When Investment Advice Becomes a Compliance Problem: What SEBI’s Alliance Research Order Means for Investment Advisers An Investment adviser may begin with a simple objective: help clients make better financial decisions. But in the securities market, good intentions are not enough. An adviser is expected to follow a ...
SEBI Action Against Alliance Research: What the Final Order Means for Investment Advisers For an investment adviser, regulatory compliance is not something that can be completed once and then forgotten. It runs through almost every part of the business — from client onboarding and KYC to r...
₹129.80 Crore Properties Attached: How a Real Estate Investment Scheme Left Homebuyers Stranded For many homebuyers, a real estate investment begins with a simple calculation: Is the location good? Is the price attractive? And can I trust the developer? But in some cases, the biggest risk is not...
The ₹22.70 Crore Dahod Scam: How Fake Government Offices Became a Route for Public Funds It started with something that, on paper, looked like government work. Official-looking offices. Government department names. Documents carrying seals and signatures. Projects that appeared to be conn...
₹10,000 Crore Ponzi Scam: How the SAGA Group Allegedly Built a Financial Empire on Unrealistic Returns For many investors, a promise sounds simple: deposit your money, wait a few years, and watch it double or triple. That promise can become particularly powerful when it is presented through what appear...
The Property He Sold in Delhi — And the TDS Surprise Waiting for Him in Toronto Arjun Mehta had not lived in Delhi for almost nine years. Toronto had become home. His work, his family, his bank accounts and most of his investments were now in Canada. The Delhi apartment, meanwhil...
The Property He Sold in Delhi — And the TDS Surprise Waiting for Him in Toronto Arjun Mehta had not lived in Delhi for almost nine years. Toronto had become home. His work, his family, his bank accounts and most of his investments were now in Canada. The Delhi apartment, meanwhil...
18% Gone Before It Even Arrived: How Hidden Fees Quietly Ate Into an NRI's Remittance It was supposed to be a straightforward transfer. Arjun, an NRI living in Dubai, had been planning to send money to his family in India for several months. He had recently sold an overseas investment ...
The Family Office That Was Paying Tax in Three Countries — For the Same Rupee The Bansal family had never thought of itself as having a tax problem. They had something much more complicated: a global wealth structure that had grown faster than the family's oversight of it. Over...
Detained at the Checkpost: How One Missed Field Cost a Transporter His Entire Shipment It was around 6:30 in the morning when Rajesh received the call every transporter hopes never comes. “Sir, truck checkpost par rok diya hai.” The truck had left Ahmedabad the previous evening and was ...
₹2,110 Crore Ponzi Scheme: How ED Uncovered a Multi-State Investment Network Behind Shivam Associates For investors, the promise sounded almost too attractive to question. 3% monthly returns. Money would keep working. Returns would remain assured. And with an expanding referral network, the opportunit...
₹78 Lakh SEBI Settlement: What the Jetha Global Master Fund Order Teaches FPIs About NRI Control and Material Changes For a Foreign Portfolio Investor, regulatory Compliance does not end with obtaining an FPI registration. The real challenge begins when something changes. A change in control. A change in beneficial o...
