SEBI extends the requirement to all listed entities in phased manner Vinod Kothari & Company | corplaw@vinodkothari.com Updated on July 20, 2023) SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (‘PIT Regulations’) inter-alia prohibits trading by a Designated Person (‘DP’) when the trading window is closed. Despite the express prohibition, there are instances o......
Vinita Nair & Samarth Batta | Vinod Kothari & Company | corplaw@vinodkothari.com SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (‘PIT Regulations’) prohibits trading by a Designated Person (‘DP’) when the trading window is closed. Despite the express prohibition, there are instances of deliberate or inadvertent trades by the DPs that results in violation o......
Background Investment in MFs are very common these days. As on March 31, 2022 there were about 1120 open ended schemes and 354 close ended schemes[1]. Presently, in terms of Reg. 32 of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 every close ended scheme, other than equity linked savings scheme, are required to be listed on stock exchanges. SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 ......
Stresses on due diligence of asset cover and disclosure of covenantsCS Vinita Nair | Vinod Kothari & CompanyRecent cases of defaults by entities viz. Reliance Capital, Altico, DHFL resulted in SEBI revisiting the manner of issue of secured debentures and giving more teeth to Debenture Trustees (DTs). SEBI vide Circular dated June 23, 2020 had rolled out operational framework for transactions ......
SEBI prescribes norms for structured digital database, system driven disclosures & CoC violationsCS Vinita Nair, Senior Partner | Vinod Kothari & Company | Updated Till July 23, 2020Link to gazette notification: http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/220574.pdfEffective date: July 17, 2020 Background SEBI in the Board meeting held on June 25, 2020 (‘SEBI BM’) discussed ame......
Vinita Nair and Pammy JaiswalPartner, Vinod Kothari & Companycorplaw@vinodkothari.com This note endeavours to provide clarity on whether domestic mutual funds can be regarded as an Investment Vehicle for the purpose of reporting foreign investment to RBI. Investment Vehicle & Mutual Funds: Meaning ‘Investment Vehicle’ is defined under the FEMA (Transfer or Issue of S......
Background: Identification of ultimate beneficial owners/ significant beneficial owners/ persons with significant control is not a new concept. The requirement exists globally as well as in India. SEBI[1] and RBI[2], for the purpose of client due diligence under KYC requirements, mandate identification of ultimate beneficial owners in case of clients being a company, partnership firm, LLP, Trust ......
Deposits have always been strictly regulated by all the lawmakers, be it MCA, RBI or SEBI. Chapter V of Companies Act, 2013 (‘Act, 2013’) read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 [‘Deposit Rules’] provides the framework for lawful acceptance of deposits by companies. The framework provides the list of amounts which do not fall within the meaning of deposits,......