In the order of -1-Pana, Sebi found that Axis Securities failed to comply with regulatory action in many areas, including reports of discrepancies and improper management of client funds.
Market regulator discovered that Axis securities have inconsistencies in stock statements compared to its advanced supervision reporting and real holdings in depository accounts.
The Securities and Exchange Board, India F India (SEBI), also inspected that Axis Securities did not even resolve the funds and securities of the customers as per the choice received from the customers and also failed to provide retention statements with account details.
In addition, Brokerage Pay Firm passed on a penalty imposed by stock exchanges on its customers for short storage of upfront/non -upfront margins on it, Sebi said.
Market Watch Ch Dog noted that Brokerage Pay FirM transferred customers’ securities to a “Client Unpacked Securities Account” with credit balance and did not address customer complaints.
In addition, in contact with Sebi politically exposed individuals and margin trading, which was exposed to a client’s margin collection, there were some discrepancies on the part of Axis Securities, in contact with increased politically open individuals and margin trading.
Accordingly, the regulator imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Axis Securities.
The order came after Sebi inspected Axis Securities for the period from April 2021 to November 2022.
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