Regulator proposes discontinuing of pooled accounts, to protect investors
Karvy Financial Services was required to disclose creation of pledge to the company as well as the BSE in accordance with the market norms
Axis Bank had moved to the SAT seeking the shares pledged by Karvy Stock Broking Limited (KSBL) to the lender be unfrozen, so that it can invoke the pledges
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Lender had approached tribunal seeking shares pledged by Karvy to it be unfreezed, saying the clients who owned the securities owed money to Karvy and therefore the pledge was good in law
Amid instances of crises at various entities in the financial sector, Sebi chief Ajay Tyagi on Monday said such things affect trust of investors but that do not mean everything is wrong, and the regulator is taking steps quite quickly. "Whatever improvement is required, we are doing it quite quickly... whatever is in Sebi's domain," Tyagi said and referred to action taken in the case of crisis at Karvy Stock Broking Ltd. When asked whether instances such as crisis at DHFL, IL&FS and KSBL have impacted investors' trust, Tyagi said, "definitely such things affect the trust (of investors) but that does not mean everything is bad or everything is wrong". According to him, whatever was in Sebi's domain, the regulator has done things quite promptly. "Karvy was in our domain. We did very promptly. We are trying to improve on rating agencies side... and on bond market development," he said. On November 22, Sebi barred KSBL from taking new clients in respect of its stock broking activities
Their complaint stated about 45,000 investors had been affected by the alleged fraud
The circular "directly concerned the business activity" of the lenders
Lender had overdraft facility of Rs 100 crore to brokerage
Karvy group's commodity broking arm, too, is facing a liquidity crisis because of some issues related to NCDEX
In its plea, Axis Bank has also made Central Depository Services as one of the respondents, along with NSDL and Sebi.
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The latest communication comes against the backdrop of Karvy Stock Broking Ltd unauthorisedly transferring securities worth Rs 2,300 crore of more than 95,000 clients, into its account
Investors said while Sebi acted swiftly in the case of Karvy, it has done nothing to address their problem
Karvy is alleged to have gone beyond by using its client securities to raise money for its other businesses, including real estate
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SAT has directed Sebi to pass an order on the matter by December 12. Sebi's circular in June had said clients' securities that were pledged must be unpledged and returned to them
The Karvy incident may result in the collapse of the loan-against-shares market as it raises questions over the sanctity of pledged securities, say experts
They should not be made to pay for Karvy's unethical conduct