Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Mr U K Sinha, Chairman, SEBI has advised the corporates to re-align their expectations from the market and make use of the available infrastructure for  revival of the market. He was speaking at CII’s 4th Capital Markets Summit on the theme “Deepening of Capital Markets : Faster Growth of the Economy” at Mumbai here today. SEBI Chief also urged corporates to focus more on compliance and strengthen their internal control systems. He also stressed on the need for winning back the trust of the investors, particularly retail investors. Lamenting the fact that between 2009 and now, Rs 60,000 crore worth of Regulator’s approval were allowed to lapse by companies who had filed DRHP with SEBI, presumably owing to market conditions, he explained that this has necessitated Regulator’s intervention and examination of the deep-rooted causes.

On increasing domestic institutional participation viz. pension funds into the market, Chairman, SEBI that corporates should pro-actively offer inflation adjusted return to their employees through NPS or otherwise instead of waiting for the Government to institute reforms.

On various measures taken by SEBI related to disclosure norms, Mr Sinha commented that there has been a decline in volatility post implementation of these, which bodes well for the capital markets, more particularly, equity market. On eIPO, Mr Sinha urged bankers and corporates to publicise this tool to attract retail investors into the equity market.

Earlier welcoming the Regulator, Mr Uday Kotak, Chairman, CII National Committee on Capital Markets and Executive Vice Chairman & MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank, stressed that the Indian markets need to be perceived more positively and perception of equity as an asset class needs to improve. He shared his thoughts on the agenda of turning the markets as an attractive investment option for both global and domestic investors.

Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, highlighted that the market capitalization of Indian capital markets is estimated to be 65% of its GDP which indicates robust growth in the past decade as well as huge potential. In his concluding remarks, Mr Banerjee echoed the Regulator’s views and suggested that the key for realizing the true growth potential of capital markets lies in strengthening investor awareness and protection.