Regulatory management

Sebi's new circular may lead to an avoidable churn in the market

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Sebi | Mutual Funds | mid-cap funds

Business Standard Editorial Comment  |  New Delhi 

In a circular last week, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) announced a recast of the multi-cap fund category. The regulator decreed that such funds must hold at least 75 per cent of assets in equity, with a minimum of 25 per cent held in each of the large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap categories.

Large-caps are defined as the largest 100 stocks by market capitalisation, mid-caps as the next largest 150 stocks, and small-caps as all stocks below the top 250. The funds have until February 2021 to rejig portfolios, with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) due to ...

First Published: Mon, September 14 2020. 00:15 IST