Tag: qualified institutional buyers (QIBs)

Reforms rush: SEBI allows options trading in commodity market

Mumbai: After his first board meeting as Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India, Ajay Tyagi, on April 26, announced a slew of reforms, including introduction of options trading in the commodity market and a unified licence regime for equity and commodity brokers. SEBI will also monito…

Start-ups seek easier institutional ownership for IPO regulations

Start-ups want markets regulator Sebi to ease minimum institutional ownership criteria to qualify for launching an initial public offering (IPO). Currently, regulations mandate a company to have a 50% institutional ownership in order to launch an IPO. However, many small start-ups are funded by a…