Rule · BSEC · 24 Jul 2013
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission amended Rule 66 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Mutual Fund) Rules, 2001, to mandate that mutual funds distribute cash dividends or reinvestment options to unit holders within 45 days of the decision, submitting a report to the Commission, trustee, and custodian within seven days thereafter. The amendment requires dividend distributions to be at least 70% of annual profits, with a reduced minimum of 50% for growth schemes where investors were fully informed of their nature at inception. These obligations apply to all mutual funds, including all term mutual funds designated by the Commission.
Registered No. D.A-1
Bangladesh
Gazette
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Extraordinary Issue
Published by Authority
Sunday, August 18, 2013
[Notices and notifications issued for consideration by private individuals and corporations]
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission
Notification
Date, July 24, 2013
No. SECMARRCDI/2006-157/148/Admin/49—Under the powers conferred by Section 24, Sub-section (2) of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Act, 1993 (Act No. 15 of 1993), the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, in consultation with the Government, has made the following amendments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (Mutual Fund) Rules, 2001, namely:
In the aforementioned Rules, —
“66. Distribution of dividends and its limit.—Every mutual fund shall, after the completion of its annual accounts, declare cash dividends or reinvestment or both options to the unit holders of each scheme in accordance with these Rules and subject to the opinion of the Trustee, the amount of which shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the annual profit of such scheme. It is noted that all rules/provisions determined by the Commission shall apply to all term mutual funds:
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Bangladesh Gazette, Extraordinary, August 18, 2013
Provided that, in the case of those growth investment schemes whose nature and prospects were fully informed to investors from the beginning, the rate of such dividend distribution shall not be less than fifty percent (50%) of the annual profit;
Further provided that, such dividend decision shall be distributed to unit holders within forty-five (45) days, and a report regarding the same shall be submitted to the Commission, Trustee, and Custodian within the next seven (7) days.”
By order of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission
Professor Dr. M. Khairul Hossain
Chairman.
Printed by Md. Nazrul Islam (Additional Secretary), Deputy Director, Bangladesh Government Printing Office, Tejgaon, Dhaka.
Published by Abdur Rashid (Additional Secretary), Deputy Director, Bangladesh Forms and Publications Office, Tejgaon, Dhaka. web site: www.bgpress.gov.bd.
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“has made the following amendments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (Mutual Fund) Rules, 2001, namely:”
“Under the powers conferred by Section 24, Sub-section (2) of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Act, 1993 (Act No. 15 of 1993)”
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