Wednesday, November 04, 2009

SEBI cautions brokers on misuse of power of attorneys



Many misuse has been happening in clients account and SEBI is trying to improve transparency, BUYER BE AWARE says law Investors should know their power, limitation and their rights to safeguard interest. Many brokering houses are big corporate so a commitment given by dealer, manager  orally doesn’t stay good in court of law only evidence will stand good, so when there is a conflict please record your contention through mail and register letter copy marked to higher authority and if there is no response use SEBI investor Grievance to record yourself.

http://investor.sebi.gov.in  investor protection website from SEBI

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is keeping a close watch on rising investor complaints on the misuse of Power of Attorney (PoA) by brokers. The industry watchdog has put out a discussion paper and will be issuing guidelines to address the issues of unauthorised trades and misappropriation of funds. CNBC-TV18’s Priyal Guliani reports.

SEBI has put out a discussion paper and has proposed that a specific PoA should be executed which basically limits the usage of the PoA. The transfer of securities held in the clients account should be for the limited use of margin and delivery obligation. Also, the usage of the funds from the client’s bank account should be limited for the usage of settlement obligation.

MS Sahoo, Whole Time Member of SEBI says SEBI is currently under a discussion stage and is are planning to come out with a guideline, which will have many dos and don’ts. “It will put obligations on the brokers and depository participants to be responsible for the use of PoAs.”

Other than that what SEBI is proposing is that the broker and the depository participants shall provide an original copy to the client after the execution and send SMS alerts on any transactions to the client. Also, there will be a clause included with regard to the settlement of disputes in the PoA.


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