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Unchecked fraud in initial public offerings (IPOs), especially listings by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should set off loud alarm bells for retail investors, especially those hunting for multi-bagger in this segment. As many as eight out of 10 investors today have entered the markets...

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In a shocking case of investment fraud, dozens of investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), many of them Indian expats, have lost millions of dirhams after Gulf First Commercial Brokers abruptly shut down its offices in Dubai's Business Bay. According to a report from Khaleej Times, the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 May 2025
Every month, market authorities celebrate the rise in new investor accounts. Yet, when it comes to investor protection, key institutions—from regulators to market infrastructure institutions (MIIs)—often appear indifferent, leaving investors to fight long, lonely battles. Sushma Sharma is one...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 May 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a strong warning to investors about an increasing number of stock market scams being carried out through social media platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram and others. As social media grows in popularity for communication and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 May 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs2 lakh on SKSE Securities Ltd (SKSE) for multiple regulatory violations, including improper supervision of its authorised person (AP), HJS Securities Pvt Ltd, and the misreporting of trading terminal...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 May 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a total penalty of Rs15 lakh on SBL Infratech Ltd (noticee 1) and its merchant banker Fast Track Finsec Pvt Ltd (noticee 2) for serious lapses and regulatory violations during the company’s initial public offer (IPO)....

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 May 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has exposed what it calls a ‘collusive’ scheme to siphon off most of the funds from Varyaa Creations Ltd’s small and medium enterprises (SME) initial public offering (IPO). In an interim order on 14 May 2025, SEBI says it found that...

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When we talk about family business, we think about a family, and maybe even about two or three generations. But there are times when we encounter a one-man institution. A person who has the intellect and the capability to build a business just by himself, and make it large, or even...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 15 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act overrides the provisions of Central financial recovery statutes, including the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFAESI), the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 May 2025
Due to certain legal proceedings against its promoter, Strata Small and Medium Real Estate Investment Trust (SM REIT) has surrendered its registration. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has warned investors to exercise caution while dealing with Strata SM REIT as it...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 May 2025
The Mumbai zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable and movable assets worth about Rs88.41 crore in connection with its investigation into the Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd (DMCSL) scam involving Suresh Kute and others. The...

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When US president Donald Trump detonated a trade bomb on 2nd April, with levies set to bite from 9th April, global markets shuddered. Stocks tumbled for four days as investors braced for chaos. Yet, days later, president Trump paused the tariffs for 90 days on all—excluding China—and exempted...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 May 2025
Market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has barred Synoptics Technologies Ltd (STL) and its promoters Jatin Shah, Jagmohan Manilal Shah and Janvi Jatin Shah from participating in the market for diverting funds raised through STL’s initial public offering...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 April 2025
Amid growing use of gamified or prediction-based financial interfaces, many of which operate in legal grey areas or outside Indian jurisdiction, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has warned investors against dealing with unregulated entities operating as opinion...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 April 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a draft circular proposing amendments to its master circular on online dispute resolution (ODR) in the securities market. A notable feature of the draft is the expansion of the ODR mechanism to include depositories,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 April 2025
In a significant step towards delivering justice to victims of financial fraud, the Delhi zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has successfully restituted assets worth Rs1,200 crore (at current market rates) in the REI Agro Ltd fraud case. The restitution follows an order on 16...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 April 2025
In a major development in the ongoing investigation against the Sahara group, the Kolkata office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached over 707 acres of land in and around Aamby Valley City near Lonavala in Maharashtra. The land, with an estimated market value of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 April 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned Kalapi Shah, a deemed director of Teji Mandi Analytics Pvt Ltd (TMAPL), from accessing the securities market for five years due to his involvement in fraudulent activities linked to Anugrah Stock and Broking Pvt Ltd...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 April 2025
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) has arrested two individuals, Pushpajit Purkayastha, a former branch manager of Axis Bank, and Sandeep Gupta, in connection with the Rs400-crore DB Stock Consultancy investment scam. The arrests were made in Guwahati following revelations of their...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 April 2025
In a significant ruling that could impact thousands of non-resident Indian (NRI) investors, the Mumbai bench of the income-tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) held that capital gains from mutual fund (MF) units earned by Singapore-based Anushka Sanjay Shah are not taxable in India, due to the...

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