The Curious Case of Transaction Taxes
The issue of Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) has come to the fore in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The main motivation behind such a tax is to curb speculative flow of international financial...
View ArticleDelhi Stock Exchange: All suited up and (hopefully) somewhere to go
The news that the Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) might buy a trading platform developed by MilleniumIT (owned by LSE) could be the sign of great things to come for the DSE, or it could be just another...
View ArticleRecent Developments in Indian Capital Market
India’s Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) is going for IPO starting tomorrow (22nd February). This development touches on a range of issues pertaining to the Indian capital market and regulations that...
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Indian exchanges prepare for greater competition
The Indian capital markets regulator, SEBI, is talking reforms as it recently announced a blueprint that is potentially set to increase competition among exchanges. The regulator’s stance on increasing...
View ArticleThe State of the Indian Capital Market
There are fundamental problems in the Indian capital market structure, such as lack of liquidity and limited depth and breadth. Many listed securities on stock exchanges are not traded; among the...
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Entry Load Ban and its Impact in India
India’s mutual fund sector has traditionally been dominated by investments from the institutional investors, namely banks and financial institutions, non-financial corporates and foreign institutional...
View ArticleIPOs for leading Indian exchanges?
The recent discussion of the possible pressure on the Indian government to list the leading Indian bourses can be considered in many ways including as a clash of civilizational management cultures....
View ArticleHFT on the radar of Indian and Chinese regulators
High Frequency Trading (HFT) received its share of attention in the US last year with the publication of Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys. Recently it has received attention from somewhat unexpected quarters...
View ArticleInteroperability: potential game changer for Indian CCPs
India has many stock exchanges, but trading is dominated at two main exchanges – the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). BSE is among the oldest stock exchanges in the...
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