Joydeep Ghosh

Mumbai

Resident Editor, Mumbai at Financial Express

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‘The new conflict of interest framework should be...': Tuhin Kanta Pandey - Market News

2 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Prasanta Ghosh |Prasanta Sahu |Joydeep Ghosh

Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), is seeking to simplify the regulatory regime. In his first interview after taking over as chairperson, he talks to Prasanta Sahu and Joydeep Ghosh about Sebi’s thought process on allowing foreign individuals to invest directly in the Indian equity market, the new conflict-of-interest framework, and more. Excerpts:Many Sebi regulations are decades-old. Are you looking at a regulatory review process?
Internal panel to review all regulations, says Sebi chief

2 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Prasanta Ghosh |Prasanta Sahu |Joydeep Ghosh

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey will set up an internal panel to review current regulations and weed out those that have lost relevance. The exercise would be similar to the one carried out by the Income Tax department while drafting the Direct Tax Code, 2025. Terming it as an organisational mission, Pandey said he would accelerate the process within the next three months.
In FY25, bears bared fangs but bulls managed to hold ground

3 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Ananya Grover |Kishor Kadam |Joydeep Ghosh

The last six months have kept stock market investors, especially newbies, on tenterhooks. After a great run of over four years, many would not have been prepared for the steep correction. However, there is good news for them. Despite the sharp fall in the second half, returns from the stock market are still in the positive territory in FY25, which is ending on Monday.
SEBI proposes to limit expiry days

4 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Joydeep Ghosh

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday proposed that expiries of equity derivatives contracts of an exchange should happen either on Tuesday or Thursday. In addition, it has also proposed that exchanges seek its approval before launching or modifying any contract expiry or settlement day.
SEBI pushes for ease of doing business

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Ananya Grover |Joydeep Ghosh

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in its first board meeting under new chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey, eased norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), merchant banks and market infrastructure institutions (MIIs). At the same time, it also decided to set up a high-level committee (HLC) to review the current provisions of conflict of interest and disclosures pertaining to property, investments and liabilities for members and officials of the board.
Skin in the game guidelines eased for mutual fund staff

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Joydeep Ghosh

In a significant relief to mutual fund houses, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has eased the skin-in-the-game guidelines for designated employees such as CEOs, CIOs and fund managers. According to the latest guidelines, four slabs have been created in which employees drawing below Rs 25 lakh cost to company (CTC) do not have to take any portion of their pay in the units.
Making headlines for many right reasons, and one wrong

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Ananya Grover |Joydeep Ghosh

In the past three years, Madhabi Puri Buch had one of the toughest jobs as a regulator — keeping retail investors as safe as possible in a roaring bull market. The Securities Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) first woman chairperson – and the first to come from the private sector – who completes her three year term on February 28 can take credit for achieving that, though some would argue most of the guidelines came only in the last few months amid a falling market.
‘We still have a very big personal loans runway’, says SBI chairman

2 months ago | financialexpress.com | Sachin Kumar |Joydeep Ghosh

State Bank of India (SBI) is hiring 2,000 relationship managers to improve service for its premier customer with overall deposits of Rs 30 lakh and above. Chairman CS Setty talks to Sachin Kumar and Joydeep Ghosh about how the bank is in a permanent reinvention mode. Excerpts:Efforts made by the banking industry seem to be paying off as bank deposits have grown in double digits in December. We, at SBI, would like to compensate the depositors properly, but we will not rely only on the rates.
RBI caught in a cleft

2 months ago | financialexpress.com | Sachin Kumar |Joydeep Ghosh

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seems to be caught in a Catch-22 situation. On one hand, it cannot let the rupee slide endlessly; on the other, it has to ensure that there is enough liquidity in the banking system. Consequently, it is fighting on both fronts — defending the rupee by selling as much as $12 billion in the last three days while the size of the variable rate repo (VRR) auctions is also increasing to record levels.
RBI cuts to the chase

2 months ago | financialexpress.com | Joydeep Ghosh

In his first monetary policy statement, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Sanjay Malhotra made his preference for a “less restrictive” approach loud and clear. The predictable 25 basis points cut in the repo rate – a first in nearly five years – was just one part of it.