Volume No : 2               July 2010

 

 

Dear Members

The Indian market surged last week as a hike in 2010 global growth forecast from the International Monetary Fund, revival of monsoon rains and expectations of strong Q1 June 2010 corporate earnings, boosted investor sentiments.

 

On regulatory front, SEBI on Wednesday, 7 July 2010, relaxed the exposure margin requirement for stock derivatives, based on the feedback received from market participants. It has issued a circular stating that the exposure margin would be higher of 5% or 1.5 times the standard deviation of the notional value of the gross open position in single stock futures and gross short open position in stock options in a particular underlying. The revised exposure margin requirement would be effective from 15 July 2010. The exposure margin requirement was similar prior October 2008, after which SEBI increased the exposure margin requirement to higher of 10%, or 1.5 times the standard deviation, to promote market safety and safeguard investor interest.

 

For latest circulars released across BFSI segment, request you all to access the “Circular Corner” in the home page of RAIN website.

 

Spain won their first World Cup title after Andres Iniesta's 116th-minute strike at soccer city broke Holland's hearts. This triumph sees Spain as a World Champion and they become only the 3rd nation to hold the European and World Football crowns at the same time, 2 years on from their European Championships victory in Vienna.

 

More news in week’s to come.....

With best regards

V. Ganesh
Chairman – RAIN

www.rainnet.org

1.     Liquidity to be comfortable by end-July: SBI

2.     June wholesale inflation seen at 10.8%

3.     Fin secy sees double-digit industrial growth in FY11 

1.     Revised Exposure Margin for Exchange Traded Equity Derivatives  (SEBI)

2.     Credit Card Operations of Banks   (RBI)

3.     2010-0079-Policy-Conversion of existing Mutual Fund units represented by Statement of Account into dematerialised form through Participants  (NSDL)

4.     NBFCs-ND-SI issuing guarantees - Applicability of exemption from Concentration norms (RBI)

1.     Exit fee may take zing out of liquid plus plans

2.     IRDA norm on pension products draws criticism

3.     ULIPs: Changes that make you smile

4.     Insurers focus on single premium products

5.     Insurers want 180 days grace period for premium default

6.     Norms for physical settlement of derivatives by month-end

7.     Now, SEBI may police financial distributors

8.     Centre to seek Parliament’s nod for Ulips order

9.     IRDA tightens up grievance redress

10.  Mutual funds' dual fee structure gets Sebi's goat

11.  SEBI taken to court over jurisdiction on audit firms

12.  SEBI directs MFs to have uniform exit load

13.  Redemption woes continue for MFs

14.  Money market funds turn hot as norms change

15.  Indices languish, but NAVs hit all time highs!

SEBI website

http://www.sebi.gov.in/Index.jsp?contentDisp=Search

 

IRDA website 

http://www.irda.gov.in/ADMINCMS/cms/frmGeneral_List.aspx?DF=RL&mid=3.1.1

 

RBI website 

Index to RBI Circulars

Draft Notifications/   Guidelines

Master Circulars

 

Life Insurance Council 

http://www.lifeinscouncil.org/newsarchive.php

NSDL website 

https://nsdl.co.in/business/circular.php

BSE statistics

Business Transacted at BSE

 

NSE statistics

Facts & Figures

 

AMFI statistics

Fund-wise Average AUM

 

RBI statistics

http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx

 

IRDA statistics

http://www.irda.gov.in/ADMINCMS/cms/frmGeneral_List.aspx?DF=LF-MTLY-BS&mid=3.1.8