Flock blog
Reading regulatory filings, sourced and dated.
Plain-English guides to the public filings Flock tracks: 13F reports, NSE and BSE shareholding patterns, bulk and block deals, and FII/DII flows. Every claim links to its source. Research, not advice.
SIF portfolio disclosure vs mutual fund disclosure
SIF portfolio disclosure runs every alternate month, including for debt strategies, while mutual fund schemes disclose monthly and debt fortnightly.
AMFI portfolio data vs shareholding pattern
AMFI portfolio data reports a fund's holdings monthly. A shareholding pattern reports a company's holders quarterly. How the two datasets differ.
Mutual fund portfolio API: AMFI holdings as JSON
What a mutual fund portfolio API should return: scheme holdings with ISIN, quantity, market value scale, percentage to NAV and the period end date on every row.
SAST Regulation 30: the annual disclosure that ended
SAST Regulation 30, the annual 31 March disclosure by 25% holders and promoters, was omitted with effect from 1 April 2022. What replaced it. Not advice.
SAST encumbrance disclosure: SEBI Regulation 31
A SAST encumbrance disclosure is the promoter filing under Regulation 31 on creating, invoking or releasing a pledge, due in seven working days. Not advice.
How to read a SAST disclosure, column by column
How to read a SAST disclosure: the before, acquisition and after blocks, the encumbrance row, diluted capital, and the Part B never published. Not advice.
Regulation 29(1) vs 29(2): the two SAST formats
Regulation 29(1) vs 29(2): one reports crossing 5%, the other every 2% change after it. The formats differ on Part B, PAN and disposals. Not investment advice.
SAST Reg 29 vs PIT Reg 7: two disclosure rules
SAST Regulation 29 fires on a 5% stake and 2% moves; PIT Regulation 7 fires on ten lakh rupees traded. Who files, how fast, and why both exist. Not advice.
13F Information Table: the eight columns
The 13F Information Table is the holdings table on a Form 13F: eight columns from issuer name to voting authority, valued to the nearest dollar. Not advice.
What is a FIGI? The 12-character security ID
A FIGI is a 12-character Financial Instrument Global Identifier, published under the MIT licence, that never changes on a corporate action. Not advice.
13F investment discretion: SOLE, DFND, OTR
13F investment discretion is Column 6 of the Information Table, marked SOLE, DFND or OTR, deciding whether two managers report the same shares. Not advice.
13F voting authority: sole, shared and none
13F voting authority is Column 8 of the Information Table, splitting shares into sole, shared and none, with routine-only votes counted as none. Not advice.
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