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Issue managers on SGX-Nasdaq Global Listing Board listings may now use alternative due-diligence steps in place of the prescribed paragraph 23 procedures.
Bank and RE derivatives desks must meet the Master Direction's conditions before offering or trading credit-index derivatives or corporate-bond total-return swaps
Municipal debt issuers and their compliance teams must apply the new refinancing-disclosure, pooled-finance, retail-incentive and Rs 1 lakh/Rs 10 thousand face-value rules, with half-yearly and annual reporting timelines extended
Originators, servicers and debenture trustees in listed securitisation must apply the RBI-aligned rules: single-asset securitisation for RBI-regulated entities, servicer-borne periodic disclosures, and a one-seat originator cap on SPDE trustee boards
AIF managers launching regular schemes get a 10-working-day timeline, while AI-only schemes and Angel Funds may launch on registration or PPM filing without routing the PPM through a merchant banker
AMC treasury and operations teams using intraday borrowing must cap it at receivables sighted, repay by end of day, bar its use as leverage, and operate under a board-approved policy
Registrar and transfer agents and depository-participant transmission teams must apply the new Quick Transmission Processing tier, doubled simplified-documentation limits, and removed PAN/probate requirements when processing deceased-investor claims
Listed-company secretarial and compliance teams running open-market buy-backs via stock exchanges from 1 August 2026 must complete within 66 working days, deploy 40% of funds in the first half, and freeze promoter securities at ISIN level
Offerors, offeree boards and financial advisers in Singapore take-overs must apply the revised Code from 16 July 2026 — including a 1% break-fee cap, a six-month scheme deadline, tighter offeror-statement rules and mandatory independent advice on frustrating actions
AIFs and erstwhile VCFs must meet specified conditions to retain wind-up proceeds beyond fund life, and may obtain 'Inoperative Fund' status — barring new schemes and management fees — with annual reporting until liabilities are resolved
Exchanges, clearing corporations and AMCs must implement SEBI's new ETF base-price, dynamic price-band, close-out and commodity-ETF pre-open-auction norms from 1 September 2026
AD Category-I banks must facilitate, report and monitor Schedule III listed-equity investment now open to all non-resident individuals, applying the same controls as for NRIs and OCIs
