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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- An Irrelevant Market (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2007)
There is much jubilation that 2006 saw Rs 80,000 crore worth of debt being raised in the market. The question needs to be asked, however, whose debt it was; three-quarters of it was raised by government banks.
- Finmin Not In Favour Of Fii Status For Realty Fdi In Pre-Ipo (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
The Finance Ministry is not in favour of granting foreign institutional investor (FII) status to foreign direct investment (FDI) received through private placement of equity in pre-IPO period by the realty sector.
- Multiple Ids Are No Guarantee Against Mess-Up (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 29, 2007)
Over the last three weeks, mutual fund investors have been fuming at the creation of a new identification number, which has been mandated, in addition to the Permanent Account Number (PAN) card of the Income Tax Department.
- The Great Banking Slice Up (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 23, 2007)
At this time last year, we saw a raging controversy over the proposed headcount of minorities in the armed forces.
- Govt’S Plan To Rollout Red Carpet To Fiis Needs To Be Pondered On (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 22, 2007)
The Finance Minister is planning a “big bang approach to capital market reforms” including scrapping of FII (foreign institutional investor) registration and steps to make India the preferred option for India Inc to raise funds, this paper reported . . .
- Believe It Or Not (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 21, 2007)
The United States, a capitalist economy, whose systems and procedures we try to emulate (at least in the capital market) has already tried and jailed those involved in the mega scandals of 2001 such as Enron and Worldcom.
- Managing A Regulation Regime (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Jan 18, 2007)
Organisational models need to be designed and the multinational character of corporate operations clearly understood, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- Should Mf Quota In Ipos Be Hiked? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 17, 2007)
The bull market in stocks is evidently pretty much an established fact of life in this country now. The most telling, virtually unequivocal, indicator of this bull run in the equity market is the number of new IPOs that are expected to hit the . ..
- Sebi Issues Norms For Gold Etfs (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued guidelines for the valuation of gold to be held by gold exchange traded funds.
- Fis Can Short Sell Soon: Sebi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2007)
Market regulator – Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Monday, said it was considering allowing institutions to short sell in the capital markets and expects to see it through in the current calendar year.
- Joint Holding Vs Joint Ownership (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Jan 11, 2007)
Investors protection must include posthumously held investments.
- Redundancy In Fraud Investigation (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Jan 11, 2007)
The Government is looking to revamp the Serious Frauds Investigation Office. But what needs to be debated is the need for such a body at all.
- Nyse, Others Buy 20 Pc In Nse (Hindustan Times, Arun Kumar, Jan 11, 2007)
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) along with three other investment bankers and private equity firms have collectively acquired 20 per cent stake in the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) at an enterprise valuation of a whopping $2.5 billion or . . .
- Idea Gets Govt Nod To Raise Foreign Holding To 74% (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2007)
Ahead of its proposed public issue to raise Rs 2,500 crore, AV Birla group telecom company Idea Cellular is understood to have got government clearance for foreign investment of up to 74 per cent equity.
- Hearing Aid (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 07, 2007)
Sebi did well to order the impounding of Nissan Copper trades following evidence of market manipulation as soon as it was listed.
- Mutual Benefit (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 05, 2007)
There can be no greater indication of the maturing of India's economy and financial sector than the fact that film producers and property firms are making a beeline for Dalal Street.
- Dlf Files Prospectus For Ipo; To Raise Rs 13,600 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2007)
Real estate giant DLF on Wednesday revived the process of entering the capital market through its Initial Public Offer, being touted as the country’s largest, to raise about Rs 13,600 crore.
- Misguided Guidance? (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 04, 2007)
Anything coming from the horse's mouth is taken seriously, which is why the quarterly guidance statements from companies must be stopped.
- `Global Debate On Convergence Of Standards Is Hotting Up' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 04, 2007)
The ICAI would have to soon get out of its mindset of changing and tinkering with international standards to have an `international minus' version for India.
- Examine The Coil To Understand The Spring (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 03, 2007)
Nissan Copper is a scrip that few had heard about until the last trading day of 2006.
- Foreign Investment Flows — Caution Must Be The Watchword (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 28, 2006)
The Government is keen on foreign investments but it must monitor these flows carefully as they can upset the country's stock market. Citing the recent Thailand experience, R. VAIDYANATHAN advises vigilance in attracting FII funds.
- Cag Slams Mca For Poor Coordination (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
The Comptroller and Auditor General has slammed the Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) for non-coordination with regulators such as SEBI and RBI.
- What Investors Want In 2007 (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 25, 2006)
We are at the end of another hugely successful year from the capital market perspective.
- Team Disbanded (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 24, 2006)
There is bad news regarding investigation into the 2000 scam.
- Fdi Up To 26 P.C. Allowed In Bourses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
RBI imposes separate caps for FDI and FII
FIIs will not seek representation on board
No person can hold more than 5 p.c. shareholding
- Undue Enrichment Of Ipo Scam Victims (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 21, 2006)
The Constitution bars double punishment for the same crime but it does not bar punishment of two sets of persons for the same crime.
- Foreign Cos Can Now Buy Up To 26% In Stock Exchanges (Srinagar Times, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 21, 2006)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in stock exchanges is set to become a reality soon. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will soon issue the necessary notifications under the Foreign Exchange Management . .
- Inept Administration (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 17, 2006)
Anyone with an iota of common sense would see that Mumbai’s decay, manifest in crumbling infrastructure, is not because its people don’t have the enterprise or drive to better their lot, but due to an inept and corrupt administration.
- Mindtree Consulting Posts Profit After Tax Of Rs 54.21 Crore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2006)
MindTree, on Monday filed the draft prospectus with Sebi for issuing 55.93 lakh shares of Rs10 each. The IPO will be a fresh issue of shares and shall constitute 15 per cent of the post-issue capital.
- Every Bump In Market Shrinks Investor Population (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 11, 2006)
On friday, as the BSE Sensex crashed 180 points, my neighbour Sinha (name changed) worried about people who probably lost big chunks of their savings that day.
- Fair Share? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2006)
Last Friday the government provided parliamentary assurance that SEBI’s corrective actions in the IPO scam will lead to reallocation of shares to “victims”.
- Hand Over Delisted Companies To Arcs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 08, 2006)
BSE’s decision to initiate delisting proceedings against nearly 700 companies is symptomatic of a larger problem of regulatory deficiency, both in framework as well as execution.
- No To Unjust Enrichment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India's recent order of "disgorgement" against the two principal depositories, NSDL and CSDL, and some well known depository participants for their role in the demat scam is unprecedented.
- No Stopping Bull Run (Times of India, Sandeep Bamzai, Dec 08, 2006)
How much is too much? This is a question that has dominated the mindspace of various analysts and market watchers ever since India's longest and most resilient bull run began in May 2003.
- Idea Cellular Posts Loss Of Rs 1,723 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2006)
Idea cellular, a major player in the mobile telephony, which is planning a mega public issue of shares agrregating over Rs 2,500 crore has registered accumulated loss of a whopping Rs 1,723 crore as of March 2006.
- Sebi Plans To Usher In Idrs Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2006)
Market regulator – Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) proposes to introduce Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) in the Indian Capital Market by 2007, Chairman M Damodaran said.
- Flight Is Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2006)
The late Milton Friedman believed that government functions should be pushed down to the lowest feasible level — to the municipality where possible, and to the states if that was not possible.
- Sebi To Set Up Investor Protection Fund (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2006)
Market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is in the process of raising resources for setting up the Investor Protection Fund.
- Sebi Sends Out A Powerful Message (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Dec 04, 2006)
Multiple applications in the same name are expressly forbidden and opening fictitious accounts violates existing laws at any time
SEBI will do well to see that its order is upheld and a valuable precedent created in capital market regulation.
- Bank Charges That Eat Your Dividend (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 04, 2006)
Last week, S.K. Garg from Chandigarh wrote to say that State Bank of India (SBI) had charged him Rs 40 to credit a dividend cheque of Rs 160 from Kirloskar Oil Engines; effectively, 25 per cent of his dividend was gobbled up by the transaction charge.
- India Shining (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 03, 2006)
While many Indians quietly worry about infrastructure bottlenecks, unchecked corruption and rising employee costs, foreigners remain extraordinarily gung-ho about the India story.
- Forex Reserves Jump By $5.9 B In November (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2006)
Sharp rise mainly due to revaluation of foreign currencies'
Investment flow
FII inflows into the equity markets during the week were around $621.6 million, according to SEBI figures.
- Sebi To Install New Surveillance Software Today (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2006)
Will enable access to data directly on any trading abnormality
Easy access to data
Software allows SEBI to integrate market transactions across stock exchanges every day.
To also incorporate both cash, derivative segments besides depository institutio
- Govt May Probe All Public Offers Made Since 1999 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2006)
The government has been asked to investigate all public offers made since 1999 to ascertain which ones have seen irregularities in allotment of shares.
- Overhaul Archaic Indian Company Laws (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2006)
Unwelcome curbs on capital structure can take the sheen off a very attractive market like India
- Disgorgement Or Extraction? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 27, 2006)
Oops, it has done it again! The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has again issued a path-breaking order asking wrongdoers to disgorge Rs 116 crore of ill-gotten gains in the demat scam, which is likely to fizzle out due to . . .
- Implementation Issues In Clause 49 (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 27, 2006)
While the revised Clause 49 of the listing agreement has been around for almost two years, its implementation began in earnest only earlier this year, bringing in its wake some challenges in its execution.
- Clarity On Delisting (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 27, 2006)
Sebi’s proposal to do away with book-building for delisting provides more clarity to the delisting process and gives it regulatory force. Sebi had earlier prescribed a book-building process for arriving at the offer price — the rate at which the . . .
- The Realty Bubble: Will It Survive When Reality Bites? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 27, 2006)
It is now obvious. No matter what some experts say, India’s realty market is in the grip of a dangerous bubble.
- Right Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 27, 2006)
The regulator is right in taking actions against the IPO scam.
- Sebi's Salvo On Ipo Scam (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 25, 2006)
There is merit in SEBI's contention that both the DPs and depository institutions could have easily ascertained what was going on had they cared to find out.
- Sebi Proposes New Norms For Delisting Cos. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2006)
Regulator seeks public comments by December 14
- Icici Onesource To Take Ipo Route Soon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2006)
ICICI OneSource today rechristened itself as Firstsource Solutions Ltd while announcing its plans to tap the capital markets to part finance its acquisition plans, debt repayment and corporate purposes.
- Delisting Cos Must Pay Fair Exit Value: Sebi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2006)
The book building process for de-listing of shares from the stock exchanges is proposed to be scrapped by the capital market regulator, SEBI, which has put in place an alternative pricing mechanism.
- But Sebi's Order May Be Flawed (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 23, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) interim order against National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) and Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) and eight depository participants (DPs) found guilty in the initial public offering . . .
- Flip-Flop On Preferential Allotment (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 21, 2006)
The flip flop story about preferential allotment continues in spite of Sebi’s decision to freely allow market purchases and preferential allotment as announced on December 30, 2005.
- Sebi's Step Forward (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 20, 2006)
Sebi's decision to limit individual shareholding in stock exchanges to a maximum of 5% is in keeping with the special nature of stock exchanges. Most overseas exchanges that have demutualised have similar limits on ownership to prevent any single . . .
- The Ketan Parekh Investigation Trundles Forward (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 20, 2006)
Last week, Ketan Parekh is understood to have told the apex court that he can no longer make payments towards the money owed by him to Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank (MCCB).
- Realty Boom (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 19, 2006)
The benchmark BSE Sensex has soared past 13,500 and most stocks are on fire, but nowhere is the hype as intense as in the realty market.
- Fdi Plan For Ses Shortly: Damodaran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2006)
Foreign Direct Investment policy on Stock Exchanges in India will be announced soon, Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman M Damodaran has said.
- Remembering Hasmukhbhai T. Parekh — The Man Who Gave People A Home (Business Line, R. M. Lala, Nov 18, 2006)
Adopting a management style "marked by large-heartedness and human considerations," Hasmukhbhai T. Parekh made ICICI and HDFC "the springboard for the country's development in new areas of social progress."
- Audit Firm And Independence (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 16, 2006)
The more one attempts to shackle audit firms, the more vague and complex the legislation becomes.
- Delisting Demystified (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 16, 2006)
Sulzer India wants to delist from stock exchanges. And only days ago, Blue Dart's delisting effort ran aground after DHL decided not to buy shares from the former's shareholders because the discovered price exceeded expectations.
- Roiling Week (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 13, 2006)
benchmark Sensex soared to a new high to close at 13,282 last Friday, but the week was dominated by the turmoil in Reliance Industries shares which have a 11.6 per cent weightage in the 30-share index.
- Policy Making Through Trial Balloons (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2006)
At its board meeting last week, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) finally buried the moribund Central Listing Authority (CLA). For those who don’t remember, the regulator’s website says ,“CLA is a regulatory body established by Sebi . . .
- What Erm Means For India Inc. (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 09, 2006)
Indian listed companies have begun to realise that Enterprise Risk Management is not a passing fad, but is here to stay.
- Govt To Ask Rbi & Sebi To Prepare Negative List Of Tax Havens (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
The government will ask banking regulator RBI and market regulator SEBI to prepare a negative list of tax havens in a bid to check misuse of tax treaties, especially with Mauritius.
- Sebi To Set Up Investor Protection Fund Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Centre is expected to move a bill in Parliament soon to set up an Investor Protection & Education Fund, which is to be administered by the Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Sebi wholetime member V K Chopra, said.
- Watch Your Fund Investment Even In A Booming Market (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
According to the Wall Street Journal, the US mutual fund industry is headed for another "explosive scandal" as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigates 27 mutual funds for allegedly accepting hundreds of million dollars in . . . .
- Amend Anti-Money Laundering Act? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 03, 2006)
Money laundering has recently gained urgency of attention due to its links with terrorist activities. India notified the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 with amendments from July 1, 2005, defining culpability as “whosoever directly or . . .
- Pan For Nris And Pios Via Passport (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The Directorate of Income Tax has allowed non-resident Indians, persons of Indian origins and foreign nationals to obtain Permanent Account Number (PAN) on the basis of their passport.
- Where Crime Does Pay (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2006)
Is Jeff Skilling, the former CEO of Enron more guilty than some Indian corporate chieftains? What was Skilling’s crime? More than just leading a financial fraud that destroyed a company, his crime was also to trigger a run on corporate . . .
- Govt Plans Ways To Woo Private Funds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Grappling with the issue of attracting private sector investment in infrastructure, the Finance Ministry is likely to start consultations next month with the RBI, market regulator Sebi, merchant bankers and multi-lateral agencies on innovative . . .
- Over 400 Cos Set To Raise Rs 1,50,000 Cr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The primary market, which had a tough time in last four months, is set for an exciting period. Over 400 public offers are in the pipeline and collectively intend to raise a phenomenal Rs 1,50,000 crore in the next few months.
- A Wish List For Retail Investors (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Oct 18, 2006)
The systemic advances in the secondary market have not rubbed off on the primary market.
- Other Weddings (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2006)
The marriage season, which is about to begin, seems to be on many minds, as witnessed at a recent seminar on mergers & acquisitions (M&As) held in Mumbai.
- Fipb Allows More Foreign Investment In Kotak's Vc (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Oct 14, 2006)
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved a proposal from Kotak Mahindra Investment to enlarge the corpus of its venture capital fund (VC fund) to Rs 2,500 crore from the existing level of Rs 440 crore by bringing in foreign investment.
- To Be Or Not To Be An Sro (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Oct 12, 2006)
The various issues concerning self-regulatory organisations need to be re-examined
- Ill-Gotten Gains: Go Beyond Disgorgement To Deterrence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2006)
The finance minister’s suggestion that Sebi disgorge the gains made by manipulators in the recent IPO scam is right to the extent that such ill-gotten gains must be appropriated. Their distribution among those who suffered losses due to such . . .
- Fdi In Ses To Be Capped At 25 Pc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The Finance Ministry is likely to cap foreign direct investment (FDI) in stock exchanges to 25 per cent and foreign institutional investment to 24 per cent, paving the way for New York Stock Exchange’s reported move to acquire equity in Bombay Stock . . .
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