India

Enforcement

SEBI Proposes Informant Mechanism to Combat Insider Trading

By Editors | 11/06/2019

SEBI wants to institute a process that incentivises timely reporting of instances of insider trading and provides for the granting of rewards to whistleblowers.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI to Step Up Monitoring of Shadow Banking Sector

By Editors | 11/06/2019

Governor Shaktikanta Das says the RBI will increase its monitoring of NBFCs and issue final liquidity risk management rules for the sector “soon”.

Securities / Derivatives

RBI to Roll Out Retail FX Trading Platform in August

By Editors | 10/06/2019

The new trading platform is expected to improve pricing by unifying the existing fragmented market structure.

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – RBI Issues New Framework for Stressed Asset Resolution

By Garima Chitkara | 10/06/2019

The new norms replace the February 2018 rules on the resolution of stressed assets that were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI Mulls Liquidity Buffer Requirement for Funds

By Editors | 08/06/2019

The proposal could require all liquid funds to invest a fixed portion of their assets in government securities or other sovereign debt.

Market Infrastructure

UPDATED – RBI Removes RTGS, NEFT Fund Transfer Fees

By Editors | 07/06/2019

Industry players and banking experts say the move will not only boost digital payments, but also make transactions faster, safer and cost-effective.

Market Infrastructure

RBI Publishes Payment Systems Benchmarking Report

By Editors | 06/06/2019

Further efforts are needed to reduce paper clearing  and improve acceptance infrastructure (e.g. PoS devices) to enhance digital payments.

Enforcement

UPDATED – RBI Bans EY Member Firm from Auditing Banks

By Editors | 05/06/2019

Reports indicate the RBI had found large discrepancies in bad debt reported by banks for the 2015-2016 period, particularly in the cases of Axis Bank and YES Bank.

Market Infrastructure

BSE India, ICCL Implement CCP Interoperability Framework

By Editors | 04/06/2019

BSE India and its subsidiary ICCL have gone live with the clearing corporation interoperability framework, despite a one month extension being announced.