Capital Markets

93 briefs

SEBI ·

SEBI extends Merchant Banker compliance deadlines for SBU transfer and net-worth requirements

Registered Merchant Bankers must meet revised SEBI compliance deadlines, with SBU transfer and Clause 11.2.10 compliance now due 31 December 2026 and net-worth phases aligned to financial year-ends

RBI ·

RBI exempts swap-eligible FCNR(B) deposits at small finance banks from CRR and SLR

Small finance bank treasury and regulatory-reporting teams must apply the CRR/SLR exemption to swap-eligible fresh FCNR(B) deposits from the reporting fortnight beginning 1 July 2026 and update Form A reporting accordingly

RBI ·

RBI exempts swap-eligible FCNR(B) deposits from CRR and SLR maintenance

Commercial bank treasury and regulatory-reporting teams must apply the CRR/SLR exemption to swap-eligible fresh FCNR(B) deposits from the reporting fortnight beginning 1 July 2026 and update Form A reporting accordingly

RBI ·

RBI introduces USD-INR swap facility for PSU external commercial borrowings and bank overseas borrowings

AD Category-I bank treasury teams can swap eligible PSU ECB and bank OFCB inflows into USD with RBI at a fixed 1.5% premium, but must file a hedging declaration and act before the 15 January 2027 window closes

RBI ·

RBI introduces USD-INR swap facility for fresh FCNR(B) deposits

AD Category-I bank treasury teams can swap fresh 3-to-5-year FCNR(B) deposits into USD with RBI at the FBIL rate, but must maintain separate records, file a conformity declaration, and act before the 16 October 2026 window closes

SEC ·

SEC adopts FDTA joint data standards for financial regulatory reporting

Regulatory-reporting and data teams at SEC-reporting entities must plan migration to the FDTA common identifiers and machine-readable formats ahead of the agency-specific rulemakings that will set binding collection requirements

SFC ·

SFC extends listed structured fund authorisation to single-stock L&I and defined-outcome products with added safeguards

Listed structured fund providers and their distributors must now meet SFC naming, disclosure, market-making, capacity-monitoring and single-stock safeguard requirements to offer single-stock L&I and defined-outcome products in Hong Kong.