SEBI likely to come-out by this month-end norms on uniform KYC regulation

17 Oct 2011 Evaluate

A move that will ease the burden alike on the intermediaries as well as the common man, seeking to make investments, market watchdog - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is planning to come out by this month-end norms for setting up a uniform Know Your Customer (KYC) Regulation Authority.  Setting up this system would ensure that KYC exercise is undertaken only once and enabling all mediators to access a potential customer’s number for getting his KYC status.

On the sidelines, SEBI Chairman U K Sinha said that the regulator was encouraging the setting up of KYC Registration Agencies. Signs were that licenses would be given for setting up these agencies which would receive KYC applications and give out a number that would go to a common database and could be used by the consumer whenever he is required to fulfill KYC requirement.

While participating at an interactive session on the premise of ‘SEBI as an instrument of change’ organized by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce, Sinha said, SEBI was planning to review the entire initial public offering (IPO) process and a group had been set up for this. On FIIs banning he said, while the market would collapse if that happened, but by this month-end SEBI would make it compulsory for them to submit the details and name of beneficiaries of funds in case any promissory notes (PN) were issued by an FII.

On the misuse of GDRs, Sinha said, the market regulator was sharing its data and findings on misuse of GDRs with the government as the regulation of this instrument for raising money by corporates is managed by the government. By adding further he said, that instances have been found where 90 per cent of the money raised through GDRs was parked in financial institutions outside India.

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