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Inside Markets Moneylife Digital Exclusives Sucheta Dalal & Debashis Basu How skewed is the Indian Stock Market? - II The best kept secret about the Indian capital market is that in 20 years of economic liberalisation and market development, we have reduced it to a mere casino. How hollow is the Indian Stock Market –I? The massive daily turnovers of the two national bourses hide some shocking facts, as the finance ministry’s startling revelations in Parliament prove. SEBI wants smoother transfer of mutual fund units, but will the investor benefit? The move might just result in the already beleaguered industry having to shoulder additional costs RTAs wait for SEBI clarification on consolidated account statements RTAs are ironing out the final contours to facilitate physical consolidated account statements to mutual fund investors, which will streamline operations and reduce costs for AMCs SEBI cracks whip on online mutual fund distributors The regulator has asked fund houses to furnish all investor-related documents by 22nd November which were opened via online distribution channels Operating profit growth on Street below expectations The Sensex valuation has factored in a 20% growth in operating profit for the entire fiscal year 2011; but Q1 has been a damper. What if the growth does not resume in the next two quarters? AMFI to tighten registration process for mutual fund distributors The industry body will tweak ARN registration and renewal norms from1 September 2010 Crosshairs: Silent SEBI High Court asks SEBI to take decision on equities trading on MCX-SX by 30th September The Bombay High Court also asked SEBI to expedite process as MCX-SX is suffering losses and take a decision on licence renewal of the stock exchange in six weeks More questions about infrastructure bonds Apart from lack of credit rating, experts point to a few more issues with infrastructure bonds, like tenure of the bonds, difference between yields compared with government securities and the period given to issue such bonds. Inside Markets More ML Digital Exclusives Sanket Dhanorkar Brokers to sell MFs, but many are not qualified Trading of mutual fund (MF) units through stock exchanges is now a reality, but many brokers lack necessary qualifications to actually deal in MF schemes Sucheta Dalal SEBI board cannot quash order against NSDL: ex-CJI Justice JS Verma says such quasi-judicial orders can only be reviewed and quashed “by a judicial forum with requisite jurisdiction, at the instance of a petitioner with standing to seek relief.” BSE plans to launch mobile trading platform In a move to increase retail penetration, the BSE is coming out with a mobile trading platform as well as websites in various regional languages SEBI calls board meeting to dispose NSDL issues SEBI's board meeting would ensure that with three whole-time members reporting to the chairman or the finance ministry and outside directors who are subject to their regulation, the NSDL issue will be buried Viability of SEBI’s proposed SME platform remains a concern SEBI has allowed exchanges to set up independent SME exchange platforms, but doubts persist over how far it will succeed at creating a thriving market in SMEs Another SME trading platform; will it work this time? The market regulator has allowed exchanges to set up a separate trading platform for SMEs; will it be any different from its previously failed attempts at creating exchanges for SMEs? Orders that SEBI suppressed What were the DSQ Software and Rajnarayan case all about? Sucheta Dalal looks at the two surprise orders revealed by the SEBI board. The two were in connection with NSDL's role in the DSQ Software case and that of Rajnarayan Capital Market Services Biased austerity The austerity move adopted by the babus got a new dimension when corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid pointed out that even private sector companies should refrain from doling out obscene salaries. Petition filed against SEBI in NSDL row Aggrieved investor files PIL in Andhra Pradesh High Court asking for SEBI to be directed to publish the committee report that has been allegedly suppressed by the market regulator to keep its current chairman away from controversy Sticky Wicket IDBI Bank’s loan restructuring is highest among peers Inside Markets Recent ML Digital Exclusives 
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 Gold loan companies and their murky underbellies If you thought loans against gold were the best thing to happen to mankind since sliced bread, think again. We made trips to various branches of companies which profess to offer  KGN of Pune offers 1% interest a day, except holidays! KGN and its related companies are running what looks like a pyramid scheme through a multi-level marketing chain in Pune under different names, ensnaring gullible small investors  Union Bank of India plans to go for takeout financing UBI is considering takeout financing for some of its infrastructure loans  Natural resources funds, unnatural returns Another scheme — the Tata Natural Resources Fund — has entered this space, but there is nothing which this fund can deliver that existing equity funds cannot  AMFI to tighten registration process for mutual fund The industry body will tweak ARN registration and renewal norms from1 September 2010
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