– Team Corplaw | corplaw@vinodkothari.com As a part of the RBI’s recent consolidation exercise, RBI has released Draft Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Governance) Directions, 2025. This exercise integrates decades of existing circulars into a streamlined framework, enhancing clarity and ease of governance. While primarily a consolidation, the RBI has undertaken extensive clause […]
– Anushka Ganguly, Executive | corplaw@vinodkothari.com BACKGROUND Cross-border merger, specifically outbound merger, may be considered as a means of promoting cross-border investments by India. Outbound mergers involve transfer of the assets and liabilities of an Indian company into an overseas company, thus, leading to the resultant company being an overseas company, albeit, with shareholders of […]
– Darshan Rao, Executive | corplaw@vinodkothari.com 1. Introduction The position of a compliance officer is a reflection of challenges. As much as the individual holding this position enjoys reputation and superintendence, there is a constant expectation from regulatory authorities of ensuring compliance and active enforcement of the law. In the context of PIT regulations, SEBI […]
Pammy Jaiswal, Partner & Lavanya Tandon, Senior Executive | corplaw@vinodkothari.com Preface On October 13, 2025, SEBI vide its Circular has prescribed a set of disclosures required to be placed before the audit committee and shareholders for approval of RPTs, the value of which do not exceed 1% of annual consolidated turnover of the listed entity […]
RBI releases plethora of draft regulations to consolidate existing regulations Manisha Ghosh & Sakshi Patil | finserv@vinodkothari.com In 2021, RBI had set up an expert committee with the ideal objective of consolidating the multitude of separate notifications, Directions, circulars, and regulations applicable to various regulated entities. The aim was to create a comprehensive repository that […]
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Dayita Kanodia and Chirag Agarwal | finserv@vinodkothari.com The proposed ECL framework marks a major regulatory shift for India’s banking sector; it is long overdue, and therefore, there is no case that the RBI should have deferred it further. However, it comes coupled with regulatory floors for provisions, which would cause a major increase in provisioning […]
Simrat Singh | Finserv@vinodkothari.com When AIF Regulations were formally introduced in 2012, the regulatory approach was deliberately light. The framework targeted sophisticated investors, allowing flexibility with limited oversight. Over the years, however, AIFs have become significant participants in capital markets. Market practices over the decade exposed regulatory loopholes and arbitrages. For example, some investors who […]
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