sebi:WTM/KMA/IVD/350/01/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration of the stock broker suspended for three weeks
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 28(2)
Parties
- CFL Securities Limited
Holding
The certificate of registration of CFL Securities Limited was suspended for three weeks for contravening Regulation 4(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(1), (2), (3) and (5) of the Code of Conduct for stock brokers, by executing fictitious/non-genuine trades in the shares of the Company with an associate entity.
Full text
Page 2 of 8 dated May 27, 2005, enclosing therewith a copy of the Enquiry Report, was issued to the stock broker, directing it to show cause as to why action as recommended by the Enquiry Officer should not be taken against it. The said notice also required the stock broker to explain why consequential action under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Criteria for Fit and Proper Person) Regulations, 2004 should not be taken against it. In response to the said notice, the stock broker submitted its reply, vide letter dated June 20, 2005. While the instant proceeding was in progress, the stock broker filed an application dated August 13, 2008 for passing of a consent order in terms of SEBI Circular dated April 20, 2007. Pursuant to the rejection of the said application, the stock broker was granted opportunities of hearing on July 2, 2009 and on February 3, 2010, when Mr. Bhupen Dalal, Advocate appeared on behalf of the stock broker and made submissions. Mr. Milan B. Dalal, director of the stock broker was also present in the hearing. The learned advocate while making submissions, requested SEBI to dispose off the proceedings pending against the stock broker and its group entities. The learned advocate also undertook to file written
Page 3 of 8 shares at `61/-. Out of the shares sold, 25,000 shares were purchased by a client, Ivory Securities Limited, trading through another stock broker, Fincap Portfolio Limited and 50,000 shares were purchased by another client Penwell Traders Limited, trading another stock broker, Aman Portfolio Limited. Further, on April 23 and 24, 2001, the stock broker sold 55,000 shares at ` 60/-, which were purchased by Tauras Mutual Fund (for its scheme Libra Leap) acting through four different stock brokers. b. It was also found that the shares of the Company were transferred from the stock broker to Tauras Mutual Fund through a client, Ivory Securities Limited. Ivory Securities Limited had purchased, through Fincap Portfolio Limited, 19,970 shares at `54/- ` 55/- on March 21, 2001, 10,000 shares at `63/- on April 11, 2001 and 25,000 shares at `61/- `62/- on April 19, 2001. The respective selling clients for those purchases were HB Stock Holdings Limited (trading through the stock broker, HB Securities Limited), HB Portfolio Limited (through the stock broker, Birla Sun Life Securities Limited) and CFL Securities Limited (in its proprietary account). It was also found that Ivory Securities Limited sold those shares subsequently through Fincap Portfolio Limited in the following manner- 13,000 shares at ` 59.50/- on April 17, 2001; 19, 970 shares at ` 64/- on April 24, 2001 and 15,845 shares at `62/- on April 24, 2001. The respective buying clients were found to be Tauras Mutual F
Page 4 of 8 3. The Enquiry Officer had noticed that the stock broker had purchased the shares of the Company from Tropical Securities and Investments Private Limited and later on sold the same to Taurus Mutual Fund. Further, the stock broker was also found to have sold the shares to Ivory Securities Limited and Penwell Traders Limited, which were subsequently sold to the said mutual fund. The said report had also noted from the trade details provided in the show cause notice (issued to the stock broker in the instant proceeding by the Enquiry Officer) that wherever the stock broker was a counterparty stock broker, the buy orders and sell orders were placed almost at the same time and also the order price and quantity were also almost matching. Few such instances were mentioned in a table at pages 16-18 in the Enquiry Report. I have noted the aforesaid transactions mentioned in the Enquiry Report. In this regard, I note that vide an Order dated October 8, 2010, SEBI had disposed of the show cause notice dated August 19, 2004 issued to various entities including Ivory Securities Limited, Penwell Traders Limited, Alaknanda Capital Services Private Limited. The said Order had given benefit of doubt to the aforesaid entities in respect of the charge of contravening Regulation 4(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the PFUTP Regulations while dealing in the shares of the Company during the investigation period. It was observed in the said Order that the relation between the CFL group and the HB
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