Volume No : 4               June  2010

 

 

Dear Members

Indian bourses scaled 1-1/2 month high and closed at 17,570 points on 18th June, 2010. Euro-zone debt worries that have receded after a successful Spanish government bond auction has boosted the Indian & world stock market sentiments.

Inflow from foreign funds will continue to dictate the trends on the domestic bourses this week. Foreign funds bought Indian equities a net Rs. 3,250 crs. in six trading sessions from 10th June to 17th June, 2010. The net inflow  totaled Rs. 2,161 crs. in June 2010 compared to a massive outflow of Rs. 1,2071 crs.

Except for “Anti Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism Standards- additional requirements/clarifications” circular released by SEBI and “Prevention of Money-laundering Amendment Rules, 2010 - obligation of banks / all India financial institutions” by RBI, there is nothing much to report on regulatory front.

SEBI has envisaged a campaign to spread the benefits of demat, specifically addressing investors still holding securities in physical form. It has invited RAIN to handle the logistics of this campaign and proposed for a meeting on 24th June (Thursday). The outcome of the meeting will be shared separately.

More news in weeks to come …..

With best regards

V. Ganesh
Chairman – RAIN

www.rainnet.org

1.     Inflation takes an ugly turn: What should RBI do now? 

2.     India can withstand a tight monetary policy: Morgan Stanley

1.     Anti Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism Standards- Additional Requirements/Clarifications  (SEBI)

2.     Primary Dealers – Imposition of Penalties – Disclosure (RBI)

3.     Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the Clients of  (RBI

1.     MFs cut shady deals with large banks to mask losses

2.     Regulation to keep banks off bailout tax

3.     SEBI's norms of mandatory market making is putting a spanner in ...

4.     Govt drops plan to tax PF, pension funds withdrawals

5.     IRDA's grip over Ulips takes wind out of mutual funds' 'sales'

6.     Govt upholds IRDA's control over ULIPs

7.     ULIPs all set to offer guaranteed returns; IRDA to raise risk cover

8.     Sebi may review MF dividend norms

9.     MFs slash upfront agents’ fee

10.  RBI rule on equity sales won’t apply to insurers: IRDA

11.  Sebi to lay down rule to check mis-selling of MFs

12.  Amfi seeks extension of KYC norms deadline by a year

13.  Amfi may seek self-regulatory powers

14.  IRDA eases deadline for life insurers to bundle life covers with pension plans

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