A core investment company is a limited company with equity & preference
shares or debentures in some other company. These companies are created as group businesses to
control the subsidiaries by holding a majority of the shares. These companies basically invest
in shares of their own group companies for stake holding but cannot trade these instruments or
carry out any other kind of financial activity. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) states that core
investment companies must register as NBFCs. They cannot trade in shares and debentures. RBI
asserts that the CICs which have a net asset of Rs. 100 crore or above shall be considered as
systemically important (SI) companies.
Core investment companies are required to be registered with RBI under section 45 IA of the RBI
Act 1934 and obtain a Certificate of Registration (CoR).
The basic eligibility criteria of a Core Investment company is that it can accept deposits. The asset classification norms for CICs are:
According to the Core Investment Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016, the following provisions need to be fulfilled by all CICs, as per the last audited balance sheet:-
The CIC needs to hold at least 90% of its net assets in the form of investment in equity shares, preference shares, debentures, bonds, debt or loans in group companies. The remaining 10% can be held in investments outside the group. Such as real estate or other types of fixed assets, essential for running the company. But not to be financial investments or loans in non-group companies.
The CIC needs to hold at least 90% of its net assets in the form of investment in equity shares, preference shares, debentures, bonds, debt or loans in group companies. The remaining 10% can be held in investments outside the group. Such as real estate or other types of fixed assets, essential for running the company. But not to be financial investments or loans in non-group companies.
The investment of the CIC in the shares of the group companies must be minimum 60% of the net worth of its assets.
It is not allowed to carry out any other financial activity other than:
For a CIC-ND-SI, it is mandatory to be registered with RBI. In case it does not have a CoR from RBI, it shall are viewed as in violation of the Core Investment Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016.
The CICs that are exempt from registration, however, need to pass a Board Resolution that they will not indulge in accessing public funds, in the future.
RBI states a comprehensive list of documents for a company to register itself as CIC. Only some of them can be listed here, as RBI may ask for other documents, as it considers necessary.
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