Good and a valid question. Actually in the Indian context we do not know how much the regulators will talk to each other! For example if RBI, SEBI, MCA, IRDA, …et al spoke to each other you may not have to file the same document with each of the authorities. If MCA, for e.g. regularly […]

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Here is a cut paste from the SEBI circular of what happened at their meet today: In order to help Mutual Funds penetrate into retail segment in smaller towns, the distributor would be allowed to charge Rs. 100 as transaction charge per subscription. No charge can be made for investments below Rs. 10,000. An additional […]

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I get kinda irritated when the kids I teach ask me questions for which they can find answers on the web. What is a hedge fund and what is a mutual fund is a question that I have been asked a zillion times..so here is an attempt..I hope you like it..expect it in the next […]

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Indian mutual funds will soon have to report their monthly, quarterly and annual numbers to the regulatory authority (SEBI) in XBRL. For doing this they need to buy a software which will convert their excel sheets into xbrl documents. This tool is a must because the returns have to go very often (MCR is a […]

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Well this is not an article on Exchange Traded funds, but there is a link at the bottom which will take you an ETF article. The financial services industry (like all other industries) is very smart. Highly qualified people – from CPAs, CAs. CFAs, engineers, PhDs…..have to be kept intellectually occupied and financially happy. To […]

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Some companies in India are more equal than others. Sahara is one such case. No clue about what they do. They can show a thumb to RBI, go to the Supreme Court over a matter, scare the regulator into taking action,…. Congrats to SEBI for passing the order – surely Sahara will say the matter […]

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In the pre Sebi and pre NSE days, the BSE (actually it used to be called The Stock Exchange, Mumbai) used to do its settlement once in 15 days. Then it came down to once a week… This meant a lot of weak players would do transactions for a much longer period than what they […]

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