sebi:USL/AO/DRK/AS-AKS/EAD-3/86/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty of Rs. 25,000 imposed on the noticee
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 10
- Reg. 12
Parties
- United Securities LLC
Holding
The noticee violated Regulation 10 (f) read with Regulation 12 (1) of the SEBI (FII) Regulations by investing through its proprietary FII account on behalf of nine clients without obtaining sub-account registration, and is liable under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992 with a penalty of Rs. 25,000.
Full text
Page 2 of 10 referred to as ‘Rules’) to inquire into and adjudge under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992 the violations of the provisions of Regulation 10 (f) read with Regulation 12 (1) of the SEBI (Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI (FII) Regulations’).
Page 3 of 10 dated May 28, 2008 and the current holdings in the account are at minimum. They have also reduced the total no. of clients from 9 to 5 and total value of holdings in shares is Rs 25, 707, 462 from an original total of Rs. 234, 633, 420.39. Further, there is no additional investments made afterwards and are also not investing any new amounts till the matter is cleared. d) They have applied for a sub account for Damac Invest Co. LLC which got registered on January 16, 2008 having registration number 20080072. Further, they have requested for transfer of its assets which was approved by SEBI vide letter IMD/FII/NM/129231/2008 dated June 19, 2008. e) They have discussed the registration of the remaining clients with IL&FS as a new custodian after their local custodian failed them in the matter at hand. IL&FS had conveyed that the remaining accounts are not eligible for registration as they are under the net worth requirements of SEBI from individuals and companies at that time. Therefore they have decided to liquidate the positions as instructed. f) They have decided to liquidate the position for the remaining clients. They had started selling positions of clients but the markets have faced sever corrections which had triggered their clients to request them to hold their position till the time is appropriate.
Page 4 of 10 that the noticee had appointed local custodian and the entire process of registrations was handled by the local custodian. The operations was started with their guidance and support and under their advice and according to accounts prepared by them after completing the registration with SEBI as an FII. Further, the noticee submitted that they had not invested their proprietary funds but have invested their client’s fund.
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