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SEBI has no application for dual listing

   25 September 2009 at 16:57

India's capital markets regulator said on Tuesday it has not received an application for dual listing, seen as a key issue holding up a finalisation of tie-up talks between Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN. Securities and Exchange Board of India ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   313 Views


NEW RULES IN EU POSE THREAT TO INDIAN AUDIT FIRMS

   25 September 2009 at 16:48

Audit firms in India are facing the threat of losing their business with around 200 Indian companies listed in various European bourses due to the new transparency requirements for auditors in the European Union (EU). The strict norms governing adver ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   239 Views


TAKE UP QUARTERLY COST AUDIT FOR GOOD CORPORATE GOV: PANEL

   25 September 2009 at 16:47

Quarterly cost audit by internal auditors in the listed companies should be explored in consultation with the market regulator SEBI to improve corporate governance, an expert group appointed by Corporate Affairs Ministry has suggested. "The pos ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   218 Views


Exempt bank M&As from Competition Act : RBI

   25 September 2009 at 16:47

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sought exemption for bank mergers and acquisition (M&As) from the Competition Act of 2002. In a note sent to the Ministry of Finance, the RBI has stated that the exemption should be granted following the urgenc ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   167 Views


Finance Ministry not opposing new FDI norms

   25 September 2009 at 16:46

Shedding earlier reservations over some aspects of the controversial new FDI guidelines, the Finance Ministry now says it does not have any objection to new rules that changed the criteria for calculation of foreign ownership in a company and its dow ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   173 Views


IRDA SETTING UP DATABASE OF INSURED VEHICLES

   19 September 2009 at 15:30

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) is in the process of setting up database of all vehicles, which are insured. In this context, Irda has released a draft on design and development of Vehicle Insurance Status SMS System (VISSS) ..

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NEW SHAREHOLDING NORMS FOR UCBs

   19 September 2009 at 15:28

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has requested all Registrars of Co-operative Societies (RCSs) to restrict individual shareholding in an urban co-operative bank (UCB) to 5 per cent of the total paid-up share capital. In its meeting with the registrars ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   420 Views


IRDA's AGENCY TRANSFER RULES MAY MAKE LIFE TOUGH FOR SBI

   19 September 2009 at 15:27

The new transfer of agency norms announced by the insurance regulator this month could turn out to be a ticklish issue for the country’s largest bank, State Bank of India. SBI is in the process of floating a non-life insurance company — S ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   535 Views


RBI: ONUS OF FRAUD PROBE, MANAGEMENT ON BANKS

   19 September 2009 at 15:26

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed that the fraud risk management and fraud investigation function of a bank must be owned by the bank's chief executive officer, its audit committee and the special committee of the bank's board for high-val ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   245 Views


SC to be asked if I-T writeoff okay on BSE membership

   16 September 2009 at 15:28

Nearly 100 stockbroker members of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) would move the Supreme Court (SC) to save a combined tax liability of around Rs 125 crore, which they have claimed as depreciation on their stock exchange membership card.Some of the t ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   268 Views