Market regulator Sebi on Tuesday put in place a similar policy to streamline the harmonization process between intermediaries regarding initial public offerings as well as a new mechanism to compensate investors.
The new structure will address issues related to the delay in receipt of mandate by investors due to systemic issues of intermediaries, which may be due to systemic issues of middlemen and partial allocation of Aadhaar allocation from last working day (BOA) to last working day. In cases of failure to unblock funds), SEBI said in a circular.
Other issues that will be addressed include Self Certified Certified Banks (SCSBs), which are blocking multiple amounts for the same Unified Payment Interface application and withholding more amount in the investor’s account than the SCSBs application amount Huh. In case of delay,
To ensure timely response in relation to the IPO (Initial Public Proposal) process, SCSB will identify the Nodal Officer for IPO applications processed through UPI as a payment mechanism and submit the details to SEBI within seven working days .
For ease of reference, details of the nodal officers of the SCB will be hosted on the SEBI website. To ensure timely information to investors, SCSB will send SMS alerts for mandate blocks and unblock.
For ease of doing business, sponsor banks will host a web portal for middlemen from the date of opening the IPO to the date of listing. It will contain mandate block / unblock, performance of apps and details of UPI handle, down-time / network latency (if any) and data on intermediaries and any process affecting the IPO bidding process.
To avoid duplication, SEBI stated that the facility of restart provided to Syndicate members would be preferably allowed only once per bid / batch and after the closing of the bid would be considered fit by the concerned stock exchange.
In respect of canceled or withdrawn applications, the regulator stated that the Registrar to an Issue (RTI) must issue details of canceled or withdrawn applications to the SCSB within 60 minutes from the date of issue on a daily basis. By obtaining the closing dates from the same.
SCSB will have to unblock such applications by the end of Bank Day and the lead managers will have to confirm it.
In view of the complaints related to the delayed unblocking, SEBI has laid down a procedure under which sponsor banks are required to execute the online mandate revoked file for non-allottees or partial allottees at BOA + 1.
Subsequently, any pending applications for unblock will be submitted to the RTA and not later than BOA + 1 at 12:30.
Subsequently, the RTI will submit bank-wise pending UPI applications to the SCSB after 2:00 pm on BOA + 1, along with the SCSB for allocation. The allocation file will contain all applications related to full-allocation / partial-allocation / non-allocation / canceled / deleted / deleted applications.
SEBI stated that SCSB needs to ensure that unblocking for non-allocated / partial-allocated applications is completed by the closing hours of the bank day at BOA + 1. SCSB, compared to BOA + 1, would later submit confirmation to lead managers and RTAs.
SCSB failing to provide details as per the prescribed format will be liable to face appropriate action under the securities laws.
To provide an efficient redressal mechanism for grievances related to block or unblocking of funds for investors and to avoid loss of any opportunity, with a compensation structure where SCSBs per 100 per day or 15% of the application amount. The year will pay, whichever is higher for investors.
SCSB will immediately compensate the investor on the date of receipt of the complaint from the investor.
If for each day delay, there is a delay in resolving the complaint beyond the date of receipt of the complaint from the investor, then the merchant banker will pay Rs 100 per day or 15 per cent per annum of the application amount, whichever is higher. Investor.
Compensation includes compensation by the SCSB as well as post issue managers.
SEBI said that the lead managers have to ensure that the middlemen are issued processing fees or sales commission only after ensuring that there is no pending complaint related to blocking / unblocking UPI bids, upon completion of which Confirmation is received.
On / after 1 May 2021, the new framework will be implemented to open an IPO.
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