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Investor Charter for mutual funds

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Investor Charter for mutual funds is the SEBI-mandated statement of investor rights, AMC obligations, and grievance redressal procedures that every Indian AMC must publish on its website and in its SID / KIM / SAI . The charter formalises investor protection principles and provides a clear reference document for investor expectations.

For Indian retail investors, the Investor Charter is a useful reference when interacting with an AMC, particularly during grievance situations.

How to escalate a PPFAS complaint to SEBI SCORES

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

SCORES is SEBI’s complaints-handling portal at scores.gov.in. Once you’ve filed a complaint with PPFAS directly and either waited out the 30-day SLA without resolution or received a response you find inadequate, SCORES is the next rung. The portal routes your complaint back to PPFAS with a SEBI escalation marker on it; the AMC owes a response back through the portal within 30 days, and SEBI itself tracks compliance. It isn’t a court, and it isn’t a forum for general scheme queries. It’s a structured way to make the regulator visible to the AMC.

SEBI Investor Charter for Mutual Funds

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The SEBI Investor Charter for Mutual Funds is the standardised rights-and-obligations disclosure document mandated by SEBI Circular SEBI/HO/IMD/IMD-PoD-1/P/CIR/2021/622 dated 13 August 2021 that every Indian mutual fund asset management company (AMC) must display prominently on its website, include in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) , and make available to investors at every point of interaction with the AMC. The Charter sets out, in plain language, the rights of mutual fund investors, the corresponding obligations of the AMC and its service providers, the grievance-redressal pathway through the AMC’s internal mechanism and the SEBI SCORES portal , and the dos-and-don’ts framework for investors. It is one of SEBI’s principal investor-education and grievance-prevention tools and complements the SCORES portal, the post-2024 Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) overlay, and the SEBI Investor Protection Fund as the foundational triad of investor-protection mechanisms for mutual fund investors in India.

Mutual fund unit-holder rights (India)

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Mutual fund unit-holder rights in India are the bundle of statutory, contractual, and equitable entitlements that accrue to a person who subscribes to units of a mutual fund scheme. Under the three-tier trust structure prescribed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 , unit-holders are the beneficial owners of scheme assets. Legal title to those assets vests in the trustee company, day-to-day investment authority lies with the asset management company (AMC), and the unit-holder retains the economic interest and the protections that the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, the 1996 Regulations, and SEBI circulars confer on a beneficiary.

Zerodha investor charter

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The investor charter is a standardised disclosure document mandated by SEBI for all registered market intermediaries, including stock brokers. Zerodha Broking Limited, as a SEBI-registered broker under certificate INZ000031633 (see Zerodha SEBI registration ), publishes an investor charter on its website that sets out the rights of its clients, the obligations Zerodha undertakes to its clients, and the redressal mechanisms available if those obligations are not met. The investor charter was introduced by SEBI through a circular issued in October 2021 and forms part of a broader initiative to standardise investor rights disclosures across SEBI-regulated entities.