Tag: SEBI

Analysis of SEBI Notification on Pre-emption Rights and Options – Part 1

October 9, 2013

[Last week, we had discussed SEBI’s recent notification granting conditional validity to pre-emption rights and options in securities of Indian companies. In the following two-part post, Ms. Sikha Bansal of Vinod Kothari & Company provides a detailed background to SEBI’s recent reforms and analyses their impact. She can be reached at corplaw@vinodkothari.com] In our elaborative…
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SEBI introduces ‘Angel Funds’

October 7, 2013

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SEBI Notification on Pre-Emption Rights, Put and Call Options

October 3, 2013

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Takeover Regulations: Intention to Acquire

October 2, 2013

[The following post is contributed by Yogesh Chande, who is a Consultant with Economic Laws Practice, Advocates & Solicitors. Views of the author are personal] In an order passed by the SEBI, Adjudicating Officer in the context of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations (SEBI Takeover Regulations), the Adjudicating Officer relying upon a…
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SPEL Semiconductor: SEBI’s Exemption from Open Offer

September 14, 2013

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Amendments to SEBI’s FUTP Regulations Effective

September 11, 2013

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No More Front Running Through The Back Door

August 26, 2013

[This post is contributed by Anjali R. Menon, who is a Senior Associate at a leading law firm in Mumbai. She also runs a blog at http://atlawggerheads.wordpress.com/. She can be reached at anjali.r.m@gmail.com. It relates to the issue of front running, which has been previously discussed on this Blog in the context of cases decided by…
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Regime on Fraudulent Trade Practices Strengthened

August 13, 2013

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SEBI issues Operational and Reporting Guidelines for AIFs

August 3, 2013

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Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 gives more teeth to SEBI

July 27, 2013

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