Investor Charter and Disclosure

Investor Charter & Disclosure:

ANNEXURE A

INVESTOR CHARTER IN RESPECT OF RAs

  • To disclose, information that is material for the client to make an informed decision, including details of its business activity, disciplinary history, the terms and conditions of research services, details of associates, risks and conflicts of interest, if any
  • To disclose the extent of use of Artificial Intelligence tools in providing research services
  • To disclose, while distributing a third party research report, any material conflict of interest of such third party research provider or provide web address that directs a recipient to the relevant disclosures
  • To disclose any conflict of interest of the activities of providing research services with other activities of the research analyst.

To distribute research reports and recommendations to the clients without discrimination.

To maintain confidentiality w.r.t publication of the research report until made available in the public domain.

To respect data privacy rights of clients and take measures to protect unauthorized use of their confidential information

To disclose the timelines for the services provided by the research analyst to clients and ensure adherence to the said timelines

To provide clear guidance and adequate caution notice to clients when providing recommendations for dealing in complex and high-risk financial products/services To treat all clients with honesty and integrity

To ensure confidentiality of information shared by clients unless such information is required to be provided in furtherance of discharging legal obligations or a client has provided specific consent to share such information.

D.    Details of grievance redressal mechanism and how to access it

 

  1. Investor can lodge complaint/grievance against Research Analyst in the following ways:

Mode of filing the complaint with research analyst

In case of any grievance / complaint, an investor may approach the concerned Research Analyst who shall strive to redress the grievance immediately, but not

later than 21 days of the receipt of the grievance.

Mode of filing the complaint on SCORES or with Research Analyst Administration and Supervisory Body (RAASB)

  1. SCORES 0 (a web based centralized grievance redressal system of SEBI for facilitating effective grievance redressal in time-bound manner) (https://scores.sebi.gov.in)

Two level review for complaint/grievance against Research Analyst:

First review done by designated body (RAASB)

Second review done by SEBI

  1. Email to designated email ID of RAASB
  1. If the Investor is not satisfied with the resolution provided by the Market Participants, then the Investor has the option to file the complaint/ grievance on SMARTODR platform for its resolution through online conciliation or arbitration.

With regard to physical complaints, investors may send their complaints to:

  1. Rights of investors

Right to Privacy and Confidentiality Right to Transparent Practices Right to fair and Equitable Treatment Right to Adequate Information

Right to Initial and Continuing Disclosure

-Right to receive information about all the statutory and regulatory disclosures Right to Fair & True Advertisement

Right to Awareness about Service Parameters and Turnaround Times Right to be informed of the timelines for each service

Right to be Heard and Satisfactory Grievance Redressal Right to have timely redressal

Right to Exit from Financial product or service in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed with the research analyst

Right to receive clear guidance and caution notice when dealing in Complex and High-Risk Financial Products and Services

Additional Rights to vulnerable consumers

– Right to get access to services in a suitable manner even if differently abled Right to provide feedback on the financial products and services used Right against coercive, unfair, and one-sided clauses in financial agreements

F.     Expectations from the investors (Responsibilities of investors)

  1. Always deal with SEBI registered Research
  2. Ensure that the Research Analyst has a valid registration
  • Check for SEBI registration

Please refer to the list of all SEBI registered Research Analyst which is available    on                     SEBI   website   in                the     following                  link:

  1. Always pay attention towards disclosures made in the research reports before investing.
  2. Pay your Research Analyst through banking channels only and maintain duly signed receipts mentioning the details of your payments. You may make payment of fees through Centralized Fee Collection Mechanism (CeFCoM) of RAASB if research analyst has opted for the (Applicable for fee paying clients only)
  3. Before buying/ selling securities or applying in public offer, check for the research recommendation provided by your Research Analyst.
  • Ask all relevant questions and clear your doubts with your Research Analyst before acting on recommendation.
  • Seek clarifications and guidance on research recommendations from your Research Analyst, especially if it involves complex and high risk financial products and services.

Annexure – B

Complaint Data to be displayed by RAs 

Formats for investors complaints data to be disclosed monthly by RAs on their

website/mobile application:

Data for the month ending – AUGUST-2025

Sr No Received from Pending at the end of last month Received Resolved* Total Pending# Pending complaints> 3 months Average Resolution time^ (in days)
1 Directly from Investors 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 SEBI (SCORES) 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Other Sources (if any) 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GRAND TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0

Average Resolution time is the sum total of time taken to resolve each complaint in days, in the current month divided by total number of complaints resolved in the current month.

Trend of monthly disposal of complaints

Sr No Month Carried forward from previous month Received Resolved Pending
1 JAN 24 0 0 0 0
2 FEB 24 0 0 0 0
3 MAR 24 0 0 0 0
4 APR 24 0 0 0 0
5 MAY 24 0 0 0 0
6 JUNE 24 0 0 0 1
7 JULY 24 0 0 2 0
8 AUG 24 0 0 0 0
9 SEP 24 0 0
10 OCT 24 0 0
11 NOV 24 0 0
12 DEC 24 0 0
13 JAN 25 0 0
14 FEB 25 0 0
15 MAR 25 0 0
16 APR 25 0 0
17 MAY 25 0 0
18 JUN 25 0 0
19 JUL 25 0 0
20 AUG 25 0 0

*Inclusive of complaints of previous months resolved in the current month.

#Inclusive of complaints pending as on the last day of the month.

Trend of annual disposal of complaints 

Sr No Year Carried forward from previous year Received Resolved* Pending#
1 2018-19 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE
2 2019-20 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE
3 2020-21 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 0 0
4 2021-22 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 0 0
5 2022-23 0 0 0 0
6 2023-24 0 0 0 0
 7 2024-25 0 0 0 0
  GRAND TOTAL

*Inclusive of complaints of previous years resolved in the current year.

#Inclusive of complaints pending as on the last day of the year.