Every category of SEBI registered intermediary had its own advertising rulebook. A broker followed one set, a mutual fund another, an investment adviser a third. The principles underneath were similar, the compliance work was duplicated, and an investor comparing two advertisements had no reason to expect them to meet the
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India’s largest ever public issue is open for three days, and most people reading about it will never open the one document that matters. The Jio IPO is a Rs 30,213 crore fresh issue from Jio Platforms Limited, and almost everything you need to judge it sits in a red
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Most people never read the fee clause in an advisory agreement carefully. They read the strategy description, the past performance section if one exists, and the price. The fee mechanics get a glance. That is worth changing, because the advance fee rules have moved. Research analysts and investment advisers are
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India’s derivatives market has a distinctive feature. An unusually large share of retail activity concentrates in contracts expiring within days, often within hours of expiry. That concentration is the single clearest explanation for the loss figures the market has been discussing all year. In FY26, net losses in equity derivatives
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A large investor wanting to sell twenty lakh shares of a mid cap company has a problem. Routing that through the normal order book would move the price against them, possibly severely, and the price impact could cost more than the position is worth defending. The block deal window exists
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An investor commits Rs 10 crore to a private equity fund. Eighteen months in, the manager finds a deal they like more than usual and asks whether the investor wants additional exposure to that one company, beyond their share through the fund. That is co-investment, and until recently executing it
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Settlement mechanics are the least glamorous part of market structure and among the most consequential. A change in how funds move between a foreign investor’s custodian and the clearing corporation does not make headlines, but it changes the working capital a foreign fund needs to operate in India. FPI net
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The anchor book decides more about an IPO than most retail applicants realise. It sets the tone for subscription, it establishes a reference point for the price, and the day its lock in expires is a date worth having in your calendar. The anchor investor rules under the Issue of
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Foreign investors have withdrawn more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore from Indian equities in 2026. That figure sits behind almost every market conversation this year, and it makes the timing of a new access framework worth understanding properly. SWAGAT-FI is a single window access route for a defined category of
SWAGAT-FI: Single Window Access for Trusted Foreign Investors Explained Read More »
When a very large company lists in India, an old arithmetic problem shows up. A flat percentage requirement that works well for a Rs 2,000 crore issuer becomes enormous for a Rs 2 lakh crore issuer. Twenty five percent of a very large company is a sum the market may
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