SEBI - Corporate Law Reporter

SEBI to take action against ELC’s pending exit offers to the shareholders

CIRCULAR SEBI/HO/MRD/DSA/CIR/P/2017/92 August 01, 2017 All Listed Entities All Registered Registrar & Share Transfer Agents All Depositories All Recognised/Non-operational /Exited Stock Exchanges All Exclusively Listed Companies on the Dissemination Board (shares of companies available for buying and selling and not for companies referred as vanishing companies) Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Action against Exclusively Listed Companies and… Read More

SEBI Launches online filing system for Alternative Investment Funds

SECURITIES EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA CIRCULAR SEBI/HO/IMD/DF1/CIR/P/2017/87 July 31, 2017 All Registered Alternative Investment Funds All custodians of Category III Alternative Investment Funds Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Online Filing System for Alternative Investment Funds. 1. In a constant endeavor to facilitate ease of operations in terms of applying for registration, reporting and various compliances… Read More

SEBI meets Market Infrastructure Institutions to discuss Cyber Security and Technology

PR No. 48/2017 SEBI meets Market Infrastructure Institutions to discuss Cyber Security and Technology SEBI convened a meeting on July 28, 2017 with Stock exchanges, Clearing Corporations and Depositories (Market Infrastructure Institutions-MIIs) operating in the domestic market and GIFT IFSC in order to assess their preparedness on areas related to Cyber Security, Technology and Systems… Read More

SEBI amends International Financial Services Centres Guidelines, 2015

Securities and Exchange Board of India CIRCULAR SEBI/HO/CIR/P/2017/85 July 27, 2017 To, 1. All Recognised Stock Exchanges/ Clearing Corporations in International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) 2. All Recognised Stock Exchanges, Clearing Corporations and Depositories 3. All Registered Intermediaries Dear Sir / Madam, Subject: Securities and Exchange Board of India (International Financial Services Centres) Guidelines, 2015… Read More

SEBI amends Depositeries And Participants Regulation

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 25th July, 2017 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (DEPOSITORIES AND PARTICIPANTS) (SECOND AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/013.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with Section 25 of the Depositories… Read More

SEBI introduces Online Filing System for REITs and InvITs

SECURITIES EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA CIRCULAR SEBI/HO/IMD/DF1/CIR/P/2017/83 July 24, 2017 All Registered Infrastructure Investment Trusts All Registered Real Estate Investment Trusts Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Online Filing System for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) 1. In order to facilitate ease of operations in terms of applying for registration,… Read More

SEBI releases circular on Position Limits for Agricultural Commodity Derivatives

SECURITIES EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA CIRCULAR SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2017/84 July 25, 2017 To, The Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers All National Commodity Derivatives Exchanges Sir / Madam, Sub.: Position Limits for Agricultural Commodity Derivatives 1. SEBI vide its circular No. CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/96 dated September 27, 2016 had updated and consolidated norms with regard to position limits of… Read More

SEBI amends Foreign Portfolio Regulation 2017

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 20th July, 2017 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS) (FOURTH AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/012.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 30 read with sub-section (1) of section 11, clause (ba) of sub-section (2) of section 11 and sub-sections… Read More

SEBI releases Circular on Investments by FPIs in Corporate Debt

Securities and Exchange Board of India CIRCULAR No. IMD/FPIC/CIR/P/2017/81 Dated: July 20, 2017 To 1. All Foreign Portfolio Investors (through their designated Custodians of Securities) 2. The Depositories (NSDL and CDSL) 3. The Exchanges (BSE and NSE) Dear Sir / Madam, Sub: Investments by FPIs in Corporate Debt 1. This has reference to the SEBI… Read More

Disclosure of divergence in the asset classification and provisioning by banks: SEBI

CIRCULAR CIR/CFD/CMD/80/2017 July 18, 2017 To All banks which have listed specified securities All recognized stock exchanges Dear Sir / Madam, Sub: Disclosure of divergence in the asset classification and provisioning by banks 1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide its Notification No. RBI/2016-17/283; DBR.BP.BC.No.63/21.04.018/2016-17 dated April 18, 2017, requires disclosures by banks in a… Read More

SEBI amends Debenture Trustees Regulation, 1993

GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART – III – SECTION 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, JULY 13, 2017 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 13th July, 2017 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (DEBENTURE TRUSTEES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017 No.SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/011.─ In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 of the Securities and… Read More

SEBI amend the Issue and Listing of Debt Securities Regulations

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART – III – SECTION 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, JUNE 13, 2017 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 13th June, 2017 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (ISSUE AND LISTING OF DEBT SECURITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/009. ─ In exercise of the powers conferred… Read More

Amendment to Investor Grievance Redressal System and Arbitration Mechanism

The SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has notified a Circular (CIR/CDMRD/DEICE/CIR/P/2017/77) on 11th July amending the Investor Grievance Redressal System and Arbitration Mechanism. The SEBI has issued the circular under Section 11(1) of the SEBI Act 1992, read with Section 10 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 to protect the interests of… Read More