Financial News SEBI relaxes buyback regulation to enable the quicker raising of funds in times of the coronavirus pandemic. Currently, the buyback regulation disallows fresh raising of capital for a period of 1 year from expiry of the buyback period. SEBI has with immediate effect, reducing the 1 year period to 6 months applicable till Dec 31st 2020.SEBI on April 30th gave a three-month extension till June 30 for liquid funds to comply with the requirement of holding at least 20% of their assets...
KNOWLEDGE - ENDOWMENT BIASSymptoms - The tendency to place a significantly higher value on things when we already own them.An Example - The endowment effect was identified by economist Richard Thaler in the 1970's when he gave the example of a man who bought a case of wine in the late 1950s for about $5/bottle. A few years later, his wine merchant offered to buy the wine back for $100 a bottle and the man refused, even though he had never paid more than $35 for a bottle of wine ever. Similarly, people...