Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is liable to three broad groups - Issuers, Intermediaries and the Investors. To fulfill its obligations towards these three, SEBI performs Three main functions namely :- Protective Functions - These functions are performed by SEBI to protect the interest of investor and provide safety of investment. Examples of protective function may be checking of price rigging*, prohibiting insider trading, prohibiting fraudulent and unfair trade practices etc. Developmental functions - These functions are performed by the SEBI to promote and develop activities in stock exchange and increase the business in stock exchange. Regulatory Functions - These functions are performed by SEBI to regulate the business in stock exchange.

Dear Uma > FUNCTIONS OF SEBI The SEBI Act, 1992 has entrusted with two functions, they are -- Regulatory functions And -- Developmental functions Regulatory Functions -- Regulation of stock exchange and self regulatory organizations. -- Registration and regulation of stock brokers, sub-brokers, Registrars to all issues, merchant bankers, underwriters, portfolio managers etc. -- Registration and regulation of the working of collective investment schemes including mutual funds. -- Prohibition of fraudulent and unfair trade practices relating to securities market. -- Prohibition of insider trading
Regulating substantial acquisition of shares and takeover of companies Developmental Functions -- Promoting investor’s education -- Training of intermediaries -- Conducting research and publishing information useful to all market participants -- Promotion of fair practices
Promotion of self regulatory organizations Thanks

a) regulating the business in stock exchanges and any other securities markets; (b) registering and regulating the working of stock brokers, sub-brokers, share transfer agents, bankers to an issue, trustees of trust deeds, registrars to an issue, merchant bankers, underwriters, portfolio managers, investment advisers and such other intermediaries who may be associated with securities markets in any manner; [13] [(ba) registering and regulating the working of the depositories, [14] [participants,] custodians of securities, foreign institutional investors, credit rating agencies and such other intermediaries as the Board may, by notification, specify in this behalf;] (c) registering and regulating the working of [15] [venture capital funds and collective investment schemes],including mutual funds; (d) promoting and regulating self-regulatory organisations; (e) prohibiting fraudulent and unfair trade practices relating to securities markets; (f) promoting investors' education and training of intermediaries of securities markets; (g) prohibiting insider trading in securities; (h) regulating substantial acquisition of shares and take-over of companies; (i) calling for information from, undertaking inspection, conducting inquiries and audits of the [16] [ stock exchanges, mutual funds, other persons associated with the securities market] intermediaries and self- regulatory organizations in the securities market;

Hiiii friend........ **Functions of SEBI** 1. Regulates Capital Market 2. Checks Trading of securities. 3. Checks the malpractices in securities market. 4. It enhances investor's knowledge on market by providing education. 5. It regulates the stockbrokers and sub-brokers. 6. To promote Research and Investigation Thanks & Regards,

FUNCTIONS OF SEBI It is the function of SEBI to create a proper and conductive atmosphere required for raisig money from the capital market It is the function of sebi to educate investors and make them aware of their rights in clear and specitic terms. SEBI has to create proper investment climate to enable corporate sector to raise industrial securities easily,efficiently and at affordable minimum cost. It is the main function of the SEBI to devise laws with unified set of objectives,single administrative authority and an integrated framework to deal with all the aspects of the securities market. SEBI has to develop a proper infrastructure so that market automatically facilitates expansion and growth of business of middlemen like brokers jobbers commercial banks merchant bankers mutual funds etc. Creation of framework is other function of SEBI SEBI has to work as an authoritative institution institution to see that the intermediaries are financially sound and equipped with professional and competent manpower. SEBI has to establish an effective inspection machinery which is expected to acr like an umpire. One of the main function of SEBI is prohibition of malpractices. Thanks

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is liable to three broad groups - Issuers, Intermediaries and the Investors. To fulfill its obligations towards these three, SEBI performs Three main functions namely :- **Protective Functions** - These functions are performed by SEBI to protect the interest of investor and provide safety of investment. Examples of protective function may be checking of price rigging*, prohibiting insider trading, prohibiting fraudulent and unfair trade practices etc. **Developmental functions** - These functions are performed by the SEBI to promote and develop activities in stock exchange and increase the business in stock exchange. **Regulatory Functions** - These functions are performed by SEBI to regulate the business in stock exchange. (* Price rigging means manipulating the prices of securities with the main objective of inflating or depressing the market price of securities.)