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SEBI Constitutes Committee on Corporate Governance
Market Regulator SEBI has formed a Committee on Corporate Governance under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak, the executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank. The move is aimed at improving the standards of corporate governance of listed companies. Salient Highlights The ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
Senior IAS officer Ajay Tyagi appointed as SEBI Chairman
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed senior bureaucrat Ajay Tyagi (58) as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Mr. Tyagi will have tenure of 5 years or till the age of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
SEBI tightens merger norms
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened rules for mergers and amalgamations by Indian companies in a bid to safeguard the interests of the public shareholders. The market regulator amended rules in an effort to make listing ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017
SEBI eases rules for angel funds
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has liberalised norms for angel investors to invest in early-stage entities. In this regard, SEBI in its meeting decided to amend the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012. This decision was taken ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Finance Ministry constitutes committee to consolidate regulation of pension products
The Union Finance Ministry has constituted a high-level committee to consolidate the regulation of pension products that is currently being done by three different watchdogs including insurance and stock market regulators. The committee would have representatives from all financial sector ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Banned Ponzi schemes not under regulatory purview: SEBI
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) told the Supreme Court that banned Ponzi schemes do not fall under its regulatory purview. This announcement was made after the apex court had asked government and SEBI, the stock market regulator ..