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Kotak Trustee, 6 others fined over Essel exposure

The total penalty imposed on the Kotak Trustee and six others (noticees) works out to Rs 1.6 crore

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Chirag Madia
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday imposed penalties on Kotak Mahindra Trustee Company; Nilesh Shah, managing director, Kotak Mutual Fund; Laxshmi Iyer, chief investment officer (debt); and four others over the fund house’s exposure to securities issued by the Essel group.

The total penalty imposed on the Kotak Trustee and six others (noticees) works out to Rs 1.6 crore.

In 2019, Kotak MF had extended the maturity period of six of its fixed maturity plans (FMPs), a close-ended MF scheme, which the Sebi order says “negatively affected” the interests of unitholders. 

This was after the fund house entered into

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