Markets regulator Sebi has drastically slashed the 'additional expense' charged by mutual funds to just 5 basis points to help increase the penetration of such products among investors.

The move will help reduce the cost of investing in MFs and industry players believe that it may result in lower commissions for distributors.

Continuing with efforts to clean up its balance sheet, the country’s largest lender, State Bank of India, has put on sale non-performing assets (NPAs) worth over Rs 13 billion. Banks intend to sale these bad loans, covering sectors such as steel and textile on a 100 per cent basis.

There are 12 corporate accounts from branches in Chandigarh, Kolkata and Hyderabad.

Markets regulator Sebi has slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on Green Ray International and its four promoters and directors for not complying with its directions to refund the money collected by the company under collective investment schemes (CIS) from the investors.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked fund houses to follow the 'best practices' guidelines issued by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi).

It has reiterated the need for sticking to guidelines that stipulate a cap on payment of upfront commission to distributors. Issued by Amfi to take effect from April 2015, this had capped upfront commission at 100 basis points (bps).

Markets regulator Sebi today imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Geojit Financial Services for violating stock brokers' norm.

It was alleged that Geojit had delayed in filing statement transaction report (STR) with government's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of its clients. Besides, Geojit allegedly failed to exercise proper due-diligence while dealing with client.

Markets regulator Sebi will soon put in place system-driven disclosures for non-promoters, directors and certain class of employees of listed companies. The system-driven disclosures in securities market was introduced in December 2015 and is being implemented in a phased manner. It has already been put in place with respect to disclosures of promoter/ promoter group.

Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday allowed ‘omnibus’ trades at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-city (GIFT City), India’s only international financial service centre (IFSC). An omnibus structure allows an investor trade through a broker or service provider with confidentiality. Such structures are allowed at major jurisdiction worldwide.

A whistleblower has approached market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) urging it to direct Infosys to release the investigation report relating to Panaya acquisition to the shareholders.

In the letter, the whistleblower has also questioned the mutual release of claims with former chairman R Seshasayee and Jeff Lehman, the earlier head of nominations and remunerations committee of the board.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is probing suspected insider trading by some institutional investors and other regulatory lapses at Fortis Healthcare amid a takeover battle and boardroom upheaval at the hospital chain, officials said.

Apart from the Sebi probe that also includes investigation into suspected disclosure lapses, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and registrar of companies are also looking into alleged financial irregularities at Fortis and other promoter group entities including Religare, they added.

Market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is planning to ease the norms for mutual funds (MF) participation in the derivative markets. According to the sources, the regulator is considering measuring such as, allowing domestic funds to 'write' options and increasing cap on F&O investments. The move is a part of Sebi’s efforts to deepen the Indian derivative markets.

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