SEBI Notification - KYC Updation

All investors are required to update their latest address, PAN details, email ids, mobile no and income range immediately in Demat accounts and Trading Accounts. This will also help the investors to get the instant information of their account.

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SEBI has, vide the Circular No. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD_RTAMB/P/CIR/2021/655 dated November 3, 2021, mandated the furnishing of PAN, Address with PIN, email address, mobile number, bank account details and nomination by holders of physical securities. Folios wherein any one of the cited document / details are not available on or after Apr 01, 2023, shall be frozen by the Registrars and Transfer Agent of the Company (RTA).

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Filing complaints on SCORES - Easy & quick

• Register on SCORE Portal
• Mandatory details for filing complaints on SCORES:
1. Name, PAN, Address, Mobile Number, Email ID
• Benefits
1. Effective communication
2. Speedy redressal of the grievances

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PFRDA REGULATION FIFTH AMENDMENT RELATED TO CONTINUATION OF NPS ACCOUNT AFTER 60 TO 70 YEAR

We wish to inform you that As per the aforesaid regulations, a subscriber not having any employee-employer relationship and after attaining the age of 60 years not having exercised the option to continue within the period of fifteen days, so stipulated, shall continue in the National Pension System till he attains the age of seventy years i.e subscriber registered under All Citizens of India sector can continue in NPS till the age of 70 years of age without submitting deferment /continuation request.

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Investor Alert - IPO - ASBA,
As per new SEBI norms, Investors are not required to issue cheques while subscribing to IPO. Investors are required to provide their Bank account details and sign in the subscriber form to make payment in case of allotment. Investors fund will be transferred only upon allotment. The scheme will be applicable from 1 Jan 2016.

For KYC -
"KYC is one time exercise while dealing in securities markets - once KYC is done through a SEBI registered intermediary (broker, DP, Mutual Fund etc.), you need not undergo the same process again when you approach another intermediary."

FOR SMS ALERTS -
"Prevent Unauthorized Transactions in your demat account --> Update your Mobile Number with your Depository Participant. Receive alerts on your Registered Mobile for all debit and other important transactions in your demat account directly from CDSL on the same day......................issued in the interest of investors."

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Attention Investors

• Beware of fixed/guaranteed/regular returns/ capital protection schemes. Brokers or their authorized persons or any of their associates are not authorized to offer fixed/guaranteed/regular returns/ capital protection on your investment or authorized to enter into any loan agreement with you to pay interest on the funds offered by you. Please note that in case of default of a member claim for funds or securities given to the broker under any arrangement/ agreement of indicative return will not be accepted by the relevant Committee of the Exchange as per the approved norms.
• Do not keep funds idle with the Stock Broker. Please note that your stock broker has to return the credit balance lying with them, within three working days in case you have not done any transaction within last 30 calendar days. Please note that in case of default of a Member, claim for funds and securities, without any transaction on the exchange will not be accepted by the relevant Committee of the Exchange as per the approved norms.
• Check the frequency of accounts settlement opted for. If you have opted for running account, please ensure that your broker settles your account and, in any case, not later than once in 90 days (or 30 days if you have opted for 30 days settlement). In case of declaration of trading member as defaulter, the claims of clients against such defaulter member would be subject to norms for eligibility of claims for compensation from IPF to the clients of the defaulter member. These norms are available on Exchange website at following link: https://www.nseindia.com/invest/about-defaulter-section.
• Brokers are not permitted to accept transfer of securities as margin. Securities offered as margin/ collateral MUST remain in the account of the client and can be pledged to the broker only by way of ‘margin pledge’, created in the Depository system. Clients are not permitted to place any securities with the broker or associate of the broker or authorized person of the broker for any reason. Broker can take securities belonging to clients only for settlement of securities sold by the client.
• Always keep your contact details viz. Mobile number/Email ID updated with the stock broker. Email and mobile number is mandatory and you must provide the same to your broker for updation in Exchange records. You must immediately take up the matter with Stock Broker/Exchange if you are not receiving the messages from Exchange/Depositories regularly.
• Don't ignore any emails/SMSs received from the Exchange for trades done by you. Verify the same with the Contract notes/Statement of accounts received from your broker and report discrepancy, if any, to your broker in writing immediately and if the Stock Broker does not respond, please take this up with the Exchange/Depositories forthwith.
• Check messages sent by Exchanges on a weekly basis regarding funds and securities balances reported by the trading member, compare it with the weekly statement of account sent by broker and immediately raise a concern to the exchange if you notice a discrepancy.
• Please do not transfer funds, for the purposes of trading to anyone, including an authorized person or an associate of the broker, other than a SEBI registered Stock broker.

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