Showing posts with label sebi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sebi. Show all posts

Monday, September 1, 2014

PACL to appeal against #SEBI refund order

Sebi has asked PACL (formerly Pearls Agrotech Corporation) to refund Rs 49,100 crore to investors within three months. Sebi has also ordered the immediate closure of unauthorized collective investment schemes (CIS) run by the company.

Property and infrastructure developer (PACL) today said it would appeal against the order of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to refund the money raised from investors. The company has decided to approach the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against SEBI's order that directed it to refund investors' money within three months.

PACL has assured investors that their deposits were safe. "We assure our customers that their investments are safe and their interests would not be jeopardized,” PACL said in a statement.

The company also said it is cooperating with all investigating agencies and has also offered to return investors' money by liquidating its assets in a planned manner.

“We are a law abiding, ethical and professionally run company which is facing scrutiny on account of certain business compliance issues. We have complied with all regulatory requirements and are fully cooperating with investigating agencies by providing every information that has been sought from us. Unfortunately, we have been handed an adverse order from SEBI, something which we will challenge before the Honorable Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT),” PACL said.

“In our submission before SEBI bench, we had offered to refund investors’ money by liquidating our assets in a planned manner, a proposal which has been rejected by Honorable SEBI bench. However, the proposal vindicates our commitment to keep our customers’ interest paramount in any and every situation. As a law abiding company, we have full faith in the legal system of this country,” PACL said.

Reiterating its commitment towards it’s customers and investors, PACL said it has always kept their interest paramount and would continue to do so. “We will continue to serve our customers with integrity,” it added.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Real Estate Investment Trust (#REIT) gets #SEBI approval

In a move that may offer a new source of financing to India's cash-strapped property developers the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the setting up of real estate investment trusts (REITs). SEBI had announced plans to introduce REITs last October, but the plan was delayed amid uncertainty about the taxation structure for the new instrument. REITs are listed entities that mainly invest in income-producing real estate assets, the earnings of which are mostly distributed to their shareholders. They generally get special tax treatment.
Reacting on this development by SEBI Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India said, “With the stamp of approval by SEBI, REITs are finally a formalized concept. This is a big change from the ambiguity and uncertainty that prevailed about this very important instrument in previous years. It is gratifying to note that SEBI fully intends to deliver on its assurances of bringing better and faster funding into Indian real estate.
 As the drafts for REITs stands now, further clarity about taxation eligibility norms is definitely required, and will doubtlessly come before the first listing goes up. When this happens, there will be vastly increased interest from foreign investors.”
 “Currently, Grade A office space in the top seven cities of India amounts to around 376 million square feet, and we anticipate that approximately 50% of this space will get listed in next 2–3 years. The valuation of these assets is around $10-12 billion, and this accounts for a fairly massive influx of funding waiting in the wings to hit the Indian real estate market via REITs over the next few years,” he further added.”

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

#Sebi wants clarifications from Adlabs on IPO offer

Sebi has sought clarifications from Adlabs Entertainment regarding the company’s proposed initial public offer (IPO).Sebi had received the draft offer documents on May 22, 2014 through its lead manager. The company has proposed a public issue of 2.3 crore equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each.

The issue comprises a fresh public issue of up to 2.2 crore shares and an offer for sale of up to 20 lakh shares by the promoter Thrill Park Ltd.Adlabs Entertainment is considering a pre-IPO placement of up to three lakh equity shares for an amount not exceeding Rs 80 crore. Deutsche Equities India Pvt Ltd, Centrum Capital Ltd and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company are book running lead managers for the issue.
Adlabs Entertainment runs amusement park on the Mumbai-Pune expressway built by film producer and director Manmohan Shetty.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Credit Suisse, UBS, HSBC under SEBI scanner for round tripping

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is investing at least three large global banks (Credit Suisse, UBS, HSBC) and many Indian companies for alleged round tripping of funds in to the stock market. Sebi is also looking at the possible use of protected cell companies (PCCs) from Mauritius, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Seychelles for alleged round-tripping of funds back into the capital market in the form of foreign institutional investor and overseas venture capital money.
In 2010, Sebi had barred PCCs from investing in Indian markets through foreign institutional investors after it came across instances where these entities were used to route money back into the markets as FII funds. 


Thursday, March 13, 2014

CBI registers Preliminary Enquiry against Sebi ex-chairman C B Bhave, former member K M Abraham


Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Sebi tightens norms to check money laundering, terror funding through markets




Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Obligations of Securities Market Intermediaries under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 and Rules framed there under