{"id":1556,"date":"2021-09-22T09:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvkassociates.com\/blog\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:43:38","slug":"clarifications-with-respect-to-circular-dated-april-28-2021-on-alignment-of-interest-of-key-employees-designated-employees-of-asset-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/clarifications-with-respect-to-circular-dated-april-28-2021-on-alignment-of-interest-of-key-employees-designated-employees-of-asset-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarifications   with   respect   to   Circular   dated   April   28,   2021   on \u2018Alignment  of  interest  of  Key  Employees  (\u2018Designated  Employees\u2019)  of  Asset Management  Companies  (AMCs)  with  the  Unitholders  of  the  Mutual  Fund Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span id=\"page240R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">September 20<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page240R_mcid5\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">All Mutual Funds (<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2018<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">MFs<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019)<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid6\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">A<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ll <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Asset Management Companies (<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2018<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">AMCs<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019)<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid7\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">A<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ll <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Trustee Companies\/ Bo<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ard of Trustees of Mutual Funds<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid8\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Association of Mutual Funds in India (<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2018<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">AMFI<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page240R_mcid10\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sir\/Madam,<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page240R_mcid14\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">1.<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">SEBI<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">vide Circular <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">no. SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">&#8211;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I\/DOF5\/P\/CIR\/2021\/553 dated April 28, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">2021<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">has provided that a part of the compensation of Key Employees of the AMCs <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">shall be paid in the form of units of the sche<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">me(s) in which they have a role or <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">oversight.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page240R_mcid16\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">2. Based on the representati<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ons received from the Mutual Fund Industry and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">recommendation<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">s<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of Mutual Funds Advisory Committee (<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2018<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">MFAC<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">), it has been <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">decided to provide clarity on certain provisions and on the applicability of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">aforementioned circular. The said clarifications are <\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">given in Annexure to this <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">circular.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. <span id=\"page240R_mcid18\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">All <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">other <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">provisions <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">mentioned <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">circular <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">&#8211; <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I\/DOF5\/P\/CIR\/2021\/553 dated April 28, 2021 and circular SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">&#8211;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I\/DOF5\/P\/CIR\/2021\/582 dated June 25, 2021 shall remain unchanged.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page240R_mcid20\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">4. This circular is <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11 (1) of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, read with the provisions of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Regulation 77 of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, to protect the interests <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of investors in securities and<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to promote the development of, and to regulate the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">securities market.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span id=\"page240R_mcid21\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Yours faithfully,<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid22\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid23\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">R. Anand<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid24\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Deputy General Manager<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"page240R_mcid25\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Investment Management Department<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>To Read More&#8230;.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>click the link below&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/reod2070hyzjv34\/Alignment%20%20of%20%20interest%20%20of%20%20Key%20%20Employees%20%20%28%E2%80%98Designated%20%20Employees%E2%80%99%29.pdf?dl=0\">https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/reod2070hyzjv34\/Alignment%20%20of%20%20interest%20%20of%20%20Key%20%20Employees%20%20%28%E2%80%98Designated%20%20Employees%E2%80%99%29.pdf?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 20, 2021 All Mutual Funds (\u2018MFs\u2019) All Asset Management Companies (\u2018AMCs\u2019) All Trustee Companies\/ Board of Trustees of Mutual Funds Association of Mutual Funds in India (\u2018AMFI\u2019) Sir\/Madam, 1. SEBI, vide Circular no. SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD&#8211;I\/DOF5\/P\/CIR\/2021\/553 dated April 28, 2021, has provided that a part of the compensation of Key Employees of the AMCs shall be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,85],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-1556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-circulars","category-sebi","tag-sebi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1557,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions\/1557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvks.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}