Flock blog
Reading regulatory filings, sourced and dated.
Plain-English guides to the public filings Flock tracks: 13F reports, NSE and BSE shareholding patterns, bulk and block deals, and FII/DII flows. Every claim links to its source. Research, not advice.
Rating Outlook vs Rating Watch: The Difference
Rating outlook vs rating watch: one is a near to medium term view with three set words, the other a short term event flag. When each applies, and when neither.
How to Read a Rating Rationale Press Release
How to read a rating rationale: SEBI fixes the minimum contents of every Indian rating press release. The 13 blocks it carries, and the three that matter most.
What Is Dematerialisation of Shares? The Demat Process
Dematerialisation of shares turns a paper certificate into a depository record. The statutory steps, the 7 and 15 day clocks, and the name check that stops it.
Beneficial Owner in a Depository: What It Means
A beneficial owner in a depository is whoever the depository records as one. Why the depository is registered owner, holds no votes, and what its register does.
What Is an SIF Investment Strategy? The 7 Types
An SIF investment strategy is a scheme launched under a specialized investment fund. The seven categories SEBI permits, the 25 percent short cap, one apiece.
How to Track SIF Launches in India
How to track SIF launches: prior SEBI approval, a distinct brand and website, the ISID on the AMFI site, and a shelf capped at seven strategies per fund house.
What Is the Potential Risk Class Matrix? PRC Cells
The potential risk class matrix puts each debt scheme in one of nine cells, by maximum interest rate risk and maximum credit risk. What the cells cap, and why.
How to Check a Company's Investor Complaint Record
How to check a company's investor complaint record: the four counts filed every quarter, where the filing now lands, and the fine for missing it altogether.
What Is SCORES 2.0? SEBI's Complaint Redressal System
SCORES 2.0 is SEBI's investor complaint platform: a 21 day resolution clock, auto-routing to a Designated Body, two levels of review, and a one year limit.
What Is the SEBI ODR Portal? Conciliation to Arbitration
The SEBI ODR portal runs online conciliation then online arbitration for securities disputes, with fixed timelines, a fee scale and a Rs 5 lakh interim release.
What Is a Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit Report?
A quarterly audit filed with the exchanges reconciling a company's issued capital, listed capital and capital held in demat form, under D&P Regulation 76.
What Is SEBI's Large Corporate Borrower Framework?
SEBI's Large Corporate framework makes listed entities with Rs 1,000 crore of long term borrowings raise 25% of qualified borrowings from debt securities.
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