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Any returns on our investment strategy for all/any of our products does not account the charges you may incur for brokerage/s, our advisory fee, and taxes. The returns are calculated on absolute basis on our personalized portfolio and to get similar returns we recommend that you replicate our advise in a similar and timely manner with your Investment service provider (Broker / Bank). The customer will be responsible for any charges and taxes incurred by them on any type of capital gains in both the short or long term.

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PROVIDED that the User agrees, accepts and understands that all Research Advisory Services related work is carried out on a good-faith basis and as per specific understanding / agreement by and between us and the party concerned.

The website makes no warranty that:

• Your requirements will be met or that services provided will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free;
• Materials, information obtained and descriptions of services will be effective, accurate or reliable;
•  any errors or defects in the website, services or other materials will be corrected;
• The services availed shall be available throughout the year, or available at all times; or Your concerns will be addressed by us to your satisfaction.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from EWASL/R&R or through or from its services shall create any warranty not expressly stated in these terms and conditions.
The user understands and agrees that any material or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the website, including all services related work is done entirely at their own discretion and risk and they will be solely responsible for any damage to their computer systems or loss of data that results from the download of such material, data or service. The website accepts no liability for any errors or omissions, with respect to any information provided to you whether on behalf of itself or third parties.

EWASL entire liability, and your exclusive remedy, in law, in equity, or othwerwise, with respect to the website content and products and/or for any breach of this agreement is solely limited to the amount you paid, less shipping and handling, for products purchased via the website.
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Force Majeure: EWASL will not be deemed in default hereunder or held responsible for any cessation, interruption or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to earthquake, flood, fire, storm, natural disaster, act of God, war, terrorism, armed conflict, labor strike, lockout, or boycott.

Cessation of Operation: EWASL may at any time, in its sole discretion and without advance notice to you, cease operation of the Website and distribution of the Products.
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Effect of Waiver: The failure of EWASL to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of this Agreement remain in full force and effect.

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Waiver of Class Action Rights: By entering into this agreement, you hereby irrevocably waive any right you may have to join claims with those of other in the form of a class action or similar procedural device. Any claims arising out of, relating to, or connection with this agreement must be asserted individually.

Termination: EWASL reserves the right to terminate your access to the Website if it reasonably believes, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Following termination, you will not be permitted to use the Website and EWASL may, in its sole discretion and without advance notice to you, cancel any outstanding orders for Products. If your access to the Website is terminated, EWASL reserves the right to exercise whatever means it deems necessary to prevent unauthorized access of the Website. This Agreement will survive indefinitely unless and until EWASL chooses, in its sole discretion and without advance to you, to terminate it.

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Assignment: You may not assign your rights and obligations under this Agreement to anyone. EWASL may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in its sole discretion and without advance notice to you.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE OR ORDERING PRODUCTS FROM THIS WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

ALL SALES OF SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTS ARE FINAL.

For enjoying uninterrupted services the customer is responsible for the timely payment of the renewal fee.

Your total price will include the amount of the product plus any applicable tax; such tax is based on the tax rate in effect at the time you subscribe to the product.

Prices for products offered on the website may change at any time and we do not provide price protection or refunds in the event of a price reduction or promotional offering.

As per SEBI guidelines, the client is entitled to claim refund during the tenure of his subscription for the unexpired period excluding GST and fees of one quarter. The Fees of one quarter will be charged as breakage fee. Following samples can be referred for better clarity:

Refundable amount = Fees paid excluding GST* (-) One quarter breakage fees (-) Fee for used period 

*Please note that GST is non refundable.

Example 1:

Mr. Ram availed subscription of 5 in 5 services on April 1 and paid the fees of Rs. 14,000 for two quarters in advance. Mr. Ram wishes to terminate the services and requests for refund of subscription amount on April 5. 

Fees Paid	Used period Fee deducted	Breakage Fee Deducted (One Quarter)	Applicable Refund
14000	388.88	7000	6611.11

 

Example 2:

 Mr. Rahul availed subscription of 5 in 5 services on April 1 and paid the fees of Rs. 14,000 for two quarters. Mr. Rahul wishes to terminate the services and requests for refund of subscription amount on May 5.

Fees Paid	Used period Fee deducted	Breakage Fee Deducted (One Quarter)	Applicable Refund
14000	2722.22	7000	4277.78

 

Example 3:

Ms. Shreya availed subscription of 5 in 5 services on April 1 and paid the fees of Rs. 14,000 for two quarters. Ms. Shreya wishes to terminate the services and requests for refund of subscription amount on July 5.

Since the unused period is less than one quarter, there will be no applicable refund after deducting breakage fee of one quarter.

Reports provided upon subscription are solely for the subscriber’s own investment purpose. Any act of copying, reproducing, distributing or sharing our research report on social media/with any other person whether wholly or in part for any purpose without the prior written consent of Equentis - Research & Ranking is strictly prohibited and shall be deemed to be copyright infringement. The Research reports are unique as per the risk profile of the customer. Necessary legal action will be taken for such breach.

Client hereby appoints EWA to provide Investment Advisory Services from time to time in respect of the Funds and Securities held by the Client in accordance with the terms stipulated under this Agreement. EWA shall be acting solely in its capacity as an advisor and facilitator to the Client and shall not at any point in time accept or hold in its account any Funds or Securities from the Client and/ or Securities.

2.1 EWA agrees to provide the services as more particularly set out in Schedule A hereto (“Services”).

2.2 EWA shall, provide the Service to the Client on a continuous basis during the term of this Agreement.

3.1 This Agreement is deemed to have commenced on the date as mentioned hereinabove i.e. from the date of execution of this Agreement for the period of one year.

3.2 The Agreement will be deemed to be terminated after date of completion of the agreement term if not renewed for the subsequent year under the prevalent terms & conditions.

4.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, the Client may, if he so desires, seek advice on the Portfolio strategy, investment or disinvestments from any person other than EWA as it may deem fit, for the same Funds and Securities in respect of which the EWA has rendered its Services.

4.2 The Client has the sole discretion to decide on whether to act upon the advice tendered by the EWA and the EWA shall have no power, authority, responsibility or obligation to ensure or cause the Client to act upon the advice 4 tendered by EWA pursuant to this Agreement

The Asset Under Advisory (AUA) for initiating the services would be disclosed by the client at the time of execution of the agreement and the same on the good faith would be considered as the initial corpus for all calculation purposes including Fee / Charge Calculations, portfolio reports & future recommendations.

6.1 In consideration of EWA providing the Investment Advisory Services, the Client agrees to pay to EWA charges/fees as per EWA’s schedule of charges/fees (more particularly described in Schedule B) in advance before the commencement of services.

6.2 The schedule of charges/fees is subject to change by EWA with prior notice and consent of the Client to such changes. All sales and purchases and all other acts done by the Client pursuant to this Agreement shall be at the Client’s risk and cost and the consideration thereof shall be borne by the client.

6.3 The Client shall also pay any applicable taxes, levies or duties, including service tax, short term & or long term capital gains tax etc. that may be levied on any transactions undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

7.1 The Client understands that the advisory recommended by “EWA” would be executed by Client himself. Client is free to implement their plan through any broker-dealers or custodial services of their choice. “EWA” does not possess or exercise any discretion with respect to client transactions.

7.2 The recommendations would be communicated to the Client and an acknowledgement of the same would be considered as a confirmation thus would be considered as executed on the closing price of that day.

It is expressly understood and agreed between the parties of this Agreement that “EWA” will not provide accounting or legal advice nor prepare any accounting or legal documents.

As the execution of the trade would be solely the responsibility of the client, EWA shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by reason of failure or delay by the broker-dealer or custodian appointed by client.

10.1 Client understands that EWA serves as Investment Adviser for other clients and will continue to do so. Client also understands that EWA may give advice or take action in performing their duties to other clients, or for their own accounts, that differ from advice given to or acts taken for the Client, subject to meeting all applicable regulations.

10.2 The Client agrees that the EWA may refrain from rendering any advice or services concerning securities of companies of which any of the EWA’s or affiliates of the EWA’s officers, directors, or employees are directors or officers, or companies in which EWA or any of EWA’s affiliates or the officers, director and employees or any of them has or may have substantial economic interest. Such conflict of interest will be informed to the Client prior to rendering such advice or services with respect to the Portfolio.

EWA does not guarantee the future performance of the Account or any specific level of performance, the success of any investment decisions or strategy that EWA may use. Client understands that investment decisions made by EWA are subject to various market, currency, economic, political and business risks, and that those investment decisions will not always be profitable. Except as may otherwise be provided by law, EWA will not be liable to Client for (i) any loss that Client may suffer by reason of any investment decision made or other action taken or omitted in good faith by EWA with that degree of care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstance that a prudent person acting in a fiduciary capacity would use (ii) any loss arising from EWA’s adherence to Client’s written or oral instructions; or (iii) any act or failure,to act by the Custodian, any broker or dealer to whom EWA directs transactions for the Account, or by any other third party.

Without prejudice to the right of indemnity available to EWA under any law, the Client agrees to indemnify and hold EWA harmless to the full extent against:

12.1 Any and all lawful claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses as incurred in connection with investigation of, preparation for and defense of any pending or threatened claim and any litigation or other proceeding arising out of or related to any actual or proposed acts done or not done or EWA ‘s engagement hereunder.

12.2 For any negligence/mistake or misconduct by the Client.

12.3 For any breach or non-compliance by the Client of the rules/terms and conditions stated in this Agreement.

Each party shall treat as confidential all information obtained from the other pursuant to the Agreement and shall not divulge such information to any person (except only to those representatives/employees who need to know the same in due course of its business or required to be disclosed legally) without the other party’s prior written consent provided that this clause shall not extend to information which was rightfully in the possession of such party prior to the commencement of the negotiations leading to the ; Agreement or which information is available in public domain or becomes available at a future date (other than as a result of a breach of this clause).

This Agreement will be governed by the Laws of India and any disputes arising herein shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Mumbai.

In view of the individual nature of tax benefits, each Client is advised to consult his or her own tax adviser with respect to the specific tax implications arising out of his or her investments.