sebi:WTM/GA/123/ERO/1/07
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Facts / Headnote
Major penalty of suspension of the certificate of registration of D B & Co. INB 030067311 imposed
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 13(4)
- Reg. 5(1)
- Reg. 13(2)
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 47
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
- Reg. 4(2)
Parties
- D B & Co.
Holding
The Broker D B & Co. violated Regulations 4(2)(a) and (e) of the FUTP Regulations and Clauses A(1), (2), (3) and 4 of the Broker Code of Conduct by executing manipulative cross deals and synchronized trades in Prime Capital Market Ltd., and a major penalty of suspension of its certificate of registration was imposed, higher than the Enquiry Officer's one-month recommendation.
Full text
Page 2 of 44 Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the FUTP Regulations) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the Broker Regulations) by various entities/stock brokers.
Page 3 of 44 Trading Data of the Broker No. of shares bought % to Total Buy No. of shares sold % to Total Sell Total no. of shares % to Total Buy & Sell 759252 41.68 759150 41.67 1518402 41.67
Page 4 of 44 1.7 Upon an analysis of the trade data submitted by CSE and the aforesaid stock brokers, it was found that most of the trades executed by the said stock brokers were client-to-client trades and were executed on a single terminal of the same stock broker. It was also noticed that the said stock brokers including the Broker had allowed their clients to place simultaneously both buy and sale orders of the same quantity at the same price in PCML, which led to the price rise and matched trades. The trades of the aforesaid stock brokers were identical in respect of the quantity and rates. Out of the total trades made by the Broker in the shares of PCML (15,18,402 shares), most of the trades (15,11,702 shares) were executed by the Broker as cross deals.
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