sebi:WTM/SR/IMD/200/12/2015
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Facts / Headnote
Application for reconsideration rejected; SEBI Order dated February 27, 2015 (rejecting renewal of certificate of registration as portfolio manager) upheld; certificate to stand cancelled after thirty days
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 27(1)
- s. 24(1)
- s. 26(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 9
- Reg. 10
- Reg. 10(1)
- Reg. 10(3)
- Reg. 6A
- Reg. 6(1)(f)
Parties
- Sahara AMC
Holding
SEBI rejected Sahara AMC's application for reconsideration of the February 27, 2015 Order, holding that Sahara AMC is not a 'fit and proper person' under the Portfolio Managers Regulations read with the Intermediaries Regulations because Shri Subrata Roy Sahara exercises substantial controlling interest and significant influence over Sahara AMC through the Promoter Companies.
Full text
Page 2 of 15 6. Before proceeding further, it is pertinent to refer to the relevant provisions of the Portfolio Managers Regulations and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 ("Intermediaries Regulations"), which read as under:
Page 3 of 15 10. Procedure where registration is not granted. 1. Where an application for grant of a certificate under regulation 3 or of renewal under regulation 9 does not satisfy the requirements set out in regulation 6, the Board may reject the application, after giving an opportunity of being heard.
Page 4 of 15 8. Thereafter, vide an Order dated February 27, 2015, SEBI disposed of Sahara AMC’s application dated July 6, 2012, with the following directions –
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