SEBI Cuts Timelines For Dividend Payout To Mutual Fund Unitholders

New Delhi:

Capital markets regulator Securities and Change Board of India (Sebi) right this moment reduce the timelines for the payout of redemption quantity and dividend to unitholders by Asset Administration Corporations (AMCs).

In a round, Sebi has lowered the timeline for dividends payout to seven working days from the present 15 days.

It stated that the report date could be two working days from the problem of public discover, wherever relevant, for the aim of cost of dividend.

“The cost of dividend to the unitholders shall be made inside seven working days from the report date,” Sebi stated.

It has additional lowered the timeline for redemption payout to a few working days from the present 10 working days.

“The switch of redemption or repurchase proceeds to the unitholders shall be made inside three working days from the date of redemption or repurchase,” Sebi stated.

For schemes investing not less than 80 per cent of complete property in such permissible abroad investments, the switch of redemption or repurchase proceeds to the unitholders could be made inside 5 working days from the date of redemption or repurchase.

In session with Sebi, business physique Affiliation of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) would publish a listing of outstanding circumstances for schemes unable to switch redemption or repurchase proceeds to buyers inside the prescribed time, together with relevant timeframe for switch of redemption or repurchase proceeds to the unitholders in such distinctive circumstances. The checklist could be printed inside 30 days.

The regulator stated that curiosity for the interval of delay in switch of redemption or repurchase or dividend could be payable to unitholders on the charge of 15 per cent each year together with the proceeds of redemption or repurchase or dividend, because the case could also be.

Such curiosity could be borne by AMCs and the small print of such funds could be despatched to Sebi as a part of Compliance Check Stories. 

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