SEBI Whole Time Member, Ananth Narayan, expressed concerns over valuation practices and highlighted risks such as 'valuation shopping' and lack of accountability for significant deviations.
Narayan suggested applying lessons from the credit rating industry, such as disclosing assumptions and sensitivity ranges.
He recommended deepening engagement between CFOs, audit committees, and auditors, and reducing the time lag between annual results and full annual reports.
SEBI's regulatory mechanisms aim to include industry inputs, and CFOs are encouraged to be proactive in regulatory discussions.
Narayan emphasized that SEBI's enforcement actions are evidence-based and must meet the threshold of preponderance of probability.