Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Lalita wants to buy shares of Akbar Enterprises, through her broker Kushvinder. She has a Demat Account and a bank account for cash transactions in the securities market. Discuss the subsequent steps involved in the screen-based trading for buying and selling of securities in this case.

Answer each of these questions in about fifteen words

What do you understand by private placement?

Read the following text and answer the following question on the basis of the same:

Mr. A. Bose is running a successful business. Mr. Bose is the owner of R. K. Cement Ltd. Mr. Bose decided to expand his business by acquiring a Steel Factory. This required an investment of~ 60 crores. To seek advice in this matter, he called his financial advisor Mr. T. Ghosh who advised him about the judicious mix of equity (40%) and Debt (60%). Employ more of cheaper debt may enhance the EPS. Mr. Ghosh also suggested him to take loan from a financial institution as the cost of raising funds from financial institutions is low. Though this will increase the financial risk but will also raise the return to equity shareholders. He also apprised him that issue of debt will not dilute the control of equity shareholders. At the same time, the interest on loan is a tax-deductible expense for computation of tax liability. After due deliberations with Mr. Ghosh, Mr. Bose decided to raise funds from a financial institution.

In the above case Mr. Ghosh suggested to raised more funds from debt. Higher debt-equity ratio results in:

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which of the following is not a Protective Function performed by SEBI?

State the first development bank of the country

Answer each of these questions in about one hundred and fifty words:

Explain the powers SEBI has been vested with for discharging of its functions efficiently.

______ debt-equity ratio is preferred by the commercial banker over the years as it indicates financial strength of a unit.