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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The regulator has eased the eligibility criteria to become a registered investment advisor, but the compliance procedures could still make social media influencers offering financial advice wary of registration.
Recently, well-known finfluencer Sharan Hegde’s 1% Club became one of the first finfluencer-led companies to get the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s investment adviser licence. This comes a month after the market regulator eased the eligibility criteria to become a registered investment advisor, or RIA.
Relaxing the eligibility criteria for RIA registration was aimed at solving two key problems: one, increase the number of RIAs, and two, push finfluencers to register.
On the face of it, SEBI’s move seemed to be working well—Hegde’s case is one example. Look closely, though, and it becomes apparent that the regulator’s attempt to …
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.
