Tirupati Balaji gets demat account: 5 things you want to know

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 11:34

Here are five things you want to know about it.

Lord Tirupati Balaji checks into Dalal Street with a demat account

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 21:18

The Dalal Street has got its priciest member with Lord Balaji of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) opening a demat account.

Market entities may get incentives to open retail demat a/c

Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2015, 18:15

To attract a larger number of retail investors to the stock markets, regulator SEBI is looking into a proposal to devise an incentive structure for brokers and other market entities to encourage opening of demat accounts by persons from small cities.

SC stays CERC order asking FTIL to transfer its shares of IEX

Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015, 19:17

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the order of power sector regulator CERC asking Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) to transfer all its shares of India Energy Exchange (IEX) to a trust demat account.

MF orders via exchange platforms double to 19 lakh in FY15

Last Updated: Monday, April 6, 2015, 14:00

The number of mutual fund orders placed through the stock exchange platforms has more than doubled to over 19 lakh in 2014-15, primarily on the back of an increased appetite among investors.

Sebi issues attachment orders against 6 entities

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 18:15

Sebi Wednesday ordered attachment of bank accounts as well as securities demat accounts of six entities to recover penalties of over Rs 20 lakh from them imposed for violations of capital market regulations.

Sebi allows non-demat MF transactions through stock exchanges

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 23:24

The move comes over one year after Sebi allowed MF distributors to use stock exchange infrastructure for mutual fund transactions through demat accounts in October 2013.

Investors not to pay stamp duty for agreements on demat a/c

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 15:09

Investors are no longer required to pay stamp duty relating to agreements on demat account under the new guidelines introduced by market requlator Sebi, a move that will help save costs during registration with the securities market.

Sebi for FDs, insurance, postal savings in demat format

Last Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 22:41

To expand the list of asset classes which can be held in demat form, Sebi said, it has decided to initiate steps that would enable an investor to view the details of his holdings and transactions across all asset classes through a single consolidated statement.

Sebi proposes no-frills demat a/c for small investors

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 10:43

With an aim to encourage an investment culture in the country, market regulator Sebi on Monday announced no-frills or basic trading accounts for retail individual investors with no charges applicable for holdings up to Rs 50,000.