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SEBI half-yearly trustee report

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The SEBI half-yearly trustee report is the compliance and governance disclosure published by mutual fund trustee companies to SEBI and the public. Per the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 and the trust structure framework , the trustee company has fiduciary obligations to unitholders and must report on AMC compliance and scheme governance every six months.

For Indian retail investors, the half-yearly trustee report is one of the few investor-facing disclosures of governance-level oversight, complementing the annual report and the compliance audit report .

Report structure

A typical half-yearly trustee report includes:

Compliance certification

  • Scheme compliance with SEBI regulations.
  • Investment restrictions compliance: per-scheme limits, concentration, sectoral.
  • NAV computation compliance: methodology adherence.
  • Disclosure timeliness: monthly portfolios, factsheets, statements.

Significant events

  • New scheme launches.
  • Scheme closures or wind-ups.
  • AMC management changes (CEO, CIO).
  • Material litigation or regulatory actions.

Unitholder interest assessment

  • Whether AMC actions during the period were in unitholders’ interest.
  • Any conflicts of interest noted and resolved.

Operational governance

  • Audit observations.
  • Custodian and RTA performance.
  • Service-level performance.

Publication and access

SEBI submission

The trustee report is submitted to SEBI within prescribed timelines (typically 30 days post half-year end).

Public availability

  • AMC websites publish the trustee report.
  • AMFI consolidated industry data.

Role in investor protection

The trustee report:

  • Validates AMC compliance: Independent (trustee-side) check on AMC operations.
  • Surfaces concerns: Material issues that warrant investor attention.
  • Enables SEBI oversight: Regulatory monitoring of scheme-level governance.

See also

External references

References

  1. SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996.
  2. SEBI Master Circular on Mutual Funds.
  3. AMFI Best Practice Guidelines on trustee disclosure.

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