SEBI has extended the deadline to pay withheld commission to mutual fund distributors by 3 more months. With this, you can receive your withheld commission till August 21, 2019 subject to fulfillment of all requirements.
Earlier, SEBI had asked fund houses to pay withheld commission including upfront commission earned before October 22, 2018 till May 21, 2019.
AMCs withhold commission including upfront commission for a number of reasons such as failed transactions, incomplete KYD, pending KYC, and so on.
However, there is at present confusion among fund houses and distributors if the additional three-month window given to AMCs to pay withheld commission to distributors applies to assets with incomplete KYC.
Distributors say that there is huge assets with incomplete KYC at stake. In fact, there are cases where the client is not in the country or does not live in the home town. Industry experts believe that many investors who invested before January 1, 2012 did not comply with KYC norms due to frequent regulatory changes. Many distributors are awaiting clarity on whether the circular includes cases with incomplete KYC from SEBI and AMFI.