Axis Securities slammed with Rs 10 lakh penalty for violating stock brokers rules

NEW DELHI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has imposed a Rs 10 lakh penalty on Axis Securities for breaching stockbroker laws and different compliance norms. The agency has been directed to pay the nice inside 45 days, the regulator acknowledged in its order issued on Friday.
In its 82-page order, sebi discovered that Axis Securities had failed to stick to regulatory procedures throughout a number of areas, together with reporting discrepancies and improper dealing with of shopper funds.
The agency was discovered to have inconsistencies in its enhanced supervision reporting to stock exchanges, in addition to mismatches between stock statements and precise holdings in depository accounts.
Sebi additionally famous that Axis Securities had not settled shoppers’ funds and securities in line with their acknowledged preferences and failed to offer retention statements with account particulars. Further, the agency handed on penalties imposed by stock exchanges for quick assortment of margins to its shoppers, which the regulator deemed improper.
The watchdog discovered that Axis Securities transferred securities of shoppers with credit score balances to a (*10*) and didn’t adequately deal with buyer grievances. Additionally, the market regulator highlighted discrepancies within the brokerage agency’s reporting of politically uncovered individuals and margin buying and selling publicity, with one occasion of a shortfall in margin assortment.
The penalty follows sebi’s inspection of Axis Securities protecting the interval from April 2021 to November 2022.