Sebi board clears measures to enhance ease of doing business for REITs, InvITs, merchant bankers
NEW DELHI: Markets regulator Sebi board on Wednesday approved measures to enhance the ease of doing business for the activities of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). Also, Sebi has permitted merchant bankers to carry out activities falling outside the purview of the regulator under the same firm. This is subject to certain conditions. Regarding approved regulatory framework for REITs and InvITs, Sebi said that the related parties of the REIT/InvIT and the related parties of the sponsor, investment manager/manager, and project manager would not be considered as “public” unless such related parties are Qualified Institutional…