The Gold Standard: How a Bootstrapped Company Outlasted Every Funded Rival in India’s Goldtech BoomAugmont Enterprises has quietly established India's most comprehensive gold platform. Unlike well-funded rivals that faltered, Augmont focu...
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Refund penalty levied on clients for margin shortfall, brokers toldThe margin requirement was increased to 75% of the peak margin, and from September 1, 2021, it was 100%. Stock brokers now have to pay pena...
23 Aug, 2022, 06.25 AM IST
Impossible to comply with peak margin rules: ANMI to SebiThe Association of National Exchanges of Members of India (ANMI), a group of 900 stock brokers, in a statement said it has written to Sebi ...
03 Jan, 2022, 10.37 PM IST
New peak margin norms bring uncertainty for traders, brokersBrokers said traders are facing uncertainty over how much margins they must bring in at the time of initiating a trade in equity derivative...
09 Nov, 2021, 06.15 AM IST
Sebi takes stock of surge in options tradesWorried about the increased shift in trading activity from cash market to options, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has as...
07 Sep, 2021, 06.26 AM IST
Sebi's new peak margin rules from Sept 1: How it affects tradersTraders taking bets on futures and options (F&O) markets will have to shell out higher margin money making these trades more expensive. Ess...
30 Aug, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
Explained: What will new Sebi margin rules mean for intraday tradersIn 2020, Sebi introduced the new margin rules for day traders under which stock brokers were now mandated to collect minimum margins on lev...
27 Aug, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
Anmi urges Sebi to reduce peak margin to 50% from current 75%Reduction in the peak margin will be in the interest of individual investor, trading members and help in the growth of the capital market, ...
12 Jul, 2021, 10.04 PM IST
Crude oil options race past futures under peak margin normsCrude options posted a record turnover of ₹3,143.28 crore, surpassing crude futures’ ₹3,100 crore turnover on June 16, an unprecedented sur...
18 Jun, 2021, 06.53 AM IST
CPAI asks Sebi to continue with current 50% peak margin requirement; defers next stageCPAI said that a situation may arise whereby an intraday margin call will be resolved by liquidating the position still a client could be p...
31 May, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
Brokers push Sebi to review proposed 100% levy on day trade peak marginsANMI had requested an urgent virtual meeting with policymakers concerned in SEBI to discuss the submission at length.
24 May, 2021, 11.52 AM IST
Sebi’s new margin norms hurting commodities more than equitiesLast year, Sebi decided to make upfront margin collection mandatory to discourage brokers from providing excessive discretionary leverage t...
14 Apr, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
NSE cracks down on margin funding from NBFCs, move may hit volumesAs a result, Sebi’s peak margin restrictions, which came into effect from December 1, did not see any impact on volumes of both the cash an...
10 Feb, 2021, 01.18 PM IST
Sebi's new peak margin framework to reduce broking volumes in short term: ExpertsThe new rule, which is aimed at preventing brokerages from giving excessive leverage to traders, will also reduce speculative trades, they ...
01 Dec, 2020, 07.08 PM IST
Overseas brokerages and banks move Sebi on peak margin issueThese firms are worried that they might unwittingly end up violating the tighter margin norms applicable from December 1 that would attract...
23 Nov, 2020, 07.54 AM IST
Anmi urges Sebi to dispense with peak margin conceptIn a letter to the watchdog, Anmi said the very concept of peak margin will have a domino effect on the business models of the brokers and ...
12 Nov, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
Brokers still lobbying with Sebi to kill margin rulesANMI believes that such steps will have severe unintended consequences to the smooth functioning of Indian markets thriving on leverage, li...
11 Nov, 2020, 07.02 AM IST