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Garnering money has never been easy as regulators are still in slumber!

Nagesh Kini | 20/5/2013 @ 12:01pm

Do not ask the investors’ for PAN number, address proof or for any KYC. Just promise huge returns in few months and give 35-40% commission to agents and voila! You can garner any amount of money from people, both educated or uneducated living in urban and rural areas. And don’t worry about the regulators. They would be the last one to know about your fortune More

Do companies care at all about SEBI’s diktat regarding 25% free float?

Moneylife Digital Team | 17/5/2013 @ 6:27pm

Most companies are yet to increase their public holding to the requisite level (25%) and compliance before 3rd June for companies (PSUs have to do it by August) is surely impossible. Probably they do not care at all about the SEBI diktat More

Financial regulations: Sanctioned Loot

R Balakrishnan | 15/5/2013 @ 12:42pm

The current regulatory system permits NBFCs, banks, insurance companies & lakhs of unregulated entities to easily loot the public More

Competition Commission probing IATA for unfair practices

Moneylife Digital Team | 13/5/2013 @ 5:36pm

Self-acquired regulatory power for registering, accrediting and regulating the engagement of air cargo agents in India is alleged to have enabled IATA to indulge in anti-competitive activities, the CCI said More

Weekly Market Report: Will the Nifty, Sensex rise for the 5th week in a row?

Moneylife Digital Team | 11/5/2013 @ 2:03pm

Watch out for the previous week’s low to be violated before a downtrend starts. There is a lot of liquidity bringing in buyers on every dip More


Creation of a coal regulator is not a panacea for our problems!

AK Ramdas | 9/5/2013 @ 4:37pm

Function and powers of the coal regulator need to be specific and clearly stated, in order to prevent disputes arising out of interpretation of the rules laid down More

SEBI still not ready to share PMS data despite CIC order

Moneylife Digital Team | 8/5/2013 @ 5:05pm

In January, the Central Information Commission directed the market regulator to upload from April onwards information about PMS schemes on its website. Despite assurance from SEBI to the CIC, it has not uploaded any data on PMS for which Moneylife has been fighting a long battle More

Watching the financial watchdogs

Nagesh Kini | 8/5/2013 @ 12:22pm

In India, we are plagued with a multiplicity of authorities and shadow boxing of regulators in the financial arena. There is an urgent need to place consumer protection at the heart of financial regulation with a stronger Financial Redressal Agency or mechanism More

RBI to issue clarification on new bank licences soon

Moneylife Digital Team | 7/5/2013 @ 4:35pm

The central bank would shortly come out with its clarifications on issuing licences for more private sector banks More

SEBI needs to speed up Its adjudication

Dr SD Israni | 3/5/2013 @ 12:04pm

The judgement against Osian is a prime example of SEBI’s slow processes More

RBI tells HDFC Bank not to make up its own KYC verification rules

Moneylife Digital Team | 24/4/2013 @ 6:41pm

Many customers, harassed by HDFC Bank’s demand to re-submit KYC documents, have complained to Moneylife about high-handedness. Here is what we found out when Moneylife followed up with HDFC Bank and the regulator More

RBI says will tweak KYC norms, if required

Moneylife Digital Team | 24/4/2013 @ 11:39am

RBI deputy governor KC Chakrabarty said the central bank will introduce some corrective measures in KYC norms as and when necessary to check any “transaction-level aberrations” in the functioning of banks More

SEBI’s clarification on submission of unaudited accounts creating confusion

Aditi Jhunjhunwala | 23/4/2013 @ 6:03pm

As per the October 2011 circular, upon amendment to Clause 41(d) of LA, companies were supposed to file only their audited accounts within 60 days. The April 2012 circular says companies could submit their unaudited results within 45 days and there was no specified period to submit audited results. How do the companies ensure compliance of these circulars? More

SEBI probes Saradha group for alleged irregularities

Moneylife Digital Team | 23/4/2013 @ 3:34pm

SEBI began the latest round of investigation after certain complaints were received by it against an alleged large-scale fund raising by the group without getting the necessary approvals More

SEBI suspends M Bhiwaniwala & Company for 3 months

Moneylife Digital Team | 23/4/2013 @ 10:23am

According to SEBI, the entity had colluded with the company’s directors and other brokers to execute cross trades for its clients that artificially raised the price of the scrip from Rs2 to Rs170.20 without any corresponding change in the fundamental of the company More

SEBI, other agencies to join forces against investment frauds

Moneylife Digital Team | 22/4/2013 @ 11:46am

SEBI investigations have found that many of these schemes are being used for the purpose of money laundering and to channelize illicit funds into the financial system More

Insurance: IRDA Warns Public against Fake Insurance Entities

Moneylife Digital Team | 22/4/2013 @ 11:23am

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Defrauding Shareholders

Dr SD Israni | 19/4/2013 @ 10:48am

SEBI restrains promoters of Zenith Infotech with ad-interim order More

Osian’s: SEBI asks the Art Fund to shut shop and refund investors’ money with 10% interest pa

Moneylife Digital Team | 17/4/2013 @ 3:59pm

It took the market regulator almost six years to finally take a call on Osian's. Moneylife has been spearheading the campaign for refund of investors’ money More

Is Dr KC Chakrabarty being hypocritical about consumer protection?

Sucheta Dalal | 16/4/2013 @ 8:18pm

We have always believed that RBI is unwilling to engage with customers leading to ignorance of core issues that affect consumers. Stunningly, a recent speech of deputy governor Dr KC Chakrabarty shows that the RBI is fully aware of all the problems and what needs to be done. It is simply unwilling to implement them! More


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