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.
BRSR vs BRSR Core: what actually gets checked
BRSR vs BRSR Core: the full report is self-declared, the Core subset is independently assessed or assured on a market-cap glide path. Not investment advice.
Mutual fund scheme categorisation, explained
Mutual fund scheme categorisation is SEBI's rulebook for what a scheme may hold and call itself. What the February 2026 circular changed. Not investment advice.
What is a Life Cycle Fund? SEBI's new category
A Life Cycle Fund is SEBI's new target-maturity fund category that glides from equity to debt. Tenure, glide path and exit load rules. Not investment advice.
Solution-oriented fund vs Life Cycle Fund
Solution-oriented fund vs Life Cycle Fund: SEBI discontinued one and created the other in February 2026. Lock-in vs glide path. Not investment advice.
AMFI large, mid and small cap classification
How the AMFI large mid small cap classification works: ranks 1 to 100, 101 to 250 and 251 onwards on full market cap, twice a year. Not investment advice.
What is a business development company (BDC)?
A business development company elects BDC status under the 1940 Act, finances private US firms, and files 10-Ks not fund forms. Not investment advice.
What is a Form N-54A filing? BDC election
A Form N-54A is the SEC notification a company files to elect business development company status under Section 54(a) of the 1940 Act. Not investment advice.
BDC vs closed-end fund: how they differ
BDC vs closed-end fund: one elects BDC status and files 10-Ks, the other registers on Form N-2 and files N-PORT. Where holdings show up. Not investment advice.
Filing webhook API: disclosure events, pushed
What a filing webhook API needs: signed payloads, at-least-once delivery, stable event ids and a retry policy you can audit. Not investment advice.
What is short interest reporting? FINRA guide (2026)
Short interest reporting is FINRA's twice-monthly record of open short positions per security. What firms report, when it publishes, and its limits. Not advice.
What is Form SHO? SEC short position reporting
Form SHO is the SEC's monthly short position report under Rule 13f-2. The thresholds, what gets published, and why filings now start in 2028. Not advice.
Form SHO vs short interest report: what differs
Form SHO vs short interest report: who reports, how often, what publishes, and what each one hides. One exists today, the other starts in 2028. Not advice.
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