End of the Party for Sin (Fin) Fluencers? SEBI’s Regulatory Crackdown on Finfluencers

Introduction

Social media platforms have become an essential communication tool in the post pandemic world. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a sustained rise of retail investors on the D-Street, in an eager attempt to profit from the great COVID bull run. Ever more, retail investors are looking at influencers on social media platforms for financial advice instead of approaching registered advisors (without evaluating the life alerting consequences it may have).Continue Reading End of the Party for Sin (Fin) Fluencers? SEBI’s Regulatory Crackdown on Finfluencers

Of Gambling and Gaming

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (“MIB”), on June 13, 2022, issued an advisory (“Gambling Advisory”)1 to the media, including newspapers, private satellite television channels and publishers of news and current affairs on digital media, which has been the subject of much discussion and reporting.Continue Reading Of Gambling and Gaming: A Tale of two Advisories