The National Stock Exchange provided compensation worth Rs 52 crore to investors who were defrauded by brokers in FY24, against Rs 129 crore in FY23, Rs 535 crore in FY22 and Rs 552 crore in FY21, official data showed
While the SAT's direction was to SEBI, National Stock Exchange (NSE) and National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL), SC has granted interim relief only to SEBI. The apex court will hear pleas by NSE and NSDL for interim reliefs on January 29.
SAT in its order asked the 3 bodies to return shares pledged by Karvy Stock Broking to the brokerage's lenders or compensate the lenders with the value of the underlying securities along with an interest of 10% per annum
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Stock broker will continue to be liable for payment of dues
The Karvy demat scam, which first came to light in the second half of 2019, was orchestrated by the brokerage house by pledging securities lying in the demat account of unsuspecting customers.
It all began sometime in late 2019 when the SEBI learnt that Karvy had pledged the shares of its clients without their knowledge to raise funds for the group firms.
Without NOC from Karvy or SEBI’s approval, fund houses can’t pay sub-brokers directly, putting them in financial strain.
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Beleaguered stock broker Karvy will clear its obligations towards lenders and clients by the first week of March, SEBI chairman Ajay Tyagi told reporters today.
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The lenders are hoping to recover money from Karvy by seeking the sale of broker’s assets which is pledged with bankers by the DRT. A source close to development told Moneycontrol, "Karvy's promoters pledged their own stake and other assets which are around worth of Rs 5,000 crore."
Lenders that extended loans to Karvy, partially in lieu of client securities, had enough warning signs that something was amiss.
Karvy is under regulatory lens for allegedly misusing securities of over 95,000 clients which it was holding to raise over Rs 600 crore in loans.
The lenders should have completed their proper due-diligence before releasing the money
Here's an explainer on what the Karvy scam is all about, how banks have been affected and who's at fault.
SAT had earlier directed SEBI to hear Bajaj Finance's plea and pass an order by December 10.
Bajaj Finance has moved the SAT to challenge SEBI's decision on restoring Karvy's pledged securities to its clients.
After considering the facts and circumstances of the case including enormity of the prima facie violations observed against Karvy, Sebi in an order passed late night Friday said it would not be prudent to allow the use of PoA by Karvy given to it by its clients.
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The lenders, five private banks and an NBFC, have a collective exposure of Rs 1,415 crore against these pledged shares
Tyagi's comments come days after SEBI banned Karvy, with immediate effect, for selling client stocks pledged with it through associated entities.
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