Consultation Paper
SEBI mulls tweaks to investor accreditation framework, seeks views by Jul 8
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--SEBI seeks public views on accreditation framework review by Jul 8
--SEBI issues consultation paper on investor accreditation framework review
NEW DELHI – The Securities and Exchange Board of India Tuesday issued a consultation paper on review of investor accreditation framework. The market regulator has invited public comments on the consultation paper by Jul. 8.
SEBI has made proposals in the paper with respect to leveraging entities registered as KYC registration agencies (KRA) as accreditation agencies, and to facilitate faster and easier onboarding of accredited investors. SEBI has proposed revising the eligibility criteria for accreditation agencies to allow KRAs to be eligible. Currently, only subsidiaries of stock exchanges and depositories are eligible.
The markets regulator has proposed that alternative investment funds be allowed to "provisionally onboard investors as accredited investors on the basis of their own due diligence." However, SEBI has laid down certain conditions for AIFs in this regard.
An AIF will not be allowed to include commitments by provisionally onboarded investors in the scheme corpus calculation till such time as such investors obtain an accreditation certificate from an accreditation agency. Similarly, schemes of AIFs will be allowed to receive funds from such investors only after they obtain an accreditation certificate from an accreditation agency.
The investor accreditation framework covers investors with large financial net worth and those who fulfil other SEBI-specified criteria. Such investors can seek to be certified as accredited investors. End
Reported by Rajesh Gajra
Edited by Deepsikha Bhardwaj
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