U K Sinha

HDFC MF chief Milind Barve gets Rs 26.21 crore in salary, ESOPs

Top fund house HDFC Mutual Fund's chief Milind Barve has got a total remuneration of Rs 26.21 crore for the latest fiscal 2015-16, but a large portion came from exercise of ESOPs previously granted to him.

Sebi chairman warns strict action against misuse of algorithmic trading

Sebi Chairman U K Sinha says risk management systems in the marketplace have been upgraded to minimise the damage from any genuine technical snags

It hurts when people call Sebi activist working against biz interests: Sinha

On enforcement actions, Sinha said regulators across the world "are realising that passing a penalty order against the company is been taken as extra cost of doing business so now more and more penalty is been passed against individuals", and Sebi has been following the same

Sebi to focus on insider trading, risk management in 2014

Many new categories of persons, including public servants, regulatory officials, judiciary and government officials dealing with unpublished price-sensitive information are being brought under the purview of insider trading.

Sebi supports regular issuance of govt bonds to increase liquidity

UK Sinha said the regulator is also looking into how to provide more liquidity, specially in repo market and the linkage between the currency the interest derivatives market.<br /><br />

RBI may keep rates steady in next review, cut likely only in FY15: SBI

Wholesale inflation declined to a five-month low of 6.16 percent in December as food article prices cooled, according to data released yesterday. Retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 9.87 percent.<br /><br />

Sebi got new powers in 2013 to fight Sahara, Saradha and other scams

The regulator was also able to provide clarity and a direction to the market in areas like corporate governance and investor protection during 2013.

Chidambaram meets Sebi, discusses future agenda for markets

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today discussed with market regulator Sebi the future agenda for growth of capital markets, as also steps needed for simplified KYC norms for foreign investors.

Sebi to come out with framework on corporate governance structure

The new Corporate Governance models deal with CEO salaries, succession planning and whistle-blower policy at listed companies.

Better coordination needed to fight ponzi menace: U K Sinha

There have been a number of cases in past few years of entities raising huge amounts of money from gullible investors through illegal CIS (Collective Investment Scheme) activities, many of which later faced crackdown by Sebi.