Finance Law and Banking Law

Securities and Exchange Board of India vide circular dated June 06, 2025, has provided extension of timeline of additional liquidation period for VCFs migrating to SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012.

On June 24, 2025 (Policy/11/2025‑CL‑V‑MC), several measures were introduced to streamline IFSC company incorporation: The Central Registration Centre will no longer object to industrial codes 65–67.

The International Financial Services Centres Authority (‘IFSCA'), in its meeting held on June 24, 2025 has, inter alia, approved pivotal amendments to the IFSCA...

Securities and Exchange Board of India vide circular dated June 06, 2025, has provided extension of timeline of additional liquidation period for VCFs migrating to SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012.

Reserve Bank of India vide notification dated June 06, 2025, has issued Reserve Bank of India (Lending Against Gold and Silver Collateral) Directions, 2025.

The Reserve Bank issued draft guidelines on May 03, 2024, for stakeholder comments on project loan financing.

The Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) has notified a new compliance requirement that mandates financial institutions to disclose the source of funds...

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed the applicability of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) in disputes between banks over secured assets.

The Stressed Asset Securitisation Framework is set to deepen the secondary market of stressed loans by providing more flexibility to the banks and financial institutions to convert illiquid loans into tradable securities. Further, it will provide a broader mechanism for the regulated entities to undertake securitisation of their stressed loan exposures, similar to the framework applicable to securitisation of standard assets...

This week on Lexpresso, we unpack RBI's draft on rupee interest rate derivatives, SEBI's proposed disclosure rules for SDIs, and MCA's CSR-2 filing relief.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the Reserve Bank of India (Lending Against Gold and Silver Collateral) Directions, 2025...