Archive for the ‘Indian Law Institute’ Category

Posted by admin at 28 August 2009

Category: India Academy, Indian Law Institute

Some of the previous posts on this Blog ( SEBI prohibits issue of shares with “superior” rights and Shareholders and Their Duties under Indian Law ) have generated pills online without prescription reactions from readers on a significant issue, which is the role that SEBI has recently been playing in altering provisions of basic company law as far as listed companies are concerned. It may be worthwhile to ponder whether this approach by SEBI is appropriate in the overall regulatory set up in India regarding corporate law. Historically, the Companies Act, 1956 did not envisage any direct role either for SEBI or its predecessor (the Controller of Capital Issues)

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SEBI and Corporate Law

Posted by admin at 28 August 2009

Category: Indian Law Institute, Management Colleges in India

One question that does not seems to have been fully answered in the last few months is whether the Satyam episode is truly an aberration or whether it is just the tip of the iceberg (thereby signalling a systemic problem generally in several Indian companies). The Economic Times has an interesting report on various types of frauds that are practised in Indian companies and the role of various agencies (such as forensic auditors, Buy Ampicillin Online without prescription investigators and the like) in trying to curb fraudulent activity in businesses.

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Corporate Frauds; Earnings Management

Posted by admin at 26 August 2009

Category: Indian Law Institute

After prolonged discussions, the US and Swiss authorities came to an agreement earlier this month whereby UBS would disclose details of certain US account holders who are suspected of evading US taxes. The Time Magazine outlines the terms: Under the terms of the new agreement, the IRS will submit a request to Swiss tax authorities to divulge within one year the names of clients suspected of stashing money in UBS to evade U.S. taxes.

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Swiss Accounts and Banking Secrecy: Contrasting Outcomes

Posted by admin at 26 August 2009

Category: Indian Law Institute

The concepts of securitization and credit default swaps (CDS) have acquired a negative connotation over the last couple of years since they were said to have triggered the global financial crisis during the second half of 2007. More, importantly, the assets involved were sub-prime loans that underwent a process of disintermediation due buy medicine online to which risk perceptions on the underlying assets were altered. Now, there appears to be a resurgence of these instruments.

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The Resurgence of Securitization and CDS

Posted by admin at 20 August 2009

Category: Indian Law Institute

SEBI today issued amendments to the SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 with a view to simplifying the process for a rights issue. Since listed companies embarking on a rights issue are already subject to the disclosure norms under the listing agreement, substantial information regarding such companies are already available in the public domain, and hence SEBI has decided to streamline the disclosures. This addresses a long-standing complaint that Buy Amoxil rights issues are cumbersome and costly, thereby putting off several companies from accessing capital through this route

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Amendments to DIP Guidelines: Rights Issues and IDRs

Posted by admin at 16 August 2009

Category: Indian Law Institute

(The following column by Somasekhar Sundaresan appeared in today’s Business Standard) Newspapers have recently reported that a proposal has been mooted in government to convert the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) into a “Financial Services Appellate Tribunal” to hear grievances against orders passed by various sub-sectoral regulators. Currently, the SAT hears appeals only against orders passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’). India has not opted for a single integrated regulatory Buy Cipro approach unlike the United Kingdom, which has the Financial Services Authority as the sole regulator.

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Merits of a Financial Services Appellate Tribunal