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Aadhaar, PAN becomes compulsory for PPF, SSY and other small saving schemes

MAS Team 07 April 2023
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On March 31, 2023, the Ministry of Finance announced that individuals will now be required to provide their PAN (Permanent Account Number) and...

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PFRDA Mandates Video-based Identification

MAS Team 09 January 2023
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The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has determined to permit intermediaries to use technological intervention by using...

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Aadhaar address updates are now possible online even in the absence of ''supporting documentation''

MAS Team 06 January 2023
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Ministry of Electronics & IT, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced that Aadhaar holders can now update their addresses...

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Demat Account Log In Will Not Work Without Two Factor Authentication From 1st October

MAS Team 08 September 2022
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Holders of demat accounts may not be able to log in to their accounts if they do not enable two-factor authentication by 30 September 2022, according...

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KYC Deadline for Demat Accounts Extended

MAS Team 01 April 2022
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended the deadline for establishing existing demat and trading accounts KYC-compliant to 30...

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Joint bank account not mandatory for spouse pension

MAS Team 26 November 2021
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All banks disbursing central government pension have been advised that in case the spouse (family pensioner) opts for the existing joint bank account...

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SEBI Issues Operating Norms for Silver Exchange Traded Funds

MAS Team 25 November 2021
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Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified amendments to the MF Regulations for a regulatory mechanism on Silver...

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RBI May Approach Government For Tax Sops for Retail Direct Scheme Investments

MAS Team 18 November 2021
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to approach the Centre to secure tax benefits for retail investments in sovereign securities (government...

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Crypto May be Permitted as Asset, Not as Currency

MAS Team 18 November 2021
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While the government is unlikely to ban cryptocurrencies, it may take a cautious approach towards such investments, permitting them as assets instead...

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SEBI releases investor charter, lays down dos and don'ts of investing in Indian securities market

MAS Team 18 November 2021
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Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has released the investor charter for investors in securities market which aims at...

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Changes in Our Business Model
 
 
25th Sept 2020
 
Greetings from Moneylife Advisory Services
 
Between financial years 2019-21, SEBI has come up with extensive changes to investor advisor regulations. On Sep 23, 2020, SEBI had issued new additional guidelines. This comes just two months after extensive changes announced in July 2020. Earlier, in December 2019 there was an ad hoc circular
 
As a result of these changes, IAs, cannot accept fees through credit cards, will have to sign a 26-clause investor agreement, have to maintain physical record written & signed by client, telephone recording, emails, SMS messages and any other legally verifiable record for five years. IAs were already asked to record the suitability and rationale for every piece of advice given, sign them and store them for five years.
 
While these extensive and frequent changes, designed to strengthen the conduct of IAs are well-meaning, these have sharply increased compliance efforts and cost. We, being online advisors, find many of changes harder to implement, compared to advisors working in the physical space. We will have to have an army of advisors, administrative and tech staff to be compliant. If we do this, we will have to divert money to these areas and the cost of our service will double. We want to remain the least-cost service in the market to benefit more and more people. In the circumstances, we are forced to change our business model from “advisory” to “research”. This will mean the following:
 
What remains the same:
  • Recommendations on insurance, investment and Lion stocks, will continue as a part of the MAS premium subscription. Our strength has always been research and this will remain available to you through our recommendations.
  • The magazine and all textual content will remain as part of the service
  • We will have to suspend the restructuring tool.
 
What changes:
  • The interactions in Ask / Handholding will offer investment advice but not specific to your situation. It will offer information on investment products and also clarify your doubts about various financial products. It will be a forum for information, not for advice. This will be implemented with immediate effect and our guidelines in Ask, reflect this now.
 
Over the next few weeks our site and our communication to you will reflect these and other additional changes.
 
We feel this will not affect you much in terms of what really matters in investing: knowing what to buy and when to buy. This is our edge and it will still be available to you.
 
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Debashis Basu
Founder