Sebi pushes for ease of doing biz; clears relaxations for FPIs

Sebi will continue to do further consultation, including with the users of the Beta version. The progress will be reviewed at the end of three months and six months, after which further course of action will be decided, Sebi said in a release.

These proposals were cleared by the Sebi board at its meeting that ended late on Friday. Among other measures, the regulator decided to exempt additional disclosure requirements for having more than 50% of their India equity assets under management in a single corporate group, subject to certain conditions. The Sebi board also decided to relax the timelines for disclosure of material changes by FPIs.

In a move aimed at ensuring compliance as well as providing ease of doing business, Sebi has mandated that an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), its manager and key management personnel should carry out "specific due diligence" of both their investors and investments. Amid concerns about funding through AIFs, Sebi has come out with a measure to ensure that investors and investments do not circumvent any financial regulations. "'... verifiable compliance with such due-diligence requirements would provide the regulatory comfort necessary for the introduction of other Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) proposals/ measures relating to AIFs, to facilitate sustained capital formation," the release said.

"Considering unaffected price for transactions wherever pricing norms have been prescribed under Sebi regulations provided that the rumour pertaining to such transaction has been confirmed within twenty-four hours from the trigger of material price movement," Sebi said.