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IFSCA sets up committee to develop avenues for ship financing, leasing

The panel, to be chaired by Vandana Aggarwal, former Sr Economic Advisor, Govt of India will include representatives from GOI, Gujarat Maritime Board and industry experts

Foreign funds at IFSCs may get benign tax treatment under VCC model

K P Krishnan committee report has made multiple suggestions for Indian VCC vehicles to compete with Singapore

Kotak Mahindra Bank issues India's first FPI licence to GIFT AIF

This is the first FPI licence issued to an AIF incorporated in GIFT IFSC by any custodian bank or designated depository participant (DDP) in the country

International Bullion Exchange to come up this year: IFSCA chairman

Bourse will run on a delivery-based model for allocated and unallocated bullion, with underlying security backing the latter

Regulator unveils framework for lawyers, consultants and others at GIFT

Circular covers eligibility and other norms for providing ancillary services in such centres

Sebi's regulatory cap on NRI investments may affect AIFs GIFT move

Many draw their funds from overseas Indians looking to invest in their home country

Govt move to notify GICs as fin services at IFSC to spur MNC investment

Govt move will boost job creation, give a leg-up to social infrastructure in and around Gift City

Launch of more products, retail participation to scale up GIFT IFSC: Ray

A bigger basket of financial service products and retail participation will help in making GIFT IFSC attractive for international players, GIFT City managing director Tapan Ray has said.

RBI push pays off as offshore currency trading starts trickling in onshore

Target is to bring 25% of offshore volume to IFSC by December

Sitharaman launches two exchanges to take on offshore currency market

The launch comes amid the world's most expansive coronavirus lockdown, which has crippled businesses and hurt trading volumes in the country's financial markets.

Rupee futures in Gift City IFSC: Sebi caps position limit at $1 bn

Offshore market or overseas heading in rupee exchange rate market has grown bigger than domestic market, which was worrying the central bank

Govt moves Bill in Lok Sabha to set up unified regulator for IFSCs

As of now, banking, capital markets and insurance sectors in the IFSC are regulated by multiple regulators such as the RBI, Sebi, Irdai

StanChart to be first foreign bank to launch ops at GIFT IFSC; may open branch this yr

The GIFT City Thursday said US-based Standard Chartered will be the first foreign bank to launch operations at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). Standard Chartered has received in-principle regulatory approvals to set up its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), it said in a release. The US-based lender is expected to start operations at IFSC by the end of this year, a GIFT City spokesperson said. The government had envisaged GIFT IFSC as a hub to bring offshore financial transactions, and with the presence of Standard Chartered, the IFSC ecosystem of India will become more formidable now, said Tapan Ray, MD & Group CEO, GIFT City. "In addition, the announcements made in the recent Union Budget have provided the much needed impetus to take GIFT on a fast track mode. This would definitely incentivise more international financial intuitions to set up their base in GIFT City," he said. The recent Budget has laid a special ...

Irdai permits insurance firms to begin offshore business from GIFT IFSC

For export of services, insurance companies operating from IFSC are exempted from GST

GIFT IFSC business grows by 400% in 6 months: MoS Finance Meghwal

Visiting the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Union Minister of State in Finance and Corporate Affairs, Government of India, and Chairman of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) Task Force, Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the project had seen business transactions rise by 400 per cent in six months. Meghwal had visited GIFT City to interact with the IFSC units and to understand the regulatory and business progress from the entities operating at GIFT IFSC. The IFSC transactions at GIFT City covering banking, insurance, and capital market services have increased 400 per cent from US $ 1 billion to US $ 4 billion in last six months. While IFSC units (IBUs) of the Banks have done business worth US $ 3 billion, insurance companies have clocked in USD $ 1 billion worth transactions. Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) International stock exchange within GIFT IFSC has seen single day trading of around $100 million. In addition, 13 new units have recently received ...

Biz GIFT-IFSC crosses $2 bn; to create 1 mn jobs by 2025

BSE is already in operation and is generating an average turnover of $2 million