– Abhirup Ghosh | abhirup@vinodkothari.com Additional Tier 1 bonds which are known by many names – AT1 bonds or Contingently Convertible Bonds (CoCo Bonds) or Perpetual Bonds, are capital structure instruments. Every liability instrument in corporate finance is essentially a capital structure instrument, that is, it is somewhere in the order of priority for its […]
The MSME segment represents 30%[1] of the Gross Domestic Product of the country and is a key to India’s vision to become a USD 5 trillion economy. As a result, this has always been a focus area so far as macro-economic policy-making is considered. During the present year’s budget, the FM highlighted that one of […]
– Abhirup Ghosh, Principal Advisor | abhirup@vinodkothari.com Regulatory Framework for Online Bond Platform Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) on November 14, 2022, notified the circular, ‘Registration and regulatory framework for Online Bond Platform Providers’[1] (‘Circular’) for regulating online bond trading platforms, applicable immediately. The notification comes in the backdrop of several unregulated online […]