Tag: Securities Regulation
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SAT on the Nature of Offering of Fully Convertible Debentures
[Aastha Agarwalla is a 2nd year law LLB student at the Campus Law Centre. Faculty of Law, University of Delhi] In order to streamline the process for access to capital for a company, the Companies Act, 2013 prescribes various funding options by issuing various kinds of securities. Depending upon the specific circumstances and requirements, a…
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SEBI Circular on COVID-19 Disclosures
That the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a company’s business, operations and finances is “material” is undisputed. A question, however, arises whether listed companies ought to make clear and full disclosures of such impact and, if so, under what regime. One option would be to rely on existing securities regulation that requires listed companies…
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Revisiting Side-Pocketing in Mutual Funds: Question of Investor Protection
[Prankul Boobana is a fourth year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] With one of the bigger mutual fund houses winding up six of its debt schemes recently, the mutual fund (MF) industry, which was already facing liquidity issues, suffered a huge setback. In the past few months, the MF industry has witnessed various…
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SEBI’s Consultation Paper on Pricing of Preferential Issues and Open Offer Exemption
[Rongeet Poddar is a 5th Year student at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) on 22 April 2020 issued a consultation paper for easing pricing norms for preferential issues in companies having stressed assets. It aims to provide objective criteria for classifying a company as ‘stressed’.…
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Yes Bank Case: Scope of ‘Encumbrance’ over Shares
[Arushi Gupta is a IV year student at National Law University Odisha] With the recent order of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposing a fine on the promoter entities of YES Bank, the much contentious issue of the definition of encumbrance has again taken the centre stage. This post aims to analyse…
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6th GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law 2020
[Announcement from the organisers of the GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law] About the Organiser Gujarat National Law University is a premier university of law situated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat seeking to promote research-based education among its students by way of providing excellent education, and opportunities in various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities for holistic growth…
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SEBI’s Proposed Framework for Corporate Bonds and Debenture Trustees
[Rashmi Birmole is a III year B.A., LL.B. student at ILS Law College, Pune] Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (“IL&FS”), a non-banking finance company (“NBFC”) belonging to a sub-category of systemically important non-deposit accepting core investment companies was, at the time, engaged in financing and developing infrastructure projects. In June 2018, the collapse of IL&FS emerged…
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Examining the Legal Nature of Commercial Papers: Securities or Money Market Instruments?
[Priyanka Sunjay is an associate at L&L Partners Law Offices. The author thanks Jay Parikh and Varun Kumar for their inputs] On 22 October 2019, the Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) issued a circular titled ‘Framework for Listing of Commercial Paper’ (“SEBI Circular”) in order to enable listing and trading of commercial papers on…
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Liability of Issuers for Misleading Advertisement in a Public Issue of Securities
[Neha Sinha is a 3rd Year B.A. LL.B. student at National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi] In an order dated February 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed penalty on Muthootu Mini Financiers Ltd. (MMFL) in a matter relating to misleading advertisement made to the public at…
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SEBI Introduces Greater Transparency in the AIF Space
[Vaneesa Agrawal is the founder and Rishi Ahuja an associate at Thinking Legal] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) has, through a Circular dated February 5, 2020 (“Circular”), issued disclosure standards for the growing Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”) space. The Circular was preceded by a Consultation Paper dated December 4, 2019. SEBI has…
