SEBI Has issued a Press Release cautioning on dealing in Digital Gold.
Digital Gold or E-Gold refers to electronic investment products that allow investors to buy, sell, and hold gold digitally without physically possessing it. Such Digital Gold is claimed to backed by real, physical gold stored securely in vaults by trusted custodians. In India, there are several entities offering Digital Gold / E-Gold products i.e. (i) MMTC‑PAMP India Pvt. Ltd. a joint venture between MMTC Ltd. (a government undertaking) and Swiss firm PAMP SA, (ii) Digital Gold India Pvt. Ltd. (brand: SafeGold), (iii) Augmont Goldtech Pvt. Ltd., (iv) Jewellery brands: e.g., Tanishq’s “Gold+” digital gold plan via SafeGold etc.
SEBI has stated that it has come to its notice that some digital/online platforms are offering investors to invest in ‘Digital Gold/E-Gold Products’. Digital Gold is being marketed as an alternative for investment in physical gold.
SEBI has clarified that it had enabled investments in gold and gold related instruments through various SEBI regulated gold products. These are exchange traded commodity derivative contracts, Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offered by Mutual Funds and Electronic Gold Receipts (EGRs) tradeable on stock exchanges. Investments in these SEBI regulated gold products can be made through SEBI registered intermediaries and are governed by the regulatory framework prescribed by SEBI.
SEBI has informed that said digital gold products are different from SEBI regulated gold products as they are neither notified as securities nor regulated as commodity derivatives. They operate entirely outside the purview of SEBI.
SEBI has stated that such digital gold products may entail significant risks for investors and may expose investors to counterparty and operational risks and none of the investor protection mechanisms under securities market purview shall be available for investments in such Digital Gold/ E-Gold products.
Invitation For Empanelment Of Practising Chartered Accountants / Chartered Accountant Firms Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (FDCM Limited), Nagpur,…
Press Registrar General of India (PGRI) invites application for empanelment of Chartered Accountants. The Press Registrar General of India manages…
CBDT notifies revised Form No. 169 for making application for registration as a valuer under section 514 and authorised income…
Curtailing time to file reply to notice u/s 148A(b) from statutorily available 30 days to 15 days seriously prejudiced assessee’s…
At the stage of registration u/s 12AB, the CIT(E) not empowered to adjudicate applicability of provisio to section 2(15) of…
Flower bed area could not be included in the definition of “built up area” to calculate eligible limit of 1000…