India: Securities

Sophisticated investors investing in India are no longer required to settle for the fund. Increasingly, they want the deal, i.e., the specific, high-conviction opportunity sitting inside the fund’s portfolio.

Under Regulations 44(1) and 59C of the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018, a public issue may be opened within twelve months and eighteen months respectively from the date of issuance of SEBI observations. SEBI received representations from the industry body highlighting difficulties faced by issuers in mobilizing resources and accessing capital markets due to ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East

An Initial Public Offering (IPO) represents one of the most significant milestones in a company’s lifecycle. It is not merely a fundraising exercise but a fundamental business transformation...

Between January and April 2026, the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") pushed through a dense cluster of circulars and regulatory amendments – touching everything from merchant banker registration to the way retail investors receive an abridged prospectus. Some of these changes were long overdue; others were triggered by market stress. All of them, taken together, amount to a fairly significant recalibration of how India's capital markets participants will need to conduct themselves going forwa

Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) has notified the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 by way of Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2026/299...

Unlike traditional IPOs, SPACs offer a faster and more flexible route to public markets, enabling private companies to negotiate valuation and transaction terms directly with the sponsor...

In a bold move announced on March 25, 2026, SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey revealed that India's markets regulator has partnered with Google to track and dismantle the network of unregistered "finfluencers" spreading misleading investment advice.

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As per the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 ("AIF Regulations"), AIFs are permitted to raise funds from Indian, foreign and non-resident Indian investors through the issuance of units. The value of such units issued by AIFs is calculated based on the valuation of the investment portfolio of the AIF/ scheme of the AIF.