sebi:IVD/GR/AO/LS/CRFS/01/2010

SEBI · SEBI · 1993-11-18 · G. Ramar, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on Noticee

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 3

Parties

• M/S IFCI Financial Services Limited (formerly C.R.Finance & Securities Ltd)

Holding

The Noticee was held liable for violating SEBI circular no. SEBI/MIRSD/Cir-06/2004 dated January 13, 2004 and for failing to obtain separate registration as a sub-broker, and a penalty of Rs.50,000 was imposed under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act. Other alleged violations (fund transfers, portfolio manager allegation, imprudent risk management, group account dealings) were not upheld.

Full text

Page 2 of 12 before entering into the transactions with members of other stock exchanges. It was also observed that they had allowed few clients to continue to trade in spite of continuous debit balances in their accounts even for more than 180 days which amounts to imprudent risk management.

Page 3 of 12 5. A show cause notice dated November 05, 2009 under Rule 4 of the Adjudicating Rules was issued to the Noticee asking it to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against it and

Page 4 of 12 February 25, 2010. On the scheduled date of hearing, Mr. Raman SBS, Advocate appeared before the undersigned as the authorized representative of the Noticee and made submissions. Ms Chandra Ramesh and Mr D.V.Ramesh representatives of the Noticee also appeared before the undersigned. The Noticee also made additional written submissions vide their letter dated March 15,

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