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Markets regulator Sebi on Monday provided relaxation of 60 days to large Registrars to an issue/ Share Transfer Agents (RTAs) from complying with the enhanced requirements pertaining to periodic reporting. Under the rules, QRTAs or qualified RTAs are required to comply with enhanced responsibilities through adoption and implementation of an internal policy framework and periodic reporting requirements. In a circular, Sebi clarified that an RTA would be categorised as QRTA if at any time during a financial year, the combined number of physical and demat folios being serviced by the RTA for listed companies exceeds 2 crore. In case of the categorisation as a QRTA, an intimation needs to be sent by the RTA within five working days to Sebi. Further, it said that an RTA will be considered as a QRTA from the date of categorisation as a QRTA and will be considered as such for the next 3 financial years, irrespective of subsequent fall in number of folios and will be liable to comply with
Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on an entity and its directors for violating the regulatory norms in the case of CapitalVia Global Research Ltd. The regulator slapped a fine of Rs 50 lakh on CapitalVia Global Research Ltd (Noticee 1) and its directors -- Kiran Ravindra Kumar Choudhary (Noticee 2), Rohit Gadia (Noticee 3) and Prem Prakash (Noticee 4). The penalty has to be paid jointly and severally. The order came after Sebi conducted an inspection of CapitalVia Global Research Ltd from April 2016 to September 2017 to verify whether CapitalVia and its directors had complied with regulatory requirements prescribed under IA (Investment Advisers) norms. Sebi had issued two orders against the company and its directors. In the first order vide dated November 2016, it directed noticees not to solicit or undertake any fresh advisory business from the date of order till further directions. In its second order, which was passed on January 2017, noticees w