Sebi bars HRSA, its proprietor from securities mkt for 6 months

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Thursday barred Heaven Analysis Safety Advisory (HRSA) and its proprietor from securities markets for six months for offering funding advisory providers with out authorisation. In response to a Sebi order, the entities had been engaged in funding advisory providers with out acquiring a certificates of registration from Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), thereby violating the IA (Funding Advisers) laws.

The noticees collected Rs 19.50 lakh throughout November 2016-2019, Sebi stated within the last order.

Sebi has directed the noticees to refund the cash collected inside three months obtained from the purchasers as charges in respect of their funding advisory actions, in accordance with the order.

Additionally, the regulator barred the noticee from the securities markets for a interval of six months or until the expiry of six months from the date of completion of refund to purchasers/ buyers, whichever is later.

As well as, they shall not undertake funding advisory providers or any exercise within the securities markets with out acquiring a certificates of Sebi, both immediately or not directly, throughout or after the expiry of the debarment interval, the order stated.

In the meantime, in a separate order, the regulator slapped a nice of Rs 14 lakh on 4 entities for violating market norms within the matter of (previously, Iris Mediaworks Ltd; now, WinPro Industries Ltd).