Contents 1 MEMBERSHIP ............................................................................................................................. 1 Membership Categories ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Eligibility Criteria ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Fees, Deposits & Net worth Requirements ................................................................................ 1 1.4 Membership Forms .................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) towards Base Minimum Capital ................................................ 2 Nature of clients ......................................................................................................................... 2 Know Your Client (KYC) Process and Use of Technology for KYC ............................................... 3 1.8 NISM certification for approved users and sales personnel ...................................................... 3 1.9 Code of advertisement for stock brokers .................................................................................. 3 Net worth requirement .............................................................................................................. 4 1.11 System Audit reports (SAR) ........................................................................................................ 4 1.12 Internal Audit reports (IAR) ........................................................................................................ 5 1.13 Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience Audit of Trading Members .............................................. 5 1.14 Audited Annual Accounts & Auditor’s Report ........................................................................... 6 1.15 Segregated Nominee Account Structure ................................................................................... 6 1.16 Authorized Persons .................................................................................................................... 6 1.17 Membership of stock exchanges and clearing corporations in IFSC by foreign entities ........... 7 1.18 Payment of monthly IFSCA Turnover fees ................................................................................. 7 1.19 Policy of Annual Inspection of Members by Stock Exchanges/Clearing Corporations .............. 7 2 PRODUCTS ................................................................................................................................. 9 3 MARKET OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................... 9 Trading Hours ............................................................................................................................. 9 Trading Holidays ......................................................................................................................... 9 Liquidity Enhancement Scheme (LES) ...................................................................................... 10 3.3.1 Framework for Conflict of Interest under Liquidity Enhancement Scheme (LES) .... 10 3.3.2 Submission of Incentive Claims under Liquidity Enhancement Scheme (LES) .......... 10 Availability of Negative Price levels feature in Exchange Trading System ............................... 10 Transaction Charges ................................................................................................................. 10 Calendar Spread Functionality ................................................................................................. 11 Activation/De-activation of Trading User Ids ........................................................................... 11 3.7.1 Proprietary Trading ................................................................................................... 11 3.7.2 Algorithmic trading ................................................................................................... 11 3.7.3 Introduction of ALGO Approval Module in IIeFs ....................................................... 12 3.7.4 Introduction of ALGO Surrender Module in IIeFs ..................................................... 12 3.7.5 Introduction of Sponsored Market Access (SMA) Colocation Facility Service .......... 12 New Trading Applications and Facilities .................................................................................. 12 3.8.1 INX EBOSS Application for Members ........................................................................ 12 3.8.2 API Updates ............................................................................................................... 12 3.8.3 Market Data .............................................................................................................. 12 3.8.4 SFTP (Secured File Transfer Protocol) service for Members ..................................... 14 3.8.5 Customer Relationship System (CRS) application for Members ............................... 14 3.8.6 Global Securities Market - Green Debt Reporting Platform ..................................... 14 Mock Trading Schedule ............................................................................................................ 14 Test Environment ..................................................................................................................... 15 List of Files and formats ........................................................................................................... 15 Reference Circulars .................................................................................................................. 15 Server Non-Usage Charges ....................................................................................................... 15 Methodology for computation of Daily Settlement Price........................................................ 15 Listing ....................................................................................................................................... 15 3.15.1 Issuance, listing and trading of debt securities in IFSC ............................................. 15 3.15.2 Listing of Global Depository Receipts on Global Securities Market (GSM) .............. 16 3.15.3 Introduction of Two Factor Authentication in Listing Center ................................... 16 4 REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE ................................................................................................ 16 4.1 Market Parameter .................................................................................................................... 16 4.1.1 Dynamic Price Band Relaxation ................................................................................ 16 4.1.2 PAN-based Self-trade Prevention Check ................................................................... 17 4.1.3 Price Reasonability Check for Derivatives Segment .................................................. 17 4.1.4 Policy for Annulment of trades undertaken on India INX Trading platform ............. 17 4.2 Regulatory Disclosures ............................................................................................................. 17 4.2.1 Participant-wide Trading Volume/Open Interest Data ............................................. 18 4.2.2 Registration of terminals and location code details ................................................. 18 4.2.3 Reporting for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications and systems offered and used by market intermediaries .............................................................. 18 4.3 Quarterly submission of Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework ................................ 18 4.4 Participation of Non – Resident Individuals in trading of derivatives contracts and debt instruments available at India INX. ................................................................................................... 19 4.5 Framework for issue of Depository Receipts ........................................................................... 19 4.6 Clarification circulars regarding participation of Eligible Foreign Investors (EFIs) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in IFSC ....................................................................................................... 20 4.7 Participation of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in Commodity Derivatives ........................ 20 4.8 Clarification on participation of Eligible Foreign Investors (EFIs) in Commodity Derivatives .. 21 4.8.1 Operational Guidelines for FPIs & DDPs under SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors), Regulations 2019 and for Eligible Foreign Investors ................................................................ 21 4.9 Operating Guidelines for Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) ................................................. 21 4.10 Unique Client Code .................................................................................................................. 22 4.11 Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism............................................. 22 4.12 Margin Information Report to Trading Members .................................................................... 23 4.13 Reporting of Suspicious Transaction Reports .........................................................................