Investment valuation norms for banks: RBI aligns rules with global accounting standards

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– Vinod Kothari | vinod@vinodkothari.com

Vide a 12th Sept notification, the RBI has brought in Master Directions for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks. The new norms bring the accounting and valuation of investments by banks closer to global accounting standards.

While the apparent focus of these Directions would have been valuation of investment portfolios, however, the Directions may also impact investment policies and investment operations  of banks as well.

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CSR spending in the Indian sports sector

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-Shreya Salampuria | corplaw@vinodkothari.com

Background

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending in India, as is well known, is focused on certain statutorily recognised social activities, of which sports is one. Schedule VII, clause (vii) deals with activities related to “training to promote rural sports, nationally recognised sports, paralympic sports and olympic sports”.

Most of the attention under the schedule is taken away by contribution on activities connected with healthcare followed by education.

Khelo India, Kheloge toh Khiloge, an attempt to improve the performance of our vast country in sports, however, can we tap csr funds for the same?

When it comes to choosing or prioritizing the sports related activities, the outlook of the Indian companies cannot be said to be very impressive, however,  there has been an increment on the CSR spending under the sports sector.

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SEBI proposes to ease Delisting process | Consultation Paper On Review Of Voluntary Delisting Norms

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– Avinash Shetty, Assistant Manager | corplaw@vinodkothari.com

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UPIs become virtual credit cards: A game changer in credit delivery

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– Vinod Kothari & Abhirup Ghosh | finserv@vinodkothari.com

The recent notification[1] by the RBI permitting banks to provide pre-sanctioned credit facilities to be used by Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is a game changer. The full dimensions of this new mode of extending credit will possibly take some time to develop or demonstrate, but clearly, as UPI itself changed the way the country handles payments, the linking of UPI with pre-sanctioned credit facilities is also a major change.

Currently, UPIs may pull money from the customer’s bank account (current or savings account), overdraft accounts, prepaid wallets or credit cards. Now, UPI may have a linked credit facility as well, and a customer may dip into that credit line while making any payment for which she currently uses UPI.

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SEBI Consultation Paper (CP) to curb association of SEBI Registered Intermediaries (RIs) with unregistered Finfluencers

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– Sanya Agrawal | corplaw@vinodkothari.com

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Social stock exchange for enterprises: a road not taken, or a road not found?

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Payal Agarwal, Senior Manager | payal@vinodkothari.com 

Social Stock Exchange (SSE) that emerged as a concept in India for the first time in the Budget Speech of FY 2019-20, has become a reality with the creation of a necessary regulatory ecosystem around the same during 2022. More about the regulatory ecosystem of SSEs can be read at Social stock exchanges: philanthropy on the bourses. Following the same, the two recognised stock exchanges of India having nation-wide trading terminals, viz., the NSE and BSE, have been granted recognition as SSEs in India. With this, an implementation mechanism has been provided for the “social enterprises” to get itself registered and listed on the SSEs. 

As per the NSE’s list of registered NGOs, a total of 18 not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) have been registered till date (data accessed on 4th September, 2023). The BSE’s website also contains a list of around 19 NPOs registered with its SSE segment. Fundraising through SSE is not a mandatory requirement for NPO; however, to facilitate fund raising by NPOs, a proposal has been rolled out to relax certain requirements applicable to NPOs registered with SSEs. A brief of the proposals may be accessed at Flexibility-centric recommendations proposed for SSE framework. While a traction is observed in NPOs getting registered with SSEs as a “social enterprise”, the other group of social enterprises, the for-profit entities (FPEs) have been seemingly neglected. 

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The basics of bringing an IPO

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Mahak Agarwal | corplaw@vinodkothari.com

The Indian IPO market is currently booming. The performance of the Indian markets is a testament to the growth potential that it has for investors as well as the issuers. The markets are at an all time high in almost all sectors hitting new peaks everyday, giving companies an opportunity to hit the ‘jackpot’ with their issues. A 2023 Report by EY[1] on IPO trends in India bears witness to the impressive positive outlook for IPO activity in India. The India Stock Exchanges have ranked 1st in the world in terms of the number of IPOs during 2023 and in the times to come, a fresh and significant momentum is anticipated in the Indian IPO markets encompassing both, the Main Board and the SME Board.

Having discussed the above, companies looking to bring an IPO may often find themselves bogged down by several basic questions including the ‘what’ of everything. This article proposes to answer such questions and capture the basics of bringing an IPO.

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SEBI proposes to regulate ‘Finfluencers’

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Proposed regime may have registration, advertising guidelines, etc

– Sharon Pinto & Avinash Shetty | (corplaw@vinodkothari.com)

Introduction

In the digital age that we live in, our decisions are influenced by the content we consume on social/digital media platforms. This may include financial decisions too. Recently, there has been a rising trend of persons or entities who post quick bite sized posts with content providing financial advice or even promoting financial products. While some of these persons may merely have the intent of educating the masses and making financial advice more accessible, some may be working at the instance of issuers of these products, SEBI registered intermediaries, etc., for gain or gratification. Thus, influencers, who put digital content on financial products, and are engaged by any “regulated entities” or securities intermediaries, are now intended to be brought under the regulatory ambit of SEBI.

SEBI vide Consultation Paper (‘CP’) dated August 25, 2023, has put forth its concerns w.r.t. the functioning of the said finfluencers and has also proposed to regulate these entities (Our snippet covering the proposals in the CP can be viewed here).

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Samagrata – August, 2023

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