sebi:WTM/SR/SEBI/IMD/27/05/2016
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Facts / Headnote
Ad interim ex-parte directions issued against Anirudh Sethi to cease acting as investment adviser and research analyst, withdraw all materials, and furnish information sought by SEBI; order treated as show cause notice
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 12
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(1)
- Reg. 2(m)
- Reg. 2(u)
Parties
- Anirudh Sethi
Holding
SEBI prima facie held that Anirudh Sethi was engaged in providing investment advisory services and research analyst services for consideration without obtaining registration from SEBI, in violation of Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act read with Regulation 3(1) of the Investment Advisers Regulations and Regulation 3(1) of the Research Analysts Regulations. An ad interim ex-parte order was issued directing him to cease such activities, withdraw all related materials, and furnish the information sought by SEBI.
Full text
Page 2 of 14 Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (PFUTP Regulations, 2003). It was also alleged that Anirudh Sethi acted as a portfolio manager without obtaining registration from SEBI as required under Section 12 of SEBI Act read with Regulation 3 of SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 1993 (Portfolio Managers Regulations, 1993).
Page 3 of 14 Fraudulent and Unfair Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003) was confirmed vide order dated July 29, 2009.
Page 4 of 14 a. Address of Mr. Anirudh Sethi along with the phone numbers, legal structure and PAN; b. Names, addresses, PAN and phone numbers of all his employees, agents, representatives and associates, if any; c. The list of all the securities/investment activities undertaken by him; d. Since when he is in the business of investment advisory/research analyst; e. The following details year-wise in a tabular format, viz:- i. Package/service offered by Anirudh Sethi to his clients; ii. Number of clients to whom he has provided the package/service; iii. Total amount of money collected from the aforesaid clients as fees during the year. f. List of clients and fee charged for various products/services offered by him; g. Details of SEBI registration, if any, obtained by him; h. A copy of account statements of all his bank accounts for the last three financial years; i. Details of his website, person responsible for hosting and maintaining such websites;
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