IIFL Securities shares tank over 18% on Sebi order
Live MintIIFL Securities share price plunged over 18% in early deals on Tuesday after capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India barred the company from taking new clients for 2 years. However, IIFL Securities said that the Sebi’s order does not affect the company's existing business with the existing clients. Read Here: SEBI bars IIFL Securities from taking new clients for 2 years The order came after the Securities and Exchange Board of India conducted multiple inspections of the books of account of IIFL for the period April 2011 to January 2017. In its probe, Sebi found that IIFL has misused the funds of its credit balance clients for settlement of its proprietary trades as well as the trades of its debit balance clients from April 2011 to June 2014, and the said violations were again noticed during March 2017 inspection for the period of FY 2015-16 and 2016-17.