Securities & Exchange Board of India - 2023
- Enhanced obligations and responsibilities on Qualified Stock Brokers (QSBs)
- Review of Chapter IX – Green Debt Securities of the Operational Circular for issue and listing of Non-Convertible Securities (NCS), Securitised Debt Instruments (SDI), Security Receipts (SR), Municipal Debt Securities and Commercial Paper (CP) dated August 10, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NCS Operational Circular’), as amended from time to time
- Dos and don’ts relating to green debt securities to avoid occurrences of greenwashing
- Updated Operational Circular for Credit Rating Agencies
- Amendments to Operational Circular for Credit Rating Agencies
- Manner of achieving minimum public shareholding
- Amendments to Operational Circular for Credit Rating Agencies
- Transaction in Corporate Bonds through Request for Quote (RFQ) platform by Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)
- Changes to the Framework to Enable Verification of Upfront Collection of Margins from Clients in Cash and Derivatives segments
- Facility of conducting meetings of unit holders of REITs through Video Conferencing or Other Audio-Visual means
- Facility of conducting meetings of unit holders of InvITs through Video Conferencing or Other Audio Visual means
- Participation of AIFs in Credit Default Swaps
- Allowing stock exchanges to launch multiple contracts on the same commodity in commodity derivatives segment
- Introduction of future contracts on Corporate Bond Indices
- Change in control of Portfolio Managers providing Co-investment services
- Comprehensive Framework on Offer for Sale (OFS) of Shares through Stock Exchange Mechanism
- Standard Operating Procedure for handling of Stock Exchange Outage and extension of trading hours thereof
- Mode of settlement for trades executed on the Request for Quote (RFQ) platform
- Operational Circular for Credit Rating Agencies
- Management and advisory services by AMCs to Foreign Portfolio Investors
- Extension of timelines for entering and verification of the details of the existing outstanding non-convertible securities in the ‘Security and Covenant Monitoring’ system hosted by Depositories
- Monitoring and Periodical reporting of the compliance with the requirements pertaining to ‘Security and Covenant Monitoring’ system hosted by Depositories
- Relaxation from compliance with certain provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
- Limited relaxation – dispatch of physical copies of financial statements etc. – Regulation 58 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015