SEBI opens its branch in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Apr 22 (KNN)  Market regulator SEBI today opened it branch office in Hyderabad, a move that will help decentralise its operations and effectively protect investors’ interest.

The office would come under the administrative control of its Southern Regional Office at Chennai.
 
“The local office so established shall look after the regulatory aspects of investor protection, facilitating redressal of investor grievances, financial and investor education and such other functions as may be assigned from time to time, and its role and responsibility shall extend to the areas falling under the territorial Jurisdiction of the State of Andhra Pradesh,” said a SEBI notification.   
 
Last week SEBI had opened its office in Lucknow.  SEBI now has offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai , Ahmadabad, Jaipur and Bangalore . (KNN)