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Markets regulator Sebi on Monday cancelled the registration of four stock brokers and 11 depository participants, including Karvy Stock Broking and Anugrah Stock & Broking. Irrespective of the cancellation of registration certificate, the respective entities will continue to be liable for anything done as depository participant or stock broker and will continue to be responsible for payment of outstanding fees and dues and interest if any, due to Sebi. The directions will come into force with immediate effect, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in two separate orders. Sebi said the registration of four stock brokers -- KSBL Securities, Conard Securities, Anee Securities and Credential Stock Brokers -- have been cancelled upon expulsion from the stock exchanges. The exchanges have informed Sebi that brokers were expelled from their membership by them and the same has been communicated to them, the order mentioned. The four entities have ceased to satisfy the ...
Sebi on Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs 90 lakh on Anugrah Stock and Broking Pvt Ltd for violations of market norms. The order follows a joint investigation carried out by Sebi, BSE, NSE and Central Depository Services India between April 2017 and September 2018. "It is established that the noticee failed to segregate client's funds inter-se and/ or between clients' funds and its own funds, misutilised the funds of clients, pledged the securities of clients other than the respective client obligation, funding the clients by allowing exposure beyond the prescribed time frame as specified in the regulations, failed to settle client accounts...," Sebi said. The noticee is Anugrah Stock and Broking. Sebi found that the broker had misused credit clients' funds to meet the obligations of debit balance clients and the amount of misutilisation ranged between Rs 8.05 crore and Rs 118.77 crore for the selected sample days. In addition, the broker misutilised clients' funds and securities by ..