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Sebi slaps Rs 33.81 cr fine on Sharepro Services officials, others

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Friday slapped fines totalling Rs 33.81 crore on 13 individuals, including senior officials of Sharepro Services (I) Pvt Ltd for flouting regulatory norms. The regulator imposed a fine on senior officials of Sharepro -- Rs 15.8 crore on Indira Karkera (Vice President and client manager for a number of client companies of Sharepro) and Rs 5.16 crore on Govind Raj Rao (Managing Director). Apart from senior officials, Sebi also penalised Balram Mukherjee, Pradeep Rathod, Shrikant Bhalakia, Anil Jathan, Chetan Shah, Sujitkumar Amarnath Gupta, Bhavani Jathan, Anand S Bhalakia, Dayanand Jathan, Mohit Karkera and Rajesh Bhagat. These individuals are referred to as noticees. In its 200-page order, Sebi found that at least securities worth Rs 60.45 crore (on the basis of the value of respective scrip in October 2016) and dividends worth Rs 1.41 crore of genuine shareholders were misappropriated in the fraud. Further, certain unlisted securities of genuine

Sebi finalises SOP to stop promoter misuse of foreign cos for shareholding

With this, these investors will not be able to use overseas insurance companies to secretly own shares of a company and manipulate its share prices

Sebi bans individual from securities mkt for flouting regulatory norms

Capital markets regulator Sebi has barred an individual from the securities markets for a period of five years as well as slapped a fine of Rs 30 lakh for flouting regulatory norms. Besides, the regulator restrained Mohit Manghnani (proprietor of Wealthit Global) from associating himself as a director or key managerial personnel with any listed public company or any Sebi-registered intermediary for a period of five years. Sebi also directed Manghnani to resolve all complaints received through the regulator's SCORES portal within a period of three months. The order came after the markets watchdog had passed an ex parte order against Manghnani and the latter approached the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), which remanded the matter back to Sebi and directed the regulator to pass a fresh order. In its order passed on Friday, the regulator found that the noticee (Manghnani) did not cooperate with Sebi during the inspection and deceived its clients by not disclosing the information a

Sebi issues guidelines to improve governance, preparedness of QRTAs

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Friday came out with guidelines to strengthen governance of qualified Registrars and Transfer Agents (QRTAs) for handling disruption and improving preparedness by conducting periodic drills. In its circular, the regulator has asked QRTAs to put in place a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Site (DRS) in a bid to ensure continuity of operations and maintain data and transaction integrity. Apart from DRS, all QRTAs are required to have a Near Site (NS) to ensure zero data loss. Qualified RTAs -- RTAs having more than 2 crore folios -- are systemically important institutions as they provide the infrastructure necessary for the smooth and uninterrupted functioning of the securities market. As part of operational risk management, these QRTAs need to have a high level of resilience to provide essential facilities and perform systemically critical functions uninterruptedly in the securities market. The new guidelines are aimed at ...

Sebi eases norms for borrowing for large corporates through debt securities

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Thursday relaxed norms for borrowings through the issuance of debt securities large corporates to meet their financing needs. Under the rule, entities qualified as large corporates are required to meet 25 per cent mandatory borrowing from bonds. Large corporates are those that have an outstanding long-term borrowing of at least Rs 100 crore with a credit rating of 'AA and above' and have their debt securities listed on a stock exchange. Under the new framework, Sebi has introduced incentives for large corporates in case of surplus in the requisite borrowings and moderated disincentives if they fail to raise at least 25 per cent of their incremental borrowings through debt securities. In case of shortfall or surplus by way of issuance of debt securities, additional or lower contributions, respectively, to the core Settlement Guarantee Fund (SGF) of the Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation (LPCC) needs to be made by the LC, according to the ...

India's top regulators investigating alternate investment funds: Report

The sources declined to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media. Sebi and RBI did not respond to requests for comment

Sebi refuses to stay securities market ban on Eros International Media

Sebi on Friday refused to lift the securities market ban imposed on Eros International Media Ltd and four others in an alleged fund diversion case. Further, an investigation by Sebi will be completed in six months in the matter, according to the order. Apart from Eros International, the ban from dealing in the securities market will continue on its Managing Director Sunil Arjan Lulla, Chief Executive Officer Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi and the two promoter entities -- Eros Worldwide FZ LLC and Eros Digital Private Ltd. Sebi, in an interim order in June, had prohibited these five entities from the securities markets in a case pertaining to the possible diversion of funds based on prima facie findings, and now, it has confirmed the ban against them. In its confirmatory order passed on Friday, Sebi said that "no cogent reasoning has been furnished by the noticees (the five entities) about the prima facie findings in the interim order, including the allegations of siphoning off funds to ...

Krystal Integrated Services files IPO papers with Sebi to mobilise funds

Krystal Integrated Services has filed preliminary papers with Sebi to mobilise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO comprises fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 175 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of 17.5 lakh shares by promoter Krystal Family Holdings Pvt Ltd, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) uploaded on Sebi's website last week. Krystal Family Holdings owns 100 per cent stake in the company. Proceeds from the fresh issue will be utilised for debt payment, supporting working capital requirements, fund capital expenditure for purchase of new machinery and for general corporate purposes. Krystal is a leading integrated facilities management services company with a focus on healthcare, education, public administration, airports, railways and metro infrastructure, and retail sectors. Also, it provides staffing solutions and payroll management to customers, as well as private security and manned guarding services and catering services. I

Sebi asks brokers functioning in EOP to maintain minimum capital deposit

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Friday asked stock brokers functioning only in the Execution Only Platforms (EOP) segment to maintain a sum of Rs 10 lakh with the bourse as a base minimum capital deposit. The EOP is a digital or online platform which allows transactions in direct plans of mutual funds without the help of distributors. Under the rule, an entity desirous of providing execution-only services in direct plans of mutual funds can obtain registration under either of the two categories -- category 1 EOP as an agent of asset management companies registered with industry body Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) or category 2 EOP as an agent of investor, registered as a stock broker. "It has been decided that the members of stock exchanges functioning only in EOP segment (Category 2 EOP) shall maintain a sum of Rs 10 lakh with the stock exchange as BMC (base minimum capital) deposit," the regulator said in a circular. However, for members having registration of more

Sebi slaps Rs 55 lakh penalty on 11 entities for non-genuine trades

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Thursday slapped penalties totalling Rs 55 lakh on 11 entities for indulging in non-genuine trades in illiquid stock options segment on the BSE. In 11 separate orders, the regulator slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on Sanjay Kumar Agarwal HUF, Manoj Agrawal, Kanta Didwania, Harish Chandra Baldewa, Daksha Kirit Patel, Bestway Dealcom, Ziya Merchandise, S K Agarwal, and Sons HUF, Sumit Agarwal, Spectrum Technoprojects Pvt Ltd, and Sanjeev Mittal HUF. The orders came after the regulator observed large-scale reversal trades in the illiquid stock options segment on the BSE, leading to artificial volumes on the exchange. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) conducted an investigation into trading activities of certain entities engaged in the segment from April 2014 to September 2015. The entities to be fined were among those who indulged in reversal trades. Reversal trades are non-genuine as they are executed in the normal course of trading

One in three Indian investment advisors are not registered, says Sebi

The comments from Buch, the first woman to head India's markets regulator, come as the south Asian country continues to see an unprecedented retail investing boom

Sebi forms Working Groups to recommend simplification, ease of compliance

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday said it has constituted Working Groups to recommend on simplification of various rules, ease of compliance, and reduction in the cost of compliance. Also, the regulator has sought suggestions from public and regulated entities till November 6 towards simplifying the rules. The move came following an announcement made in the Union Budget for FY 2023-24. In a statement, the regulator said it has formed Working Groups to recommend simplification of various Sebi rules. "The Working Groups will also look into the compliance requirements to enhance ease of compliance and reduction in the cost of compliance," the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said. At present, 16 Working Groups, under the aegis of its standing advisory committees, are reviewing compliance requirements under various Sebi rules applicable for entities, including listed companies, mutual funds, stock brokers, alternative investment funds, REITs (real estate investm

Sebi penalises YES Securities for wrong reporting of margin, discrepancies

Capital markets regulator Sebi has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on YES Securities (India) Ltd for wrong reporting of margin and discrepancy in the computation of client's net worth. It has been directed to pay the fine within 45 days, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in its order. The order came after Sebi, jointly with the Stock exchanges -- NSE, BSE and MCX -- conducted inspection of documents and other records of YES Securities (India) Ltd to verify the possible violation of stock brokers' rule. In its order, Sebi found several violations, including wrong reporting of margin and discrepancy in reporting of net worth of clients by YES Securities, during July 2021 to March 2022. The regulator said the brokerage house sent the retention statements after the prescribed time of five days and also mailed the statements of accounts to wrong email addresses. Further, it was found that the brokerage house had projected a wrong reporting margin of Rs 2,083. In ..

Sebi examining proposal for extended derivative trading hours: Report

Sebi is assessing whether the extended hours will fuel already high derivative trading volumes and if the trade settlements will be smooth, one source said

Sebi extends deadline demat a/c nomination; SBI MF promotes DP Singh

In March, the regulator had extended the deadline from March 31 to September 30

Boards: Navigating regulation and reality

As governance regulations evolve, the task of building a board that truly serves a company's needs is going to become more challenging

Sebi removes penalties on cos unable to meet mandatory bond mkt borrowing

The regulator said it would grant more flexibility to large companies for incremental borrowing via bonds

Sebi slaps Rs 65 lakh fine on 13 firms for indulging in non-genuine trades

Capital markets regulator Sebi has imposed Rs 65 lakh fine on 13 entities for indulging in non-genuine trades in illiquid stock options segment on the BSE. In 13 separate orders on Wednesday, the regulator slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on Kalyan Devi Bothra, Kalpesh Udani HUF, Kallol Kutir Pvt Ltd, Jyotiben Prakashkumar Shah, Jyoti Patawari, Jyoti Kariwala, Jupiter Industries and Jugmug Sales Pvt Ltd. The other entities to be fined by Sebi were Jitendra Rameshbhai Patel, Jugal Kishore Gupta, Kajal Agarwal, JIT Finance Pvt Ltd and Jayshriben Dhirendrakumar Maniar. The order came after the regulator observed large-scale reversal trades in the illiquid stock options segment on the BSE, leading to artificial volumes on the exchange. Further, the regulator conducted an investigation into the trading activities of certain entities engaged in the segment from April 2014 to September 2015. The entities to be fined were among those who indulged in reversal trades, Sebi said. Reversal t

Rearview mirror investing can be perilous in floating-rate funds

Investors should opt for them when rates are expected to climb, not now when they are largely over

Securities Appellate Tribunal defers Zee-Sebi matter to September 13

The confirmatory order passed by Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch barred Goenka from holding any key managerial positions in the Zee group of companies