Funds And Securities

Sebi invites application to hire executive director on 3-year contract

Capital markets watchdog Sebi has started the process to recruit an executive director and invited applications to fill the vacancy. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has invited applications for the post until July 18. The appointment of executive director will be on a deputation or contractual basis, for a period of three years, the regulator said in a public notice issued last week. The candidate applying for the position is required to have at least 20 years of experience in dealing with problems related to the securities market or special knowledge or experience of law, investigation, finance, economics and accountancy, among others. At present, Sebi has 10 executive directors -- S V Muralidhar Rao, G.P. Garg, Pramod Rao, Biranchi Narayan Sahoo, B Rajendran, Ruchi Chojer, Manoj Kumar, Govindayapalli Ram Mohan Rao, G Babita Rayudu and V S Sundaresan. Earlier this month, Sebi initiated the process to hire 49 officers in different departments this year, a move

Vi shareholders approve Rs 20,000 cr fundraise through securities issuance

The telco is looking to raise up to Rs 45,000 crore through equity & debt

Sebi eases access to unclaimed funds in REITs, InvITs, debt securities

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday came out with detailed procedures for dealing with unclaimed funds of investors lying with entities having listed non-convertible securities, REITs and InvITs. Also, the regulator has put in place a manner of claiming such unclaimed amounts by investors. The new framework will come into effect from March 1, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in three separate circulars. The move is aimed at prescribing a uniform process of claim for such unclaimed funds in a streamlined manner for the ease and convenience of investors. This came after the board of Sebi in September approved amendments to rules about the IPEF (Investor Protection and Education Fund) disclosure, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs). Going by circulars, Sebi has defined the manner of handling the unclaimed amounts lying with REITs, InvITs, and in the escrow accounts of the listed entities (which are n

Bet on multi-cap funds for disciplined exposure across market caps

However, the minimum 25% exposure to each of the three market caps also makes them volatile

Green investment jumped 125% to $14.5 billion in FY22: IEEFA report

Acquisitions, bond issues make up for 75% of total value

Sebi revokes order against Poonawalla Finance MD & CEO Abhay Bhutada

Proceedings against other entities to continue

CJ of Bombay HC, Sebi chief underline growing importance of securities law

NISM, MNLU commence second batch of joint LLM programme in securities law

SAT dismisses Rana Kapoor's appeal against Sebi's Rs 1-cr penalty order

Case relates Sebi show-cause to Kapoor and his firm for alleged lapse in disclosure norms

Here's how you can ring-fence your funds and securities from brokers

If you leave too much money lying in your trading account or hand over your securities to them, there is always the risk that they could use them to trade in the markets