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No finance degree needed: Sebi widens eligibility for advisers and analysts; all you need to know

Sebi has opened the door for more professionals to enter the advisory space by allowing graduates from any discipline to register as investment advisers (IAs) and research analysts (RAs), widening the talent pool for the two regulated categories. The regulator made the changes through separate notifications issued on Tuesday.The move replaces the earlier requirement that…

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Compliance reform: Sebi tweaks RPT rules to set turnover-linked thresholds; relaxes disclosures for small deals

Markets regulator Sebi has introduced a new turnover-linked framework to define what qualifies as a material related party transaction (RPT), shifting from a fixed cap-based approach in a bid to resolve ambiguities and streamline compliance under the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) norms.The regulator has also revised audit committee approval thresholds for RPTs executed…

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Markets reforms: Govt to table Securities Markets Code Bill in Winter session; unified law to merge Sebi, Depositories & trading Acts

The government has listed the Securities Markets Code Bill 2025 for introduction in the Winter session of Parliament starting December 1, according to a Lok Sabha bulletin. The unified legislation is aimed at boosting ease of doing business and reducing regulatory friction across India’s financial markets. The Bill proposes merging key securities laws, including the…

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IPO rules revamp: Mutual funds barred from pre-IPO buys, anchor route open; Sebi pushes transparency, wider participation

Sebi has barred mutual fund schemes from investing in pre-IPO share placements but will allow participation in anchor rounds of public issues, a source told PTI citing the move is intended to improve liquidity and ensure clearer valuation of companies ahead of listing.“We have asked mutual fund schemes not to invest in pre-IPO placement of…

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Sebi on digital gold rules: Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey rejects fresh framework – here’s what he said

File photo: Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey (Picture credit: ANI) Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Friday said the regulator is not working on any fresh framework for digital gold, stressing that only existing, regulated options remain under its purview. Speaking to reporters at the National Conclave on REITs and InvITs-2025, he explained that gold-related…

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Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath on SEBI notice on Digital Gold: Safest and easiest ways to get exposure to Gold is …

Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath has now issued a cautionary note for the investors following SEBI’s recent advisory on digital gold. For those unaware, earlier this week SEBI issued a an advisory on digital gold calling it an unregulated and inefficient way to gain exposureto the precious metal. Now Kamath shared a post of social media…

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