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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
India’s market regulator is looking to ramp up hiring at the entry level. But what really needs attention is the constant uncertainty at the top and the lack of domain experts.
India’s security market watchdog has never been busier. Hordes of younger retail investors are jumping on the Dalal Street bandwagon; mutual fund houses are doing everything possible to tap into the massively underpenetrated rural areas; there’s no stopping the IPO wave; and new products are being launched with increasing frequency.
In short, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has its hands full. The list of tasks is overwhelming: vetting offer documents, supervising intermediaries, investigating scams of all sorts, issuing enforcement orders, handling investor complaints and so on.
To that end, SEBI is ramping up hiring, according to five officials, …
The markets regulator has taken little by way of decisive action, with industry resistance and its own wait-and-watch approach getting in the way.
A market dominated by speculative activity is enriching sophisticated traders at the expense of retail investors, distorting exchanges and brokerages, and putting household savings at risk.
Lenders stand to gain a lot more than borrowers in the current challenging market environment
