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Chairman -- Upendra Kumar Sinha
INTRODUCTION: The Securities and Exchange Board of India is the regulator for the securities market in India. It was established on 12 April 1992 through the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 to protect the interests of the investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate, the securities market and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Objectives of SEBI
To protect the interests of the investors in
securities
To promote the development of securities
market
To regulate the securities market
Secondary Market:
Secondary Market refers to a market where
securities are traded after being initially offered to the public in the primary market and/or listed on the Stock Exchange. Majority of the trading is done in the secondary market. Secondary market comprises of equity markets and the debt markets.
Infrastructure
Settlement and Clearing
Debt Market
Price Stablisation Delisting Brokers Insider Trading
Governing Board
Governing board brokers and non-brokers
default committees
For trading members 40% representation
Infrastructure
Trade on the stock exchange NSE was
days of settlement Advice to set up clearing houses, clearing corporation or settlement guarantee fund Warehousing facilities permitted by SEBI.
through SEBI (depository participants) regulation Act 1996. Listing of debt instruments Investment Range for FIIs Dual rating for above Rs.500 million
&
Price Stabilistion
Division to monitor the unusual movements in prices.
Monitor prices of newly listed scrip from the first day of trading.
Circuit
breaker system and other monitoring restrictions could be applied Imposing of special margins of 25% on purchase in addition to regular margin. Price filters Price bands
Delisting
On voluntary de-listing from regional stock
exchanges buy offer to all share holders Promoters to buy or arrange buyers for the securities 3 yrs listing fees from companies and be kept in Escrow A/c with the stock exchange
Insider Trading
The most profitable technique employed in the stock
market is using ones access to price sensitive information ahead of others. For example Hindustan Lever announced merger of Broke Bond Lipton India with itself on April 16, 1996.Once the information became public, the trading volume and price declined. To prevent this SEBI has come out with the SEBI Insider Trading regulation 1992.
Broker
The regulation of the functioning of the brokers starts
with the registration of the brokers. The registration is given on the basis of the eligibilty to be a memberof any stock exchange, infrastructure facilities like adequate office space, equipment and manpower. He should have past experience in the business of buying, selling or dealing in securities.
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