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22-484: To keep pace with the fast changing technology and financial system, the Exchange went online in 1996. The Exchange had come a long way since the launch of BEST (Bangalore Electronic Securities Trading), its online trading system on 29 July 1996. The Exchange had 241 members serving the diverse needs of investors. The corporate members constitute more than 25% of the total membership of the Exchange. Members operate within

44-462: A bourse which fails to achieve a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore, would be subject to compulsory exit process. The shareholders of BgSE in its annual general body meeting held on 21 September 2013 passed the resolution to apply to SEBI for exiting as a stock exchange through voluntary surrender of recognition. Following this, BgSE had made a request to SEBI for its exit as stock exchange on 8 October 2013. SEBI on 26 December 2014 permitted BgSE to exit from

66-492: A lack of a comprehensive legal framework with stringent penalties, slow response times, and a lack of coordination with other regulatory bodies. In August 2024, Hindenburg Research , a short-selling activist firm, accused SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband of having a stake in offshore entities which invested money into India. They alleged that these same funds, managed by IIFL Wealth , were used by Vinod Adani to artificially inflate shares of companies owned by

88-489: A restructuring exercise. SEBI is managed by its board of members, which consist of the following people: After the amendment of 1999, collective investment schemes were brought under SEBI except nidhis , chit funds and cooperatives. Madhabi Puri Buch took charge of chairman on 1 March 2022, replacing Ajay Tyagi, whose term ended on 28 February 2022. Madhabi Puri Buch is the first woman chairperson of SEBI. The board comprises: List of Chairmen: The Preamble of

110-595: Is an appeal process to create accountability. There is a Securities Appellate Tribunal which is a three-member tribunal and is currently headed by Justice Tarun Agarwala , former Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court . A second appeal lies directly to the Supreme Court . SEBI has taken a very proactive role in streamlining disclosure requirements to international standards. For the discharge of its functions efficiently, SEBI has been vested with

132-729: Is an ongoing concern in the Indian stock market, particularly with small-cap and mid-cap stocks, which are more susceptible due to lower trading volumes, less liquidity, and limited market analyst coverage. Pump and dump schemes are a prevalent form of manipulation, where false or misleading statements are used to inflate a stock’s price before the manipulators sell off their shares at a profit, leading to significant losses for unsuspecting investors. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been criticized for not being able to prevent such manipulations effectively. Reasons include limited resources, reliance on stock exchanges for market data,

154-486: Is done in 2 days after trade date . SEBI has also been active in setting up the regulations as required under law. It did away with physical certificates that were prone to postal delays, theft and forgery, apart from making the settlement process slow and cumbersome, by passing the Depositories Act, 1996. SEBI has also been instrumental in taking quick and effective steps in light of the global meltdown and

176-870: The Adani Group . This put Buch into the spotlight, since SEBI had previously faced difficulties in finding out the beneficial owners of similar off-shore funds that had invested in Adani companies. Adani Group calls the claims "malicious, mischievous". India's Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha , Rahul Gandhi , asked Buch to resign. Commentators say that while Hindenburg Research did not have compelling evidence of malfeasance, Puri Buch didn't do enough to avoid entirely foreseeable conflict of interest allegations. SEBI in its circular dated 30 May 2012 gave exit – guidelines for Securities exchanges. This

198-577: The Prime Minister about malaise in SEBI. He said, "The regulatory institution is under duress and under severe attack from powerful corporate interests operating concertedly to undermine SEBI". He specifically said that Finance Minister's office, and especially his advisor Omita Paul, were trying to influence many cases before SEBI, including those relating to Sahara Group, Reliance, Bank of Rajasthan and MCX. Several major financial scams have shaken

220-605: The SEBI Act, 1992 . The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was first established in 1988 as a non-statutory body for regulating the securities market . Before it came into existence, the Controller of Capital Issues was the market's regulatory authority, and derived power from the Capital Issues (Control) Act, 1947. SEBI became an autonomous body on 30 January 1992 and was accorded statutory powers with

242-680: The finance ministry's request to dismiss the PIL and said that the court was well aware of what was going on in SEBI. Hearing a similar petition filed by Bengaluru-based advocate Anil Kumar Agarwal, a two judge Supreme Court bench of Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice HL Gokhale issued a notice to the Govt of India, SEBI chief UK Sinha and Omita Paul, Secretary to the President of India. Further, it came into light that Dr. K. M. Abraham (the then whole time member of SEBI Board) had written to

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264-914: The Indian market, like the Satyam scam , IL&FS crisis, Punjab National Bank Scam , and NSE co-location scam Critics argue that SEBI failed to properly monitor these companies or take timely action when irregularities were noticed. There have been instances where market intermediaries engaged in fraudulent activities, which resulted in significant losses for investors. SEBI’s monitoring of these intermediaries has been called into question. SEBI has been criticized for its inability to effectively regulate and prevent insider trading, despite having regulations in place. There have been numerous cases where insider trading went undetected for long periods. Some believe SEBI hasn't done enough to prevent companies from issuing IPOs ( Initial Public Offerings ) at inflated prices, which hurts regular investors. Market manipulation

286-463: The Satyam fiasco. In October 2011, it increased the extent and quantity of disclosures to be made by Indian corporate promoters. In light of the global meltdown, it liberalized the takeover code to facilitate investments by removing regulatory structures. In one such move, SEBI has increased the application limit for retail investors to ₹ 200,000 (US$ 2,400) from ₹ 100,000 (US$ 1,200) at present. On

308-791: The Securities and Exchange Board of India describes the basic functions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India as "...to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market and for matters connected there with or incidental there to". SEBI has to be responsive to the needs of three groups, which constitute the market: SEBI has three powers rolled into one body: quasi-legislative , quasi-judicial and quasi-executive. It drafts regulations in its legislative capacity, it conducts investigation and enforcement action in its executive function and it passes rulings and orders in its judicial capacity. Though this makes it very powerful, there

330-524: The bourse business. Securities and Exchange Board of India The Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) is the regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the administrative domain of Ministry of Finance within the Government of India . It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive body and was given statutory powers on 30 January 1992 through

352-500: The business. SEBI is cracking down on virtual stock gaming apps popular among retail investors for creating virtual portfolios and competing on real-time stock prices. Following is an excerpt from the circular: SEBI regulates Indian financial market through its 20 departments. Tarun Agarwala Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

374-666: The following powers: SEBI committees There are two types of brokers: SEBI has enjoyed success as a regulator by pushing systematic reforms aggressively and successively. It is credited for quick movement towards making the markets electronic and paperless by introducing the T+5 rolling cycle in July 2001, the T+3 in April 2002, and the T+2 in April 2003. The rolling cycle of T+2 means that settlement

396-464: The occasion of World Investor Week 2022, SEBI Executive Director Shri G. P. Garg launched a book on Financial Literacy. This book is a joint effort between Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited and CASI New York. Supreme Court of India heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by India Rejuvenation Initiative that had challenged the procedure for key appointments adopted by Govt of India . The petition alleged that, "The constitution of

418-441: The overall framework of policies and practices developed over a period of time by the Exchange. As on 7 Jan 2014, 330 companies were listed on the Exchange. In December 2008, SEBI had issued guidelines and laid down the framework for exit by stock exchanges. As per SEBI norms, a stock exchange, whose annual trading turnover on its platform was less than Rs 1,000 crore, can apply for voluntary surrender of recognition and exit, while

440-654: The passing of the SEBI Act, 1992 by the Parliament of India . It has its headquarters at the business district of Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai and has Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Regional Offices in New Delhi , Kolkata , Chennai , and Ahmedabad , respectively. Up until June 2023, it also had 17 local offices spread all over India to promote investor education; however, 16 of them were closed as part of

462-474: The search-cum-selection committee for recommending the name of chairman and every whole-time members of SEBI for appointment has been altered, which directly impacted its balance and could compromise the role of the SEBI as a watchdog." On 21 November 2011, the court allowed petitioners to withdraw the petition and file a fresh petition pointing out constitutional issues regarding appointments of regulators and their independence. The Chief Justice of India refused

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484-462: Was mainly due to illiquid nature of trade on many of 20+ regional Securities exchanges. It had asked many of these exchanges to either meet the required criteria or take a graceful exit. SEBI's new norms for Securities exchanges mandates that it should have minimum net-worth of ₹ 1 billion and an annual trading of ₹ 10 billion. The Indian Securities market regulator SEBI had given the recognized Securities exchanges two years to comply or exit

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