Securities & Exchange Board of India - 2024
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- Relaxation from certain provisions for units allotted to an employee benefit trust for the purpose of a unit based employee benefit scheme, Alignment of timelines for making distribution by InvITs and Format of Quarterly Report and Compliance Certificate – Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs)
- Relaxation from certain provisions for units allotted to an employee benefit trust for the purpose of a unit based employee benefit scheme, Alignment of timelines for making distribution by REITs and Format of Quarterly Report and Compliance Certificate - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Simplified registration for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
- Trading supported by Blocked Amount in Secondary Market
- Procedure for reclassification of FPI investment to FDI
- Disclosure of expenses, half yearly returns, yield and risk-o-meter of schemes of Mutual Funds
- Investments in Overseas Mutual Funds/ Unit Trusts by Indian Mutual Funds
- Advisory on unauthorized virtual trading / gaming platforms
- Annual Compliance Certificate for Client Level Segregation by Non-individual Investment Advisers and timeline for submission of periodic reports
- Periodic Reporting format for Research Analysts and Proxy Advisers
- Clarification with respect to advertisement code for Research Analysts (RAs)
- Modification in Annexure to Common Application Form (CAF)
- Association of persons regulated by the Board and their agents with certain persons
- Inclusion of Mutual Fund units in the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015
- Clarification with regard to usage of 3 – in – 1 type accounts for making an application in public issue of securities
- Introduction of Liquidity Window facility for investors in debt securities through Stock Exchange mechanism
- Monitoring of position limits for equity derivative segment
- Monitoring Shareholding of Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs)
- Corrigendum to Circular on Ease of Doing Business in the context of Standard Operating Procedure for payment of “Financial Disincentives” by Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) as a result of Technical Glitch
- Change in timing for securities payout in the Activity schedule for T+1 Rolling Settlement
- Extension of timeline for implementation of SEBI Circular SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD-PoD1/P/CIR/2024/75 dated June 05, 2024
- Specific due diligence of investors and investments of AIFs
- Timelines for disclosures by Social Enterprises on Social Stock Exchange (“SSE”)
- Review of Stress Testing Framework for Equity Derivatives segment for determining the corpus of Core Settlement Guarantee Fund
- Measures to Strengthen Equity Index Derivatives Framework for Increased Investor Protection and Market Stability
- Operational Guidelines for Foreign Venture Capital Investors (FVCIs) and Designated Depository Participants (DDPs)
- Reduction in the timeline for listing of debt securities and Non-convertible Redeemable Preference Shares to T+3 working days from existing T + 6 working days (as an option to issuers for a period of one year and on a permanent basis thereafter such that all listings occur on a T+3 basis)
- SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Parameters for Performance Evaluation of Market Infrastructure Institutions
- Usage of UPI by individual investors for making an application in public issue of securities through intermediaries
- Ease of Doing Business in the context of Standard Operating Procedure for payment of “Financial Disincentives” by Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) as a result of Technical Glitch
- Flexibility in participation of Mutual Funds in Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
- Modification in framework for valuation of investment portfolio of AIFs
- SEBI (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Enabling T+2 trading of Bonus shares where T is the record date
- Reporting by Foreign Venture Capital Investors
- Optional mechanism for fee collection by SEBI registered Investment Advisers (IAs) and Research Analysts (RAs)
- Modifications in Guidelines for Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) of Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs)
- Allowing securities funded through cash collateral as maintenance margin for Margin Trading Facility (MTF)
- Modification in the timeline for submission of status regarding payment obligations to the stock exchanges by entities that have listed commercial paper
- SEBI (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- SEBI (Depositories and Participants) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Review of eligibility criteria for entry/exit of stocks in derivatives segment
- Amendment to Master Circular for Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) dated May 15, 2024 - Review of statement of investor complaints and timeline for disclosure of statement of deviation(s)
- Amendment to Master Circular for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) dated May 15, 2024 - Review of statement of investor complaints and timeline for disclosure of statement of deviation(s)
- Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (CSCRF) for SEBI Regulated Entities (REs)
- Modalities for migration of Venture Capital Funds registered under erstwhile SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 to SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012
- Guidelines for borrowing by Category I and Category II AIFs and maximum permissible limit for extension of tenure by LVFs
- Amendment to Master Circular for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) dated May 15, 2024 – Board nomination rights to unitholders of REITs
- Amendment to Master Circular for Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) dated May 15, 2024 - Board nomination rights to unitholders of InvITs
- Valuation of Additional Tier- 1 Bonds
- Institutional mechanism by Asset Management Companies for identification and deterrence of potential market abuse including front-running and fraudulent transactions in securities
- Amendment to Circular for mandating additional disclosures by FPIs that fulfil certain objective criteria
- Commencement Notification of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
- SEBI (AIF) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Enabling ESG Rating Providers (ERPs) to undertake ESG rating activities under IFSCA
- Enabling Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) to undertake rating activities under IFSCA
- Recognition of BSE Limited as Research Analyst Administration and Supervisory Body (RAASB) and Investment Adviser Administration and Supervisory Body (IAASB)
- Information to be filed by schemes of AIFs availing dissolution period/additional liquidation period and conditions for in-specie distribution of assets of AIFs
- Ease of doing business - Streamlining of prudential norm for passive schemes regarding exposure to securities of group companies of the sponsor of Mutual Funds
- Measures for Ease of Doing Business for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) – Timelines and Disclosures
- Modification to Enhanced Supervision of Stock Brokers and Depository Participants
- Measures to instil confidence in securities market - Brokers' institutional mechanism for prevention and detection of fraud or market abuse
- Reduction in denomination of debt securities and non-convertible redeemable preference shares
- SEBI (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Dispatch of Consolidated Account Statement (CAS) for all securities assets
- Charges levied by Market Infrastructure Institutions – True to Label
- SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- SEBI (Stock Brokers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Facility for Basic Services Demat Account (BSDA) for Financial Inclusion and Ease of Investing
- Participation by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Resident Indian (RI) individuals in SEBI registered FPIs based in International Financial Services Centres in India
- SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Statutory Committees at Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs)
- System Audit of Professional Clearing Members (PCMs)
- Introduction of a special call auction mechanism for price discovery of scrips of listed Investment Companies (ICs) and listed Investment Holding Companies (IHCs)
- Modification in duration for Call auction in pre-open session for Initial Public Offer (IPO) and Relisted scrips
- Contribution to Core Settlement Guarantee Fund and Default Waterfall for Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation (PLCC)
- Modification in Framework for Offer for Sale (OFS) of Shares to Employees through Stock Exchange Mechanism
- Ease of Doing Investments - Non-submission of ‘Choice of Nomination’
- Uploading of KYC information by KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs) to Central KYC Records Registry (CKYCRR)
- Framework of “Financial Disincentives for Surveillance Related Lapses” at Market Infrastructure Institutions
- Enhancement of operational efficiency and Risk Reduction - Pay-out of securities directly to client demat account
- Disclosures of Material Changes and Other Obligations for Foreign Portfolio Investors
- SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Comprehensive guidelines for Investor Protection Fund (IPF) and Investor Services Fund (ISF) for Stock Exchanges having commodity derivatives segment
- Ease of Doing Business – Internet Based Trading for Stock Brokers
- Revision of eligibility criteria for launching commodity futures contracts
- Investor Charter for Depositories and Depository Participants
- Investor Charter for Stock Exchanges
- Modification in requirement of inspection of accredited warehouses by Clearing Corporations
- Norms for acceptable collaterals and exposure of Clearing Corporations
- SEBI (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Standard Operating Procedure for handling of Stock Exchange outage and extension of trading hours thereof in Commodity Derivatives segment
- Eligibility criteria for launching Options with Commodity Futures as underlying by Stock Exchanges having commodity derivative segments
- Self Regulatory Organizations for Social Impact Assessors in the context of Social Stock Exchange (SSE)
- Timelines for disclosures by Social Enterprises on Social Stock Exchange (“SSE”)
- Enhancement of Dynamic Price Bands for scrips in the Derivatives segment
- Norms for sharing of real time price data to third parties
- Modification in Staggered Delivery Period in Commodity Futures Contracts
- Audiovisual (AV) presentation of disclosures made in Public Issue Offer Documents
- Industry Standards on verification of market rumours
- Framework for considering unaffected price for transactions upon confirmation of market rumour
- FAQs on KYC Norms for the Securities Market
- Review of validation of KYC records by KRAs under Risk Management Framework
- Certification requirement for key investment team of manager of AIF
- Commencement notification for certain provisions of the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023
- Periodic reporting format for Investment Advisers
- SEBI (Employees' Service) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Entities allowed to use e-KYC Aadhaar Authentication services of UIDAI in Securities Market as sub-KUA
- Portfolio Managers - Facilitating ease in digital on-boarding process for clients and enhancing transparency through disclosures
- Facilitating collective oversight of distributors for Portfolio Management Services (PMS) through APMI
- Framework for administration and supervision of Research Analysts and Investment Advisers
- Nomination for Mutual Fund unitholders – exemption for jointly held folios
- Ease of doing business- Fund manager for Mutual fund schemes investing in commodities and overseas securities
- Relaxation in requirement of intimation of changes in the terms of Private Placement Memorandum of Alternative Investment Funds through Merchant Banker
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Investment Advisers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Research Analysts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Framework for Category I and II Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to create encumbrance on their holding of equity of investee companies
- Flexibility to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and their investors to deal with unliquidated investments of their schemes
- SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Ease of Doing Business: Text on Contract Note with respect to Fit and Proper status of shareholders
- Cross Margin benefits for offsetting positions having different expiry dates
- Standardization of the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) Audit Report
- Entities allowed to use e-KYC Aadhaar Authentication services of UIDAI in Securities Market as sub-KUA
- Introduction of Beta version of T+0 rolling settlement cycle on optional basis in addition to the existing T+1 settlement cycle in Equity Cash Markets
- Amendment to Circular for mandating additional disclosures by FPIs that fulfil certain objective criteria
- Safeguards to address the concerns of the investors on transfer of securities in dematerialized mode
- Entities allowed to use e-KYC Aadhaar Authentication services of UIDAI in Securities Market as sub-KUA
- Repeal of circular(s) outlining procedure to deal with cases where securities are issued prior to April 01, 2014, involving offer / allotment of securities to more than 49 but up to 200 investors in a financial year
- Simplification and streamlining of Offer Documents of Mutual Fund Schemes - Extension of timelines
- Measures to instill trust in securities market – Expanding the framework of Qualified Stock Brokers (QSBs) to more stock brokers
- SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024
- Notification for List of goods notified under SCRA, 1956
- Centralization of certifications under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) at KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs)
- Revised Pricing Methodology for Institutional Placements of Privately Placed Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT)
- Guidelines for returning of draft offer document and its resubmission
- Streamlining of Regulatory Reporting by Designated Depository Participants (DDPs) and Custodians
- Extension of timeline for verification of market rumours by listed entities
- Framework for Offer for Sale (OFS) of Shares to Employees through Stock Exchange Mechanism
- Guidelines for AIFs with respect to holding their investments in dematerialised form and appointment of custodian
- Ease of doing business- Changes in reporting
- Ease of Doing Investments by Investors- Facility of voluntary freezing/ blocking of Trading Accounts by Clients
- Foreign investment in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)
- Framework for Short Selling
