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Sebi rushes to help fill govt coffers, but is that its job?
Jagannathan • 13 years agoThe changes announced by Sebi on Tuesday are intended to help the government raise money quickly. But is that a good enough reason?
The RBI will now directly regulate microfinance sector
Bose • 13 years agoThe suspense for the microfinance sector is over. The RBI is now their regulator and they will become niche players in the non-bank financial sector.
Sebi order will gift Tayals a bonanza from ICICI shares
Fp Editors • 13 years agoThe key import of Sebi's decision is that the Tayals will now be allowed to sell shares of ICICI Bank which they had obtained through a share swap that came with the merger.
Sebi lets off Tayals: Uses new logic to revoke own ban of 2010
Fp Editors • 13 years agoSebi has ended the ban on the Tayals, formerly of Bank of Rajasthan, for offences it earlier considered serious.
Rs 12 per ticket is cost of an independent airline regulator
Sindhu • 13 years agoA new aviation regulator, Civil Aviation Authority, will replace the less powerful DGCA this year. It will fund its own independence by charging you Rs 12 a flight.
Irda accused of viewing same offence with different lenses
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe insurance regulator Irda seems to penalise public sector and private sector companies differently for different magnitudes of the same offence
'Finmin asked Sebi to go easy on Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan'
Jagannathan • 13 years agoApart from Reliance and Sahara, Sebi was also under pressure from the finance ministry to go easy on the promoters of Bank of Rajasthan, according to ex-Sebi member KM Abraham.
Why NSE order has landed Competition panel in soup
Ajay Shah • 14 years agoThe Competition Commission has placed itself in a piquant situation by fining the NSE Rs 55 crore for allowing trading in currency derivatives for free. Is offering something free anti-competition?
The Anna-Baba show is over, now let's deal with corruption
Ajay Shah • 14 years agoThe Anna-Ramdev spoilers are not the answer to corruption. Institutional reform is.