Disinvestment in Public Sector Enterprises
Over the years the public sector has played a central role in enabling India to accomplish the national objective of self-reliance. It is therefore natural to feel uncanny about the idea of disinvesting, specifically, when the issue is of disinvesting profitable Public Sector Undertakings (“PSUs“). Those who support the idea of disinvestment in public sector enterprises claim that dis-investing […]
Offer Document-SEBI’s Publicity Restrictions
This is the part 2 of – this article on ICDR Regulations Let’s take the example of Confused Publicity Limited (“Issuer”). The Issuer is a media company primarily engaged in the business of writing about the lifestyle of the rich and famous and regularly features celebrity interviews in many of its magazines. Many of its clients are famous […]
ICDR Regulations-Marketing Guidelines for Issue of Securities
As more and more promoters look to raise money by divesting equity in their business, the disclosure standards and regulations for listing on the stock exchanges are becoming increasingly stringent. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) formulated the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements, Regulations, 2009 (“ICDR Regulations”), to promote the development of a healthy capital market […]
What is Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR)?
Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Meaning Corporate Debt Restructuring (“CDR”) mechanism is a voluntary non statutory mechanism under which financial institutions and banks come together to restructure the debt of companies facing financial difficulties due to internal or external factors, in order to provide timely support to such companies. Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) The intention behind […]
How to Start Investing in Stocks in India?
Most of the trading in the Indian stock market takes place on its two stock exchanges: the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The BSE has been in existence since 1875. The NSE, was founded in 1992 and started trading in 1994. Both exchanges follow the same trading mechanism, trading hours, settlement process, etc. There are 7,000 + stocks listed […]
Board of Directors – Role, duties and standard of conduct in India
As the volume of corporate activity rises in India, regulations are becoming extremely sophisticated. This article gives a brief view of how developed the Indian law is with regard to the role, duties and liabilities of the board of directors. To put some context, I will assess the standard of conduct required from the board of directors while […]