sebi:WTM/KMA/IVD/357/02/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration of the stock broker suspended for a period of two weeks, running concurrently with an earlier three-week suspension.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 28(2)
Parties
- CFL Securities Limited
Holding
The stock broker, CFL Securities Limited, was found to have contravened Regulation 4(a) and (b) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(3), (4) and (5) of the Code of Conduct for stock brokers, and its certificate of registration was suspended for two weeks, running concurrently with a prior three-week suspension.
Full text
Page 2 of 6 copy of the Enquiry Report, called upon the stock broker to show cause as to why action should not be taken against it as recommended by the Enquiry Officer. The stock broker submitted its response, vide reply dated October 18, 2005. While the instant proceeding was in progress, the stock broker had filed an application for passing of a Consent Order in terms of SEBI Circular dated April 20, 2007. Thereafter, pursuant to the rejection of the said application, the present proceeding was resumed and the stock broker was granted an opportunity of hearing on July 2, 2009. On the said date of hearing, Mr. Bhupen C. Dalal, Advocate appeared on behalf of the stock broker and made submissions. Mr. Milan B. Dalal, director of the stock broker and Mr. Deepak Sheth were also present in the hearing. The learned advocate while making submissions, requested SEBI to dispose off all proceedings pending against the group entities. The learned advocate also undertook to file written submissions at the earliest. Thereafter, the written submissions of the stock broker was forwarded to SEBI by Mr. Bhupen C. Dalal, Advocate, vide letters dated September 22, 2010 and February 4, 2011. The submissions made by the stock broker are considered and discussed below in this Order.
Page 3 of 6 in spot transactions from M/s. Aditi A. Dalal (an entity related to the stock broker) and were sold and purchased back by the stock broker (own trades) by a scheme of finance. It was further observed by the Enquiry Officer that this cycle of financing and matched transactions were continued settlement after settlement during the period of investigation. Further, it was also observed that the stock broker was indulging in structured/matched transactions for own account as well as for its associate, Pursarth Trading Company Private Limited and the counterparty clients were again the associates of the stock broker, namely, Tropical Securities and Investments Private Limited and M/s. S. Ramdas. I also note that the Enquiry Report has mentioned the alleged structured deals executed by the stock broker with Fincap Portfolio Limited for its clients, Alaknanda Capital Services Private Limited and Ivory Securities Limited and also with HB Securities Limited for its client, Alaknanda Capital Services Private Limited. The stock broker was also found to have indulged in temporary funding arrangements for the pay-in obligations to the stock exchanges.
Page 4 of 6 period, and matched/structured between broking entities, who were directly/indirectly a party to the financing transactions. Therefore, these matched/structured transactions were entered into with a purpose. .
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