Corporates as well as market intermediaries will soon have to pay higher fees to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as the market regulator has approved proposals for a fee hike to fund its programme in investor awareness, education and protection during FY15. Fee revision proposal, which is based on recommendations of the Committee on Rationalisation of Financial Resources (CRFR), is aimed to enhance SEBI's financial resources to help it meet expenses for its various regulatory and investor-centric activities.
CRFR has recommended imposition of fees for various services offered by SEBI to brokers, stock exchanges and mutual funds, among others. Besides, hike in fees is also proposed for consent settlement, informal guidance, documents and takeovers, except for handling investor complaints. Total fee received by SEBI slipped marginally to Rs 149 crore in FY13 as compared to Rs 154.5 crore in the FY12.
Furthermore, as many of its orders are getting challenged in tribunal and courts, SEBI has also planned to recover legal expenses incurred in such litigations from penalties imposed on its defaulters before crediting the same to the government's coffers. Over the past three financial years, capital markets regulator has incurred average litigation expenditure in the range of Rs 4-5 crore per annum, however, such expenses are expected to be much higher in the current fiscal year.
Keeping in view the need to place greater emphasis to achieve the mandated statutory objectives, SEBI identified four core areas for development during the next fiscal year. SEBI’s core activities for FY15 include strengthening investor awareness and education measures, enlarging reach amongst investors through regional and local offices, enhanced focus on capacity building, and raising standards of supervision and enforcement functions in market place such as strengthening market surveillance and investigation functions.
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