sebi:WTM/SR/SEBI/IMD/55/10/2016
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Facts / Headnote
Ad-interim ex-parte directions issued restraining the noticees from acting as investment advisers without registration, prohibiting diversion of funds, requiring withdrawal of advertisements, and requiring compliance with earlier information demands; order treated as show cause notice.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 12
Regulations
- Reg. 3(1)
- Reg. 2(m)
Parties
- Singhania Media Solutions Private Limited
- Ankitkumar Shashikant Singhania
- Shashikant Singhania
Holding
The activities of Singhania Media Solutions and its directors, Ankit Singhania and Shashikant Singhania, of giving trading tips and stock-specific recommendations to investors for fees prima facie fall within the definition of 'investment adviser' under Regulation 2(m) of the SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013, and they were directed to cease such unregistered activity pending further proceedings.
Full text
Page 2 of 11 letter and email dated June 16, 2016, required Singhania Media Solutions to furnish the following information along with the supporting documents, viz. –
Page 3 of 11 2.6 Singhania Media Solutions submitted its reply vide letter dated July 27, 2016 wherein they provided, inter alia, the following information: a. Address, phone number and PAN of the company and its directors; b. Copy of Income Tax Return and Audited Balance Sheet for FY 2013-14 and FY 2014- 2015; c. Copy of bank statement for its bank account for the period from March 01, 2016 to July 17, 2016; d. Copy of Certificate of Incorporation and copy of challan of Memorandum of Association and Article of Association of Singhania Media Solutions.
Page 4 of 11 2.10 It was observed that earlier SEBI had passed an ad-interim ex-parte order (WTM/SR/SEBI/IMD/197/12/2015) on December 30, 2015 against the said Mr. Ankitkumar Shashikant Singhania, for engaging in investment advisory services through his proprietary concern, Gocapital, without obtaining registration from SEBI. The following directions, inter alia, were issued against him: a. to cease and desist from acting as investment advisers and cease to solicit or undertake such activities or any other unregistered activity in the securities market, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever; b. to immediately withdraw and remove all advertisements, representations, literatures, brochures, materials, publications, documents, websites, etc. in relation to their investment advisory or any unregistered activity in the securities market.
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