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Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday issued fresh guidelines directing stock exchanges to realign eligibility norms and composition criteria for derivatives on non-benchmark indices such as Bankex, FinNifty, and BankNifty.According to the circular, exchanges will need to revise the composition and weights of these indices within specified timelines, PTI reported. The adjustment for Bankex and FinNifty…

MUMBAI: The Irdai on Friday, fined Reliance General Insurance Rs 1 crore in Hyderabad for routing unauthorised payouts through marketing and awareness expenses that amounted to disguised commissions. The penalty follows Irdai’s examination of transactions across FY19, FY20 and FY21. According to the regulator, the insurer channeled payments to brokers, agents, corporate agents and unlicensed…

S&P has said that the impact of US tariffs is not likely to be extensive on India’s economy. S&P Global, the US-based credit ratings agency, has upgraded India’s rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-) citing several positive factors in favour of the world’s fifth largest economy. S&P’s confidence in India’s growth story comes at a time…

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor, Poonam Gupta, has responded to recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) comments questioning the quality of India’s growth data and classifying the Indian rupee’s exchange rate regime as a “crawling peg” within a managed float system.On the concern regarding data quality, Gupta said that the IMF’s critique is more…