INDIAN CAPITAL MARKET
Problems in Indian Capital Markets before 1992
Multiplicity of administration
Poor disclosure in prospectus
Investors faced problems of delays (Refund, Transfers etc.)
No concept of capital adequacy
No inspections of stock exchanges undertaken
Problems in Indian Capital Markets before 1992
Stock Exchanges management dominated by brokers
Poor disclosures by Mutual Funds (NAV not published, No valuation Norms)
No prohibition of insider trading, or fraudulent and unfair trade practices.
Primary markets not in the main stream of the financial systems
REFORMS IN INDIAN CAPITAL MARKET
Reforms in Indian Capital Market Companies free to raise funds from securities
markets after filing prospectus with SEBI
SEBI introduces regulation for primary & other secondary market intermediaries
Listed Co’s to furnish annual statement to the exchanges
Book Building introduced for institutional investors
SEBI introduces regulations governing substantial acquisition of shares and takeovers.
Reforms in Indian Capital Market NSE establishment as a stock exchange with
national wide electronic trading
BSE introduces screen based trading
Capital adequacy requirement for brokers
System of mark to market margins introduced
Stock Lending schemes introduced
NSCCL setup by NSE
Reforms in Indian Capital Market SEBI strengthen surveillance mechanisms and
have a separate surveillance departments with all stock exchanges
Depositories act introduces for Electronic transfer of shares.
Permission to access in international capital markets by Indian companies through Euro issues
FDI allowed in stock broking ,AMC’s, Merchant Bankers , NBFC’s.
FII’s allowed to access Indian capital markets on registration with SEBI
Regulatory Framework of Indian Capital Markets
Regulatory Framework
SEBI
RBI DCA Stock Exchange
SEBI
Setup in 1992 , as a statutory body Registering & regulating intermediaries Investor protection through regulating Indian
capital markets Boost up the development of Indian Capital
Markets Registering & regulating service providers,
Mutual funds, collective investment schemes, venture capital funds, takeovers etc.
Power to inspect book, records, suspend registered entities and cancel registration
RBI
Regulatory involvement in Indian Capital Markets
Limited to the Debt Management Foreign Exchange Control Liquidity support to market participants Regulate primary dealers in the Government
securities markets Securities transactions that involve foreign
exchange transaction need prior permission of RBI
Important role in NSE debt Markets
DCA(Dept of Company Affairs)
Administered by Controller of capital issue(CCI)
Part of Ministry of Finance
In 1992 ,Liberalize capital issuance and pricing
Public & Private Companies were governed by companies act 1956, which continued to be administered by DCA.
Specify certain aspects concerning capital issuance and securities trading.
Stock Exchanges
Two major exchanges (NSE,BSE) in India.
Automated Trading System developed for fast & transparent execution of trades
Listing of securities in exchanges
Introduced risk management systems
Committees of stock exchange set up to handle matters of discipline , default and investor-broker disputes
Major crash in Indian Capital Markets
28 April 1992• Sensex fall by 570 points (12.77%)• Harshad Mehta securities scam
18 May 2006• Nifty crash by 496.50 points(8.70%)• Heavy selling by FII’s due to
weakness in global markets
21 JAN 2008• Sensex crash by 1408 points • Due to recession in US
Major Rallies in Indian Capital Markets
18 May 2009• Sensex Rise by 2111 points
(20.00%)• Victory of UPA in election