portfolio management services

banks have been advised that they need not obtain prior approval of the RBI for engaging in insurance agency business or referral arrangement without any risk participation, subject to the conditions stipulated in Annex 4 of the Master Circular. Banks have also been permitted, vide paragraph 17 of the above circular, to offer purely referral services on a non-risk participation basis to their customers, for financial products subject to certain conditions. Full Article

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has finally come out with a circular to clear the ambiguities surrounding new guidelines for portfolio management services (PMS). The regulator said that portfolio managers would now need to operate through individual bank accounts for each customer. Full Article

GENERAL MANAGER, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IMD/PMS/2/2009/11/05, May 11, 2009 All Registered Portfolio Managers Dear Sirs, Sub: Compliance with Regulation 16(8) of SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 1993. In consideration of the requests received from portfolio managers, SEBI, vide Circular No. IMD/CIR No.1/155740/2009 dated: February 27, 2009 had extended the deadline and permitted portfolio managers to comply with the requirements of sub-regulation(8) [.. Full Article