Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) (Draft Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
A social impact fund or schemes of a social impact fund launched exclusively for a not-for-profit organization registered or listed on a social stock exchange, shall be permitted to deploy or invest hundred percent of the investable funds in the securities of not-for-profit organizations registered or listed on a social stock exchange.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
A Social Enterprise whose designated securities are listed on the Social Stock Exchange(s) or the Stock Exchange(s), as the case may be, shall frame a policy for determination of materiality, duly approved by its board or management, as the case may be, which shall be disclosed on the Social Stock Exchange(s) or the Stock Exchange(s).
SEBI issues Consultation Paper on the framework for platforms providing “execution-only” services in direct plans of Mutual Funds.
The EOP may enter into a contractual agreement with AMCs or RTAs/Depositories (if so authorized by an AMC) to integrate their systems and to provide execution services in direct plans of MFs. EOPs may receive transaction-based fees only from the clients and no consideration may be received from AMCs.
The NSE’s index services subsidiary, NSE Indices Limited on July 21, 2022, launched a new alpha factor based smart beta index – Nifty200 Alpha 30
The index is expected to act as a benchmark for asset managers and be a reference index tracked by passive funds in the form of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), index funds and structured products.
Additional time to send comments on draft IFSCA (Setting up and Operation of International Branch Campuses and Offshore Education Centres) Regulations, 2022
The general public and stakeholders were priory requested to forward their comments/suggestions through the mail to Mr.Ankit Bhansali at ankit.bhansali@ifsca.gov.in by 21st July, 2022. It has now been decided to grant additional time of 15 days for public comments.
SEBI notifies regulatory framework for online bond trading platform.
The debt securities offered for buy/ sale by the online bond platforms shall be only listed debt securities.It is proposed that listed debt securities issued on private placement basis, offered for sale on bond platforms shall be locked-in for a period of six months from the date of allotment of such debt securities by the issuer.
Clarification regarding composition of Audit, Nomination & Remuneration and Stakeholders Relationship Committee
If member(s) forming the part of the committee is not Board Member(s), it will be deemed that the composition is not in compliance with the provisions of LODR and accordingly the actions as prescribed shall be initiated from the date of admission of non-Board Member(s) into the committee.
SEBI permits 155 entities to undertake e-KYC Aadhar authentication service.
KUA shall not share UIDAI digitally signed e-KYC data with other KUAs. However, KUAs may share data after digitally signing it using their own signature for internal working of the system.
NSE issues guidance note on Regulation 13(3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
The listed company receives complaints from different sources such SEBI SCORES, Exchange, hardcopies, or emails to officials handling investor grievances, etc. Over the period Exchange has observed that, No. of complaint received, resolved, and pending reported by the listed company is not corresponding to the complaints forwarded by Exchange and SEBI SCORES.
Levy of Goods & Services Tax (GST) on the fees payable to SEBI.
This move has been taken after the GST Council last month recommended to withdraw the exemption granted to services by Sebi and the same was notified on July 13.
