Volume No : 3               April 2010

 

 

Dear Members

The markets continued their downward trend and closed at 17,591 points on Friday (16th April) amidst volatile trading as an imminent hike in key short-term interest rates by the RBI at its policy review scheduled today (20th April) to tame spiraling inflation weighed on investor sentiment. Negative global cues also aided the fall apart from a spat between regulators on oversight of unit linked insurance products or ULIPs.

 

FIIs remained buyers and bought equities worth Rs 2.43 bn. while domestic institutions sold equities worth Rs 1.88 bn.

 

Some of the key circulars released in the last week are “Amendments to Equity Listing Agreement - Discontinuation of Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval (EDIFAR) System” & “Additional information regarding PCC, MCV or equivalent structure” by SEBI and “Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)” by RBI. For complete details, please check “Circular Corner” in the home page of RAIN website.

 

Nothing much to report on RAIN front.

With best regards

V. Ganesh
Chairman – RAIN

www.rainnet.org

1.     SEBI allocates unutilised FII debt limit

2.     India's Regulator Orders Foreign Funds to Reveal Ownership Data

3.     Financial reforms can triple market size by 2020: FICCI

4.     Monetary policy focus to lower inflation: RBI

1.     Amendments to Equity Listing Agreement - Discontinuation of Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval (EDIFAR) System  (SEBI)

2.     Additional information regarding PCC, MCV or equivalent structure  (SEBI)

3.     Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) (RBI)

1.     RBI set to pinch rates, but with care

2.     Clueless on MF Street? Let PMS be your guide

3.     Irda tells postal dept to fall in line, triggers row

4.     Finmin should have resolved ULIP stalemate: CUTS

5.     Regulatory tussle

6.     Sebi's mutual fund norms are making the field lopsided

7.     Waiting for a super-regulator

8.     FM wants India to set global no-load trend

9.     Why Irda seems an industry lobby and not a regulator

10.  MFs rediscover the virtues of passivity

11.  Life insurers can seek nod for IPO after five years of biz

12.  Ban order on new ULIP plans to remain: SEBI

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%26mid=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%26mid=3.1.8