SEBI eases call recording rules for research analysts
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- ✓The Securities and Exchange Board of India eased call recording rules for research analysts on October 23, 2026.
- ✓Analysts no longer need to record calls with institutional investors to reduce compliance burdens.
- ✓However, they must keep other interaction records for five years.
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- India Economy
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has relaxed the mandatory requirement for research analysts (RA) to maintain call recordings of their interactions with institutional investors to reduce compliance burden and improve ease of doing business.
Research analysts and entities will no longer be mandatorily required to maintain call recordings of interactions with institutional investors. However, they will continue to be required to maintain records of their interactions with all clients, including prospective clients, through means such as signed physical records, emails, SMS messages, call recordings or any other legally verifiable method.
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