Overseas Investment News
Inside Sebi’s plan to verify investment performance claims
Sebi is taking steps to enhance transparency among investment advisors with the introduction of the past risk and return verification agency. We decode how it works and who benefits from the steps
4 min read10 Apr 2025Sebi’s options plan that spooked many could be in for a review
Sebi’s proposal for a gross limit in options by using the delta parameter has brokers and prop traders worried. They believe this will reduce liquidity and increase costs in India’s derivatives market. Now, the regulator may be about to review the proposal.
4 min read19 Mar 2025Why Motilal Oswal AMC doesn’t want you to invest in US ETFs
Owing to RBI restrictions, the asset management company is unable to create new units of its Nasdaq 100 and Q50 ETFs and supply them to investors through market makers. With demand outstripping supply, the trading prices of these ETFs are much higher than their intraday NAVs.
2 min read14 Dec 2024Regulators, like Caesar’s wife, must always be above suspicion
India’s capital markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) should hold itself to a higher standard than the entities it regulates. Its chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch ought to step aside till her name is cleared.
3 min read13 Sep 2024Sebi chair Madhabi Buch owns majority in Mumbai consultancy named in Hindenburg report
Hindenburg Research has flagged potential conflict of interest citing Buch’s ownership of two consulting firms, among other allegations targeted at her related to Sebi’s investigation into the Adani Group.
4 min read11 Aug 2024RBI and Sebi must redo its overseas investment policy for AIFs
Policymakers need to review limits on such outward investments. Clear the backlog of pending applications by alternate investment funds (AIFs), including angel investors, so that they aren’t disincentivized from being based in India
4 min read12 Jul 2024Sebi may allow mutual funds to invest in overseas funds with exposure to Indian markets. Details here
Sebi held consultations with the industry representatives from AMFI and various AMCs, and has now proposed that mutual fund schemes may invest in such overseas mutual funds which have exposure to Indian securities not more than 20 percent of their net assets
2 min read18 May 2024Sebi’s overseas investment rules: Before investing abroad, investors must adhere to these
These are the rules recently drafted by the ministry of finance relating to overseas investments. We share some key details here.
2 min read24 Aug 2022Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared