Majority wanted rate cut, but Rajan vetoed in August review

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 19:07

The RBI held consultation with external Members of the TAC between July 22-28 in the run up to the Third Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review, 2015-16 on August 4, 2015.

Sebi plans new outsourcing policy for exchanges, key entities

Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015, 13:42

To safeguard capital markets from outside risks, regulator Sebi will soon issue a new set of guidelines to govern outsourcing by stock exchanges and other key entities in the marketplace.

Sebi bars VPS Advisory from acting as portfolio manager

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 21:35

Capital markets regulator Sebi has barred VPS Advisory Services and its proprietor Varun Pratap Singh from acting as portfolio manager for providing investment related advisory services to clients without obtaining requisite approval.

UTI-IAS acquires Mallya' 3.97% UBL voting rights after default

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 17:03

Post this development, Mallya's voting rights in the company remain just 0.06 per cent.

Investment advisory registration moves at a snail's pace

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 14:17

"Somebody who is distributing a financial product, he has a commercial interest. He might recommend a product, where he is likely to get a better commission. Our guidelines say there has to be an investment adviser who has to be unbiased and should not have any conflict of interest. A distributor can sell his product, but he can not offer advice," Sinha added.

Sebi allows Stanchart to provide offshore investment advisory

Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015, 18:15

Global giant Standard Chartered Bank has been allowed by regulator Sebi to offer advisory services on regulated offshore products like stocks, bonds and mutual funds in markets outside India.

Institutional investors need to participate in investee cos' governance

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 20:38

To improve business practices at listed companies, markets regulator Sebi's international advisory board has suggested a new code to enable institutional shareholders to participate in the governance of the investee firms.

Value of M&A deals involving Indian cos touch $28.6 bn in 2014

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 18:27

There were 376 cross-border transactions involving Indian companies with an overall deal value of USD 12.4 billion.

RBI's external committee split on April rate action

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 18:04

The technical advisory committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was split on whether the central bank should have cut interest rates at its April 7 policy review, with three members recommending no action, according to minutes released on Wednesday.

RBI appoints NSE's Narain to small bank panel

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 00:13

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday appointed NSE Vice-Chairman Ravi Narain member of its External Advisory Committee (EAC) for small finance banks.

Centre to set up advisory panel to boost exports

Last Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 14:51

The government is to set up an advisory committee to suggest key measures to boost export performance, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.

Swiss banks more upbeat despite data exchange concerns: Survey

Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2015, 00:01

Eighty-eight percent of the 120 banks covered said their performance was "positive" against 71 percent last year, the EY audit and advisory firm said in a survey.