Nestle India receives warning letter from SEBI over breach of insider trading norms

Nestle India receives warning letter from SEBI over breach of insider trading norms

Market watchdog SEBI has issued a warning letter to FMCG major Nestle India over alleged violation of Insider Trading norms by a senior official of the company. Nestle India has received an “administrative warning letter” from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by a designated person of the company, according to regulatory filing … Read more

SEBI heat on Quant MF: What is front-running, how worried should investors be? An explainer

SEBI  heat on Quant MF: What is front-running, how worried should investors be? An explainer

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is reportedly probing alleged irregularities in the management and investment practices of Quant Mutual Fund. A search and seizure operation was conducted at locations in Mumbai and Hyderabad, according to a Moneycontrol report.  Quant dealers and people connected with the case were questioned on Friday, the report … Read more

Trader sends abusive responses to Sebi regarding insider trading, fined Rs 20 lakh

Trader sends abusive responses to Sebi regarding insider trading, fined Rs 20 lakh

A stock market trader who was being investigated for insider trading, sent abusive responses to market regulator Sebi, following which he attracted a fine of Rs 20 lakh. Rajat Mishra, the notice in the matter, replied to Sebi in the offensive phrase — “Notice de rxxe ho ya bxxxk mxxxg rxxe ho.” In this regard, … Read more

Rupa and Company Case: Sebi penalises two entities for violating insider trading norms

Rupa and Company Case: Sebi penalises two entities for violating insider trading norms

Capital markets regulator Sebi has levied penalties totalling Rs 20 lakh on two entities for flouting insider trading norms in the shares of Rupa and Company Ltd (RCL). The regulator imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh each on Sushil Patwari (Independent Director of RCL) and Nagreeka Capital and Infrastructure Ltd (NCIL). The order came … Read more

MCX renews IT deal with 63 Moons due to TCS delay

MCX renews IT deal with 63 Moons due to TCS delay

Mumbai: A further delay in delivery of the trading software by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has forced the Multi Commodity Exchange India (MCX), India’s largest commodity exchange, to continue with existing vendor 63 Moons Technologies. The bourse for the third time renewed the software support service with 63 Moons for six months beginning July 1, … Read more

George Soros: The man who broke UK’s central bank and criticised PM Narendra Modi

George Soros: The man who broke UK’s central bank and criticised PM Narendra Modi

George Soros, who is in the eye of the storm over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Adani issue, is an Hungarian-born American financier, philanthropist, and activist whose success as an investor made him one of the wealthiest men in the world. He is also known as a powerful and influential supporter … Read more

NSE tracks insider trading rules compliance

NSE tracks insider trading rules compliance

Mumbai: A move is on to scrutinise whether large and actively traded companies are falling in line with the rules to curb insider trading, one of the scourges of the Indian stock market. About a week ago, the country’s largest bourse, National Stock Exchange (NSE) shared a compliance certificate format with many companies which have … Read more

Sebi lens on Rama Bijapurkar’s trades in ICICI Bank

Sebi lens on Rama Bijapurkar’s trades in ICICI Bank

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is probing into the trades of ‘s former independent director Rama Bijapurkar to see if she violated insider trading rules, said two people familiar with the development. The capital markets regulator observed that Bijapurkar bought 4,900 shares of ICICI Bank worth ₹38.60 lakh on January 5, … Read more

Indian-origin partner at McKinsey arrested; charged with insider-trading

Indian-origin partner at McKinsey arrested; charged with insider-trading

Puneet Dikshit, a 40-year-old Indian-origin partner at management consulting giant, McKinsey & Company, has been arrested and charged with insider-trading and making illegal profits totalling over USD 450,000 in the US. Dikshit, a partner at a global management consulting firm, has been charged with “illegally trading in advance of a corporate acquisition by one of … Read more