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[By Sahil Sachin Salve] The author is a student of Maharashtra National Law Univeristy, Mumbai. Introduction: On June 5, 2024, SEBI issued a circular mandating that Clearing Corporations (CCs) directly credit securities to client demat accounts, effective October 14, 2024. Previously, SEBI had taken a significant step by discontinuing the use of pool accounts for mutual fund transactions from July 1, 2022. Initially, the direct payout into clients’…
[By Siddharth Sengupta & Ansruta Debnath] The authors are students of National Law University Odisha. Introduction On February 28, Reliance Industries Limited (“RIL”) and The Walt Disney Company announced that they would be merging their Indian television and internet streaming businesses to create an organization with a valuation of more than $8.5 billion. The two former competitors, who were until recently engaged in a fierce legal dispute over…
[By Zoya Farah Hussain & Digvijay Khatai] The authors are students of National Law University Odisha. Introduction The term “delisting” of securities means the removal of securities of a listed company from a stock exchange, providing an exit route for public shareholders from the company. Delisting can be either compulsory or voluntary. In the former case, a public company would delist itself following non-compliance with listing guidelines promulgated…
[By Yash Kaushik] The author is a student of National Law University Odisha Introduction The U.S. District Court of Columbia, vide its order dated August 5, 2024, ruled that the tech giant Google was a monopolist, meaning it illegally cemented its dominance in the area of ‘general search services’ and ‘general search text ads’. Google was allegedly involved in the transgression of Section 2 of the Sherman…
[By Anoushka Das, Dhaval Bothra & Arya Vansh Kamrah] The authors are students of SLS Pune. Introduction The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently released its circular dated August 20, 2024, detailing a cyber security framework for its Regulated Entities (REs) in light of the rapid increase in technological developments in the securities market. The integration of technology into the securities market poses a…
[By Shriyansh Singhal] The author is a student of National Law University Odisha. Background In a landmark decision, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its interest rates for the first time in 17 years, triggering notable ripple effects across global markets, including India. After years of a negative interest rate policy, the BoJ raised its short-term rates from -0.1% to 0.1% in April 2024, followed by an…
[By Yash Tiwari] The author is a student of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Introduction: Asset Tokenisation One of the most exciting applications of blockchain technology is digital asset tokenization, which is the act of representing an asset’s ownership rights into digital tokens and storing them on a blockchain. Tokens can serve as digital certificates of ownership in these situations, representing nearly any kind…
[By Debarchita Pradhan] The author is a student of National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Introduction Put simply, insider trading means trading by a person in a company’s securities while he/she has some secret price-sensitive information that is not generally available to the public. However, there have been substantial issues regarding whether the information is generally available to all. In the recent case concerning allegations of…