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Brokerages brace for revenue hit on war concerns

mumbai, March 31 -- India's retail brokers are bracing for a sharp erosion in active clients and revenue as the escalating West Asia war threatens to further dampen market sentiment and trading activi... Read More


NBFCs to see steady credit demand despite US-Iran war

MUMBAI, March 31 -- India's non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are unlikely to face material disruption from the US-Iran war, as demand for credit remains robust, industry executives said at the ... Read More


SEBI opens retail algo trading from April 1

mumbai, March 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), through a circular in February 2025, operationalized a framework for retail participation in algorithmic trading by allowing brok... Read More


Sebi's algo rules spark race among brokers to build in-house strategies

New Delhi, March 27 -- India's tightening of algorithmic trading rules is triggering a fresh battle among brokers to build, own and scale in-house strategies to win clients and assets. The Securities... Read More


Mint Explainer | Can Sebi's new conflict rules fix its governance gaps?

Mumbai, March 24 -- India's market regulator has tightened conflict-of-interest rules, bringing its top leadership under a stricter disclosure and investment regime amid heightened scrutiny of governa... Read More


No room for insinuations, says Sebi chief after HDFC Bank chairman's exit

New Delhi, March 23 -- If there are concerns, they must be explicitly disclosed and substantiated rather than left to insinuations, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman Tuhin Kanta P... Read More


Sebi sharpens conflict-of-interest framework, disclosure and recusal norms for its officials

New Delhi, March 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has approved a series of measures on conflict of interest, disclosure and recusal norms for officials of the market regulator. ... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why shareholder ratification won't protect companies from Sebi action

New Delhi, March 22 -- The Supreme Court of India, on 17 March, ruled that companies cannot legitimize the diversion of funds raised from investors through a subsequent shareholder approval, tightenin... Read More


Fund of funds emerges as workaround to Sebi's AIF cap of 1,000 investors

New Delhi, March 18 -- India's alternative investment funds (AIFs) are increasingly launching fund of funds (FoF) to work around the market regulator's cap on the number of investors, which aims to pr... Read More


MF distributors seek expense rule review

Mumbai, March 18 -- A new expense ratio rule from India's market regulator could cut the income of small mutual fund distributors (MFDs) by as much as a fifth, prompting an industry body to warn of an... Read More