sebi:WTM/AB/WRO/ILO/2/2020-21
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Facts / Headnote
Violation found; Noticees directed to refund fees, debarred from securities market for 2 years and restrained from associating with listed companies/intermediaries.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 25
Regulations
- Reg. 2(1)(l)
- Reg. 3(1)
- Reg. 2(m)
- Reg. 2(l)
Parties
- M/s A2 Financial Services
- Mr. Ashish Jain
- Mr. Ashutosh Mishra
Holding
A2 Financial Services and its partners Ashish Jain and Ashutosh Mishra acted as unregistered investment advisers in violation of Section 12(1) of SEBI Act and Regulation 3(1) of IA Regulations and were directed to refund collected fees with 2-year market debarment.
Full text
Final Order in the matter of A2 Financial Services Page 1 of 17 WTM/ AB /WRO/ILO/2 /2020-21 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
Final Order in the matter of A2 Financial Services Page 2 of 17 b. A2FS has disclosed/claimed in its communication to the complainants as well as in the material disclosed on its website that it is providing investment advisory services. c. As per the partnership deed of A2FS, it is in the business of providing tips and advisory services in commodity and equity share market. d. A2FS in its website has disclosed the bank account details and link to payU Money payment gateway for payment of advisory fee. The payments bank amounting to Rs. 40 lakhs (received through PayU Money and Atom gateway) is credited in the bank account of A2FS maintained with ICICI. It shows that A2FS has received consideration for its advisory services. e. Credits from PayU Money were observed to be between June, 2015 and March, 2017, and credits from Atom gateway were from March, 2016 to January, 2018.
Final Order in the matter of A2 Financial Services Page 3 of 17 9. Copy of complaint received by SEBI from Nirmala Hulle dated January 19, 2016
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