Sebi is finding it difficult to keep track of those who are influencing stock market prices by using the communication medium to their advantage. The modern communication methods make it incredibly easy for those who want to influence stock prices to deliver their message across to many people and thus bring about a tangible fluctuation in the market. The watchdog is now considering steps to tackle...

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the investor regulator apex body of the country has long term developmental plans for the India’s earning population. India’s mass population, especially in the rural & semi-urban regions, are still not extensively familiar with the English language, let alone investing & related processes. While educating them to understand & implement...

Just Dial is aiming to raise Rs. 360 Crores (@ US$ 68 Million) through Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company which offers India-specific business listings for a fee & offers them to inbound callers is a Mumbai-based one & is poised to release its IPO within 2 months. If the SAIF Partners backed company manages to successfully pull this off, it will be the biggest public issue by an...

Kotak’s Mobile Stock Trader application which was earlier available only on Symbian and Blackberry phones is now expanding its presence in the iOS and Android ecosystems. It will allow users to trade and view stock quotes on their mobile phones for free. SEBI (Security and Exchange Board of India) had approved mobile stock trading apps in August 2010. Now people can trade on-the-go through...

While Dalal Street is not particularly well known as a technology early adopter, where there is money involved, people are bound to find new ways to do things. Admittedly usage Facebook, Twitter and Blogs is not really an ‘early adopter only’ thing now. SEBI is not turning its eyes on ‘New Media’ suspecting that they are being used for foul play. According to an article in The...

For so much hoopla about online businesses and the advantages of going onto the web, it was VERY surprising that highly dynamic entities like stock markets and investment activities hadn’t taken to the internet earlier. We, recently, tracked the mobile trading proposal and implementation. Now, mutual funds are going online in a major way. The mutual fund industry came about for those who do not...

In 2009, the Securities and Exchange Board of India had issued a draft model to enable stock trading via mobile phones. According to this draft, brokers who offered internet-based trading services could offer their clients trading via wireless technology. It might have seemed a bit optimistic at the time but now SEBI has finally announced guidelines to allow trading via mobiles using the same protocols...

Ybrant Digital, the company offering digital marketing solutions, is planning for an IPO in order to raise INR 700 crores in order to expand to Chinese and Brazilian markets. Ybrant also plans to buy a company in in-gaming advertising and a US-centric affiliate network. To make these acquisitions, Ybrant plans to make funds available through a pre-IPO round wherein they shall negotiate with existing...

Keeping up with the innovations in the mobile platform, SEBI has now issued a draft model to enable stock trading via mobile phones. This draft model when accepted would allow mobile users to initiate trading on their cell phones in a huge way. SEBI guidelines already allows Internet trading through web sites and trading terminals provided by brokers. Almost all big brokers like ICICI Direct, Sharekhan, India...