sebi:CO/148/ERO/01/2005
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration of M/s. Swadha Securities Limited (SEBI Registration No. INB031141238) suspended for a period of six months with effect from expiry of twenty one days from the date of the Order.
Provisions invoked
- s. 4(3)
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 13(2)
- Reg. 13(4)
- Reg. 4(a)
Parties
- M/s. Swadha Securities Limited
Holding
The certificate of registration of M/s. Swadha Securities Limited was suspended for six months for executing synchronized cross deals in Offshore Finvest Ltd. in violation of Regulation 7 read with the Code of Conduct and Regulation 4 of the PFUTP Regulations.
Full text
increase in volumes also. The total volume of Offshore Finvest Ltd. traded at CSE between settlement nos.2002115 and 2002129 was 15,49,400 shares. Out of this 14,44,400 shares, constituting 93.22% of the volumes were traded through three members, including the said broker.
2.2 The Enquiry Officer, after conducting the enquiry as per the procedure prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India ( Procedure for Holding Enquiry by Enquiry Officer and Imposing Penalty ) Regulations,2002 ( hereinafter referred to as “ the said Enquiry Regulations “ ) submitted a report dated 21st July, 2004 and recommended that a major penalty of suspension of certificate of registration for a period of six months against the said broker.
- that the price increase during the period of 32 working days ( 27th August,2001 to 12th October,2001 ) when the broker traded was from Rs.52/- to Rs.70.40. The average price increase per working day during that 32 working days is negligible ( 58 paisa ). - that it obtained `Know Your Client’ forms and `Member-Client’ agreement and allotted a unique code to each client before executing any trade. The broker also stated all the trades were done in the respective codes of clients only and none of the trades were done in `Self Code’. - that in case of transactions where buyers and sellers were its clients, delivery has been made to all the buyers of securities and deliveries were received from all the sellers of the securities through the broker’s pool / beneficiary account. - that since there was transfer of beneficial ownership for all trades done by the clients, it is baseless to charge it on the ground that purchase or sale of securities was done with an intention of not to effect transfer of beneficial ownership.
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