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SEBI Product and Intermediary Workflows

Move from legal inventory to practical transaction, client, investor and compliance decisions.

20 workflow modules160 decision guidesOfficial-source controlled
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Finin2min operating model

Start with the transaction, product or regulated role. Then identify the legal owner, current instrument, responsible persons, evidence, system route and post-event monitoring. A portal acknowledgement is evidence of a system event—not proof that the legal analysis, approval, disclosure or investor outcome is correct.

Workflow library

8 controls

Alternative Investment Funds

Launch, operate and close an AIF only after the category, placement memorandum, investor consent, investment limits, valuation and reporting controls agree.

Source review: 14 July 2026

8 controls

Debenture Trustees

Protect debenture holders through pre-issue diligence, perfected security, covenant monitoring, default action and transparent reporting.

Source review: 27 October 2025

8 controls

Equity Issuers and Public Issues

Take an IPO, FPO, rights or preferential issue from route selection to listing and use-of-proceeds monitoring.

Source review: 21 March 2026

8 controls

Investment Advisers

Deliver suitability-based advice through a documented client agreement, risk profile, product analysis, fee and conflict framework.

Source review: 25 November 2025

8 controls

Listed Entities and Continuous Disclosure

Run governance, financial reporting, material-event, RPT, investor-service and securities-administration controls as a continuous system.

Source review: 14 July 2026

8 controls

Market Infrastructure Institutions

Operate trading, clearing, settlement, surveillance and investor-protection infrastructure with independent governance and resilient systems.

Source review: 22 November 2025

8 controls

Merchant Bankers

Control registration, mandate acceptance, due diligence, issue execution, certification, post-issue monitoring and conflicts.

Source review: 5 December 2025

8 controls

Mutual Funds and Specialised Investment Funds

Operate schemes through trustee oversight, product classification, portfolio controls, valuation, investor servicing and transparent disclosure.

Source review: 7 July 2026

8 controls

Portfolio Managers

Operate discretionary, non-discretionary and advisory portfolios through a clear agreement, mandate, custody, valuation and reporting framework.

Source review: 3 September 2025

8 controls

REITs and InvITs

Structure, list and operate trusts through asset, SPV, leverage, valuation, distribution, RPT and disclosure controls.

Source review: 18/17 April 2026

8 controls

Research Analysts and Proxy Advisers

Produce independent research through registered personnel, documented methodology, disclosures, trading controls, client terms and preserved evidence.

Source review: 25 November 2025

8 controls

Registrars to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents

Control issue processing, registers, transfers, transmissions, KYC, corporate actions, complaints and cyber resilience under the 2025 regime.

Source review: 7 January 2026 corrigendum

8 controls

Social Stock Exchange

Use the Social Stock Exchange only after eligibility, registration, instrument, disclosure, social-audit and utilisation controls are established.

Source review: 19 January 2026

8 controls

Stock Brokers and Clearing Members

Operate registration, onboarding, orders, client assets, margins, technology, complaints and default controls under the 2026 regime.

Source review: 8 January 2026

8 controls

Buy-backs and Delisting

Choose and execute a buy-back or delisting route only after eligibility, pricing, approvals, escrow, promoter conduct and investor-exit controls are aligned.

Source review: 6 July 2026 / 3 September 2025

8 controls

Investor Grievances, SCORES and ODR

Resolve the underlying securities-market problem first, then use entity escalation, SCORES review and ODR with a complete evidence and limitation record.

Source review: 28 July 2026

How to use these guides

  1. Freeze the entity, security, product, transaction, investor/client and event date.
  2. Open the official consolidated Regulation and later circulars linked on the relevant page.
  3. Allocate approvals, filings, evidence and exception ownership before execution.
  4. Reconcile exchange, depository, bank, RTA, client and internal records after the event.
Source boundary: These are professional decision and implementation guides. They do not replace the numbered Regulation, provisos, explanations, Schedules, circular text or exchange/depository specifications.