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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Recent changes proposed by SEBI suggest the market regulator is fixated on ease of doing business instead of plugging gaps in companies’ sustainability reporting, risking investor interest.
It’s only been a year since India’s market regulator made sustainability reporting mandatory for the top 1,000 listed companies. It is now looking to relax these norms for the sake of “ease of doing business”—a plan that could prove counterproductive.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed three main changes: make third-party assurance on key disclosures voluntary instead of mandatory, reduce the scope of disclosures companies need from supply-chain partners and introduce “green credits”.
The first proposal is the most egregious of the lot. Removing the need for a third-party audit opens the door for companies to report …
Thinly traded listed entities have long served as breeding grounds for stock manipulation, hurting investors. The regulator, the NSE and BSE now want to fix things by focusing on efficient delisting.
The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.
A Rs 10,440 crore share swap with listed Shalimar Paints could give the building materials startup a public market presence without a traditional IPO. But the novel route leaves investors grappling with dilution, valuation and governance concerns.
