Citing growing scale, profitability, and their role as first-line regulators, the board approved appointing two Executive Directors (EDs) of comparable stature to head key verticals at an MII, alongside the Managing Director (MD) on the governing board.
The regulator's circular also asked MIIs to set up a policy for backoffice vendors to ensure compliance with norms
In the consultation paper, SEBI has also suggested introducing a cooling off period for hiring KMPs from competing MIIs
MIIs include entities such as stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories.
According to the paper, Sebi has received feedback that, under the current regulatory regime, shareholders do not have material oversight powers with respect to the functioning of the Board of MIIs
According to the circular, the disincentive will be decided based on the annual revenue and the number of lapses in a financial year.
MIIs and intermediaries need to ensure that the sharing is done only if it is required for the orderly functioning of the securities market, said the May 24 circular
MIIs have been directed to submit a declaration from the MD/CEO that three criteria have been satisfied
The unlisted MII shall pay a fee to SEBI at the rate of 0.1% of the paid-up share capital of the unlisted company or Rs 5,00,000, whichever is higher.
The developments of this week had me wondering - is not economic influence a measure of control?