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Sebi’s new rules for IPO and mutual funds: easier for investors, harder to IPO
The Securities and Exchanges Board of India has had a busy week. It announced a slew of new measures governing stock market listings and another batch designed to attract investors to the beleaguered...
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Indian tycoon challenges regulators to televised duel
He’s not quite throwing down the gauntlet and demanding a meeting at daybreak with a brace of pistols. But Subrata Roy, the enigmatic chairman of the troubled Sahara India Pariwar conglomerate, is...
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Colour coded risk in India
British consumers have got used to seeing traffic light colour coding on packaged food in the shops. A green spot is supposed to entice customers by indicating the food has less fat, sugar or salt,...
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India: new options for dealmakers
After overturning his predecessor’s decision on the Vodafone case on Wednesday, India’s new Law Minister, Kapil Sibal, has brought about another change that might reassure foreign investors. Indian...
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India: regulator comes down hard on errant companies over free float reform
It will be a rude shock for those hoping that – in typical Indian style – extensions would be given and delays accepted. Many of India’s listed companies have scrambled to sell stock on the market this...
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India: a new plan to boost FDI
With the rupee under the cosh, a faltering economy and slowing equity markets, India could do with propping up foreign direct investment. Step forward the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi),...
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India regulator cracks down on buy-backs
Companies buy back shares to funnel excess cash to shareholders and/or prop up the share price. But they can also just announce a buy-back plan, with no intention of following through, to enjoy the...
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Looking for India’s top 10 company boards? There are only 5…
Rana Kapoor, CEO of Yes Bank When the Hay Group teamed up with the Economic Times, the Indian newspaper, to indentify the best company boards in India, they assembled a panel headed by Kumar Birla, the...
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Sultan of Brunei in frame as troubled India group unloads assets
An eccentric Indian tycoon, some of the world’s most luxurious hotels and now the Sultan of Brunei. The story of one Indian company’s tortuous journey out of legal hot water has just taken another...
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