Code of Conduct for mutual fund intermediaries mandates certification, suitability-based recommendations, full disclosures and refusal to deal with noncompliant agents. A mandatory Code of Conduct requires mutual fund agents and distributors to protect investor interests by complying with SEBI Mutual Fund Regulations, providing full and current scheme information, disclosing material facts and risks, avoiding misrepresentation and commission-driven malpractices, maintaining confidentiality, ensuring client suitability, and obtaining AMFI certification; mutual funds must monitor intermediaries, report non-compliance to AMFI and SEBI, and refuse to deal with those who do not follow the code.
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Code of Conduct for mutual fund intermediaries mandates certification, suitability-based recommendations, full disclosures and refusal to deal with noncompliant agents.
A mandatory Code of Conduct requires mutual fund agents and distributors to protect investor interests by complying with SEBI Mutual Fund Regulations, providing full and current scheme information, disclosing material facts and risks, avoiding misrepresentation and commission-driven malpractices, maintaining confidentiality, ensuring client suitability, and obtaining AMFI certification; mutual funds must monitor intermediaries, report non-compliance to AMFI and SEBI, and refuse to deal with those who do not follow the code.
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