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Touching upon the increasing use of technology in the markets, he also said regulators might have to put in place checks and balances of investor protection in algorithms itself.

To provide these services, Sebi has issued a notice inviting expression of interest (EoI) from the interested parties.

Regulator Sebi on Thursday imposed Rs 2,423 crore fine on PACL Ltd and its four directors for illegal fund mobilisation through various schemes that were used by the group to garner over Rs 49,000 crore from the public.

J Kumar Infraprojects, Parsvnath, and others have moved SAT against Sebi terming them as 'shell companies'. 

Stock market regulator Sebi has imposed trade restrictions on 331 firms which are suspected of being "shell companies".

Regulator Sebi's board will meet on Wednesday to discuss the actions taken so far against brokers allegedly involved in the Rs 5,600 crore NSEL scam along with the status of the ongoing probe into the NSE co-location issue.

Market regulator Sebi feels that the board of a company can continue to seek expertise of a 'Chairman Emeritus' even after the person has left the company. However, the regulator appears to be in favour of stricter norms for removal of independent directors. This comes as an important development during the ongoing Tata-Mistry battle.

In the latest, Sunshine AgroInfra Ltd (SAIL) has been banned by markets regulator Sebi and its directors from mobilising funds from investors through issuance of securities till further orders.

With an aim to deepen capital markets, regulator Sebi is mulling relaxing its norms to permit FPIs to invest in unlisted non-convertible debentures and securitised debt instruments.

Capital markets regulator Sebi has ordered Life Care Infratech and its six directors to deposit Rs 3.45 crore in four months for refunding the investors' money raised through illegal money pooling scheme.

Putting in place enhanced supervision framework for stock brokers, Sebi on Monday issued a detailed set of guidelines for monitoring of their financial strength as well as detecting any misutilisation of clients' funds.

Markets regulator Sebi has ordered attachment of bank and demat accounts of seven entities to recover total dues of about Rs 70 lakh.

Amid shareholder complaints about many companies refusing to pay dividend despite having extra cash, markets regulator Sebi has made it mandatory for the top 500 listed firms to have a 'dividend distribution policy'.

The head of India`s financial markets regulator visited Silicon Valley this week to promote rule changes in his country protecting minority shareholders and encourage more investment in his country`s thriving technology startups.

Markets regulator Sebi has disposed of complaints against 11 companies in a matter related to alleged non-compliance with its online complaint redressal system SCORES.

2015 was a bull run year for regulator Sebi in bringing back investor trust to markets - a trend set to continue in the New Year.

Markets regulator SEBI Tuesday began the consultation process to provide an exit option to dissenting shareholders in case of changes to the objectives of listed firms for which they had raised money from public.

To ensure greater transparency, market regulator Sebi has asked all listed companies to update their website within two working days for any change in the information provided on this platform.

The regulator has commissioned the survey to Nielsen India Pvt Ltd, which would collect information from residents in different states and Union territories.

Under the proposed norms for InvITs, a new investment product for arranging long-term financing for infrastructure projects, Sebi has suggested allowing such trusts to invest in two-level SPV (special purpose vehicle) structure.