SEBI to Ease Investment Advisor Registration Amid Fin-Influencer Crackdown

SEBI Proposes Changes to Insider Trading Rules

Sebi will release a ‘consultation paper’ next week to simplify becoming a registered investment advisor, a senior official announced on Friday. This move aims to tackle unregulated fin-influencers. The Sebi board recently approved measures to monitor fin-influencers, mainly through their ties with Sebi-regulated entities. Sebi plans to relax registration requirements for investment advisors and research … Read more

World Bank: India May Take 75 Years to Reach a 1/4 of US Per Capita Income

World Bank: India May Take 75 Years to Reach a 1/4 of US Per Capita Income

More than 100 countries, including India, face significant hurdles to becoming high-income nations, per the World Bank’s World Development Report 2024. India may take nearly 75 years to reach one-quarter of US income per capita. China might take over 10 years, and Indonesia nearly 70 years. The report notes many middle-income countries get stuck at … Read more

NSE Warns Investors Against Guaranteed Return Schemes

NSE Warns Investors Against Guaranteed Return Schemes

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) warned investors on Friday about an entity promising guaranteed returns on stock market investments. This notice followed complaints about Amit Lilhare, an authorized person of a registered stock broker, who was offering assured returns and collecting commission in personal bank accounts. The NSE is taking disciplinary actions against this trading … Read more

Zomato Can Touch 350: CLSA

Zomato Shares Surge 19% After Reporting Record Profit

Shares of Zomato soared 19% to a record high of Rs 278.70 on Friday after the company reported a significant increase in profit after tax (PAT) for the June quarter. Zomato’s PAT jumped to Rs 253 crore, up from Rs 2 crore in the same period last year. Following this impressive performance, brokerages like CLSA … Read more

Infosys GST Demand Withdrawn by Karnataka Authorities

Infosys GST Demand Withdrawn by Karnataka Authorities

Infosys reported on Thursday that Karnataka state authorities have withdrawn the Rs 32,403 crore GST demand ‘pre-show cause’ notice and directed it to respond further to the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI). This notice, related to services from Infosys’s overseas branches for July 2017 to March 2022, was received on Wednesday. Infosys maintains that … Read more