Surveillance Policy
Policy on the surveillance of client trading activity — the transactional alerts downloaded from the exchange, and how each is analysed, dispositioned and reported.
Policy on the surveillance of client trading activity — the transactional alerts downloaded from the exchange, and how each is analysed, dispositioned and reported.
Revision note. This policy was revised in August 2026 to reflect that Vimal & Sons is a member of the NSE cash segment only. The transactional alerts previously shown against the Derivatives segment are now shown against Cash. Approved by the Compliance Officer.
In order to facilitate effective surveillance mechanisms, the below mentioned alerts based on the trading activity on the Exchange are downloaded.
Transactional Alerts to be provided by the Exchange:
| Sr. No. | Transactional Alerts | Segment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Significantly increase in client activity | Cash |
| 2 | Sudden trading activity in dormant account | Cash |
| 3 | Clients/Group of Client(s), deal in common scrips | Cash |
| 4 | Client(s)/Group of Client(s) is concentrated in a few illiquid scrips | Cash |
| 5 | Client(s)/Group of Client(s) dealing in scrip in minimum lot size | Cash |
| 6 | Client / Group of Client(s) Concentration in a scrip | Cash |
| 7 | Circular Trading | Cash |
| 8 | Pump and Dump | Cash |
| 9 | Wash Sales | Cash |
| 10 | Reversal of Trades | Cash |
| 11 | Front Running | Cash |
| 12 | Concentrated position in the Open Interest / High Turnover concentration | Cash |
| 13 | Order book spoofing i.e. large orders away from market | Cash |
As per the Surveillance policy the following activities are also carried out by V&S based on UCC parameters:
We carry out the Due Diligence of our client(s) on a continuous basis and also ensure that key KYC parameters are updated on a periodic basis as prescribed by SEBI and latest information of the client is updated in UCC database of the Exchange. Based on this information groups / association amongst clients to identify multiple accounts / common account / group of clients is established.
V&S takes the following steps to analyze the trading activity of the Client(s) / Group of Client(s) or scrips identified based on above alerts:
For effective monitoring, checks are in place to ensure:
The policy is approved by both the partners of the firm. A quarterly MIS shall be put up to Partners on the number of alerts pending at the beginning of the quarter, generated during the quarter, disposed off during the quarter and pending at the end of the quarter. Reasons for pendency shall be discussed and appropriate action shall be taken. Also, the Partners shall be apprised of any exception noticed during the disposition of alerts.
The surveillance process shall be conducted under overall supervision of the Compliance Officer. Partners / Compliance Officer would be responsible for all surveillance activities carried out by the Firm and for the record maintenance and reporting of such activities.
Internal auditor of the Firm shall review the surveillance policy, its implementation, effectiveness and review the alerts generated during the period of audit. Internal auditor shall record the observations with respect to the same in their report.