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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


Small mutual fund distributors warn of income hit, urge Sebi to revisit expense rules

MUMBAI, March 17 -- 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


Sebi sets up working group to review overlap between MF distributors and RIAs

New Delhi, March 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has set up a working group to review overlaps in regulations governing mutual fund distributors (MFDs) and registered investmen... Read More


SEBI move puts Rs.57k-cr in MF schemes in limbo

mumbai, March 14 -- The Indian market regulator's decision to discontinue solution-oriented schemes such as education and retirement funds offered by mutual fund houses has left Rs.57,664 crore of inv... Read More


Sebi mandates board approval, clarifies cap on intraday borrowing for mutual funds

New Delhi, March 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has formalized a framework for intraday borrowing by mutual funds, allowing them to temporarily take money without an upper lim... Read More