About the Journal
Journal of Capital Market and Securities Law (JCMSL)
ISSN: 2582-6905
Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF): 5.3
Index Copernicus (ICV) 2024 = 69.07
DOI- 10.37591/JCMSL
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jetling Yellosa, Associate Professor, University College of Law, Telangana University, Dichpally, Nizamabad. Telangana State, India
Email id. jetlinglaw@gmail.com
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Journal’s Summary
The Indian Capital market has grown exponentially in terms of resource mobilization, number of listed stock exchanges, market capitalization and trading volumes. Along with this growth, the profiles of the investors, issuers and intermediaries have changed significantly. The market has witnessed a fundamental institutional change resulting in drastic reduction in transaction costs and significant improvement in efficiency, transparency and safety. The Regulatory measures are taken by the SEBI such as allocation of resources, rolling settlement, sophisticated risk management and derivatives which have greatly improved the framework. Journal of Capital Market and Securities Law is peer reviewed refereed journal that aims at the dissemination and advancement of research in Capital Markets contributed by law students, advocates and other professionals and explore the challenges of securities markets. It's a biannual journal (frequency January-June and July-December), started in 2018.
Focus & Scope
- Securities Law and Capital Market Regulation: Research on the legal and regulatory framework governing securities markets, capital formation, market conduct, disclosure, investor protection, and the powers and responsibilities of securities regulators, with particular attention to Indian and comparative regulatory developments.
- Equity, Debt, and Hybrid Securities: Studies on shares, bonds, debentures, convertible instruments, structured securities, sovereign and corporate debt, credit ratings, issuance practices, and the legal rights and obligations associated with capital-market instruments.
- Public Issues, Private Placements, and Listing Regulation: Research on initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, rights issues, preferential allotments, private placements, listing requirements, disclosure obligations, prospectus liability, and continuing compliance by listed entities.
- Securities Market Intermediaries: Studies on the regulation, governance, duties, and liability of brokers, merchant bankers, investment advisers, portfolio managers, underwriters, research analysts, market makers, custodians, registrars, and other securities-market intermediaries.
- Stock Exchanges and Market Infrastructure Institutions: Research on stock exchanges, clearing corporations, depositories, clearing and settlement systems, market surveillance, trading infrastructure, risk-management mechanisms, and regulation designed to preserve market integrity and financial stability.
- Investor Protection and Securities Enforcement: Examination of investor rights, disclosure failures, mis-selling, market abuse, enforcement proceedings, regulatory investigations, penalties, compensation mechanisms, grievance redressal, securities litigation, and collective investor remedies.
- Market Manipulation, Insider Trading, and Securities Fraud: Research on insider trading, fraudulent and unfair trade practices, price manipulation, front-running, misleading disclosures, unlawful market conduct, financial fraud, and legal standards for investigation, evidence, liability, and sanctions.
- Mutual Funds and Collective Investment Schemes: Studies on mutual funds, alternative investment structures, pooled investment vehicles, collective investment schemes, fund governance, fiduciary responsibilities, disclosure, valuation, investor protection, and regulatory compliance.
- Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Alternative Investment Funds: Research on venture capital, private equity, alternative investment funds, startup financing, fund formation, investment agreements, exits, governance rights, regulatory requirements, and their interaction with securities and corporate law.
- Derivatives and Complex Financial Products: Legal and regulatory studies on futures, options, swaps, commodity-linked securities, derivatives trading, structured products, margin requirements, clearing obligations, risk disclosure, and the regulation of complex financial instruments.
- Corporate Governance and Listed Companies: Research on board accountability, shareholder rights, related-party transactions, disclosure standards, stewardship, executive compensation, corporate control, ESG disclosures, and governance obligations applicable to listed companies.
- Depositories, Dematerialisation, and Securities Settlement: Studies on electronic holding and transfer of securities, depository participants, beneficial ownership, settlement systems, dematerialisation, pledge and encumbrance of securities, and legal issues arising from digital securities infrastructure.
- Cross-Border Capital Markets and International Securities Regulation: Research on foreign portfolio investment, depository receipts, external commercial borrowings, cross-border listings, international capital raising, regulatory cooperation, extraterritorial securities regulation, and comparative securities-law frameworks.
- FinTech, Digital Assets, and Technology in Securities Markets: Studies on algorithmic and high-frequency trading, artificial intelligence, blockchain, tokenised securities, digital assets, online investment platforms, RegTech, cybersecurity, market data, and emerging regulatory challenges arising from technology-driven capital markets.
- Securities Dispute Resolution and Adjudication: Research on securities appellate mechanisms, regulatory adjudication, tribunals, courts, arbitration, mediation, investor grievance systems, enforcement appeals, and other mechanisms for resolving capital-market disputes.
- Indian Securities Law and Regulatory Developments: Research on Indian securities and capital-market law, including the Securities and Exchange Board of India framework, securities contracts regulation, depositories law, company-law provisions affecting listed entities, regulatory circulars, judicial decisions, and continuing market reforms. Comparative and interdisciplinary studies are welcome where the securities-law or capital-market regulatory contribution is substantial.
Readership: Graduate/ Postgraduate students, Research Scholars, Faculties, Industrialists, Independent Professionals, Government institutions
Indexing: The Journal is indexed in Google Scholar
Submission of Paper:
All contributions to the journal are rigorously refereed and are selected on the basis of quality and originality of the work. The journal publishes the most significant new research papers or any other original contribution in the form of reviews and reports on new concepts in all areas pertaining to its focus and scope, thus ensuring its scientific priority and significance.
Manuscripts are invited from academicians, students, research scholars, industrialists, independent professionals and faculties for publication consideration.
Papers are accepted for editorial consideration through email lawjournals@celnet.in/ cle@celnet.in
Subject: Capital markets, Law, Securities
Plagiarism: All the articles will be checked through Plagiarism Software before publication.
Abbreviation: JCMSL
Frequency: Two issues per year
Peer Reviewed Policy:
Peer review is the most important part of the scientific publication process. Peer review is basically the process of engaging experts to review the articles submitted for publication in journals, this is done in order to validate the research and to enhance the quality of the articles that are published in the journal.
The peer review process is actually a demarcating line that decides what a research is and what is merely a hypothesis. This process screens the articles for their originality or work, their relevance to the previously published work and does the work meet the required standard so as to be published as a research article. The bottom line to conduct a peer review is to eliminate the possibility that science is just another opinion.
Basic design of a peer review process:
1) The process begins with the submission of article to the journal
2) The first step begins as the editor of the journal checks if the article falls under the focus and scope of the journal. If the article does not fall under the focus and scope of the journal it is rejected with feedback and necessary changes to the author, if the article do fall under the focus and scope of the journal it is forwarded to the next step of review.
3) Here the reviewer checks for the originality, validity, significance, theory , evidence and other parameters based on the guidelines of the editors and yardsticks to measure the quality of the article.
4) Reviewer then make necessary comments and send the paper back to the editorial board, a reviewer may accept the paper as it is, reject or suggest changes in the manuscript, this information is conveyed to the authors
5) Editor of the journal then make final decision to publish the article based on the reviewers comments. And finalize the time frame for publishing the article.
6) Finally the accepted articles appear in the publication.
For further details on the publishing process and guidelines that an author and editor should follow, and to know more about the yardstick of the reviewers we would suggest you to go through the Author and Editors Guidelines.
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