MFs
5 years, 4 months ago

Sebi likely to give Deutsche Bank nod to operate as commodity custodian for MFs

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi is likely to give approval to Deutsche Bank by next month to operate as a custodian in the commodities space, a move which will enable participation from institutional investors, including mutual funds and portfolio management service providers, in such segment. To help broaden the commodity derivatives market, Sebi's board in March this year approved a …

Sebi may tighten asset valuation norms for mutual funds
5 years, 4 months ago

Sebi may tighten asset valuation norms for mutual funds

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India hinted on Tuesday that it may tighten existing asset valuation norms, which guide mutual fund investments to shield investors from risks of capital erosion in debt-oriented mutual funds and to protect asset management companies from unwarranted redemption pressure. In a meeting between Sebi and the MF industry body Association of Mutual …

Sebi issued 47 warning letters to mutual fund houses in 2018-19
5 years, 5 months ago

Sebi issued 47 warning letters to mutual fund houses in 2018-19

India TV News  

Sebi issued 47 warning letters to mutual fund houses in the last financial year, and the watchdog in consultation with the central government is examining various issues related to mutual funds on a continuous basis. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union minister Anurag Thakur said that Sebi, in its regulatory oversight, has noticed various irregularities with respect …

Sebi modifies commissions, disclosure norms for mutual fund industry
5 years, 9 months ago

Sebi modifies commissions, disclosure norms for mutual fund industry

Live Mint  

Markets regulator Sebi on Monday reviewed and modified the commission as well as disclosure norms for the mutual fund industry. The Sebi amended the conditions required for upfronting of trail commission based on SIP inflows at the mutual fund level. "The upfronting of trail commission may be for SIP of upto ₹3,000 per month, per scheme, for an investor who …

Opinion | How Sebi’s new policy fares
5 years, 9 months ago

Opinion | How Sebi’s new policy fares

Live Mint  

Liquid funds are the largest category of debt mutual funds. The credit events, as of September 2018, and its effect on the non-banking finance companies and housing finance companies caused money market rates to spike and investor withdrawals from liquid funds. On most days, daily returns of liquid funds do not deviate much from the portfolios’ yield to maturity net …

SEBI seeks to make mutual funds' valuation process fairer; eases norms for raising funds via investment trusts
5 years, 10 months ago

SEBI seeks to make mutual funds' valuation process fairer; eases norms for raising funds via investment trusts

Firstpost  

The board also approved a proposal to bring uniformity and consistency across the mutual fund industry on valuation of money market and debt securities rated below investment grade, SEBI said. New Delhi: In a slew of reform measures, securities market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s board on Friday approved changes in its norms for open offer exemptions for …

Sebi to allow MFs, portfolio managers in commodity derivative market
5 years, 10 months ago

Sebi to allow MFs, portfolio managers in commodity derivative market

Live Mint  

To help broaden the commodity derivatives market, regulator Sebi's board on Friday approved allowing mutual funds and portfolio managers to trade in this segment. Besides, certain alternative investment funds which are already permitted to participate in commodity derivatives will be permitted to deal with goods received in delivery against physical settlement of such contracts, if any, Sebi said in a …

Sebi may reduce charges levied on intermediaries by up to 60%
5 years, 11 months ago

Sebi may reduce charges levied on intermediaries by up to 60%

Live Mint  

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India is all set to reduce the charges levied on intermediaries to lighten their regulatory burden, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter, requesting anonymity. The committee set up by the markets regulator last year has submitted its report last month recommending that Sebi reduces the charges it levies on brokers …

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