sebi:QJA/GG/WRO/WRO/24160/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Noticee held to have violated IA Regulations on suitability, risk profiling, fiduciary duty, fees and grievance redressal; certain allegations regarding assured returns, cash/hawala, call records and WhatsApp communications dropped for lack of proof; no refund directions issued.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12A
- s. 15H
- s. 15C
- s. 15E
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 2(1)(c)
- Reg. 9
- Reg. 15
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 21
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 15(1)
- Reg. 15(9)
- Reg. 13(b)
- Reg. 16(a)
- Reg. 61
Parties
- Star World Research
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulations 15(1), 16(a), 21 and related Code of Conduct provisions by mis-selling, improper risk profiling, charging arbitrary fees and delaying SCORES redressal, while allegations requiring forensic proof of calls, emails and WhatsApp messages were dropped.
Full text
Order in the matter of Star World Research 2 | 37 Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations”) and circulars issued by SEBI. In short, the SCN alleged as follows:
Order in the matter of Star World Research 3 | 37 submissions of the Noticee are not being listed below, and will be taken up for consideration issue-wise in the later part of this order.
Order in the matter of Star World Research 4 | 37 Risk profiling. 16. Investment adviser shall ensure that,- (a) it obtains from the client, such information as is necessary for the purpose of giving investment advice, including the following:- (i) age (ii) investment objectives including time for which they wish to stay invested, the purposes of the investment; (iii) income details; (iv) existing investments/ assets; (v) risk appetite / tolerance; (vi) liability / borrowing details. (b) it has a process for assessing the risk a client is willing and able to take, including: (i) assessing a client’s capacity for absorbing loss; (ii)identifying whether client is unwilling or unable to accept the risk of loss of capital; (iii)appropriately interpreting client responses to questions and not attributing inappropriate weight to certain answers. ………xxxxxxxxxxxxxx……..
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