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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Proposes Stricter Rules for Offshore Derivatives Issuance

    By Ajoy K Das | 08/08/2024

    Issuers will be required to maintain a separate dedicated FPI registration and prohibited from using Indian derivatives as the underlying.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Imposes New Obligations on AMCs to Address Market Abuse

    By Ajoy K Das | 07/08/2024

    Fund managers are required to put in place a whistleblower mechanism and enhance their surveillance systems, internal controls and procedures.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Proposes to Streamline Rules for Entities with Listed NCDs

    By Ajoy K Das | 07/08/2024

    SEBI proposes to align the approval and authentication process for financial results of entities with listed NCDs to that of equity-listed entities.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    India Demands $86m in Back Taxes from Crypto Giant Binance

    By Ajoy K Das | 06/08/2024

    Binance is said to have earned more than $476mn in transaction fees from Indian customers between July 2017 and March 2024.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Proposes Regulatory Principles for Managing Credit Models

    By Ajoy K Das | 06/08/2024

    Lenders using models from third parties have to ensure the contractual arrangements allow supervisory evaluations of the models by the RBI.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI to Overhaul Approval Process for IPOs Using AI

    By Ajoy K Das | 06/08/2024

    A “template fill-in-the-blank IPO document” will be introduced and AI-based tools will be used to review the documents.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Proposes Standardised Timelines for Trading of Bonus Shares

    By Ajoy K Das | 05/08/2024

    The changes aim to create uniformity in the timelines for crediting and trading bonus shares across all issuers, SEBI said.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Revises NPA Provisioning Norms for Cooperative Banks

    By Ajoy K Das | 05/08/2024

    The RBI’s instructions aim to ensure uniformity in the treatment of Bad and Doubtful Debt Reserves for prudential purposes.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    RBI Proposes New Framework on Digital Payments Authentication

    By Ajoy K Das | 04/08/2024

    The draft framework would require all digital payment transactions to be authenticated with AFA unless otherwise exempted.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    RBI Issues Draft Rules for Aadhar-enabled Payment Systems

    By Ajoy K Das | 03/08/2024

    The draft rules focus on onboarding and ongoing due diligence of AePS touchpoint operators to prevent fraud.

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