In a major overhaul of corporate governance norms, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved a new corporate governance code, aimed at improving transparency and disclosure standards of listed companies in India. The norms, which are consistent with the new companies’ law ratified last year to enhance shareholder rights, would come into effect from October 1,2014 and cover a wide range of subjects like CEO salaries, women on board, succession plans and mandatory whistle-blower policy.
Market regulator’s norms come against the backdrop of demands for clear information on the way Indian firms operate. The norms are expected to make stocks attractive to retail investors again, who have been selling heavily since 2008 due to trust deficit.
As per the new norms, companies will now have to disclose remuneration policies of CEOs and executive directors, related-party transactions and appointment and resignations of independent directors, a move which is likely to invite huge criticism from corporate.
Further, SEBI has recommended tax incentives for mutual funds and proposed that the Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) should invest 15% of its corpus in equities and MF schemes. Besides, it added that members of EPFO, who are earning more than Rs 6,500 a month, be given an option that a part of their corpus could be invested in a MF product.
Additionally, the market watchdog announced higher net worth for asset management companies, apparently aimed at weeding out smaller funds. It upped the minimum capital requirement for an asset management company from Rs 10 crore to Rs 50 crore.
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