Ease of investing: Sebi's interventions will bring greater transparency

Sebi has also lowered the limits on the (BER) across categories, which will reduce costs slightly for investors

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) at its board meeting last week set easier guidelines for mutual-fund investment and companies aiming for an initial public offering (IPO). Compliance on raising listed debt has also been eased with a change of thresholds for high-value debt listed entities (HVDLE), where stricter norms will now kick in at an outstanding debt worth ₹5,000 crore, instead of ₹1,000 crore. Mutual-fund investing may become cheaper and more transparent as new Mutual Fund Regulations replace the Mutual Fund Regulations, 1996. One key change is the treatment of the expense ratio with a new concept,