** Shares of investment manager Sequoia Financial Ltd
SEQ.AX jump as much as 5.2% to A$0.505, on track for their
biggest pct gain since Oct. 17
** Co clarifies media reports over "Sequoia" suffering
losses related to cryptocurrencies and exchanges refer to an
unrelated U.S.-based company called Sequoia Capital urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN32J1NA
** SEQ confirms it has no exposure to cryptocurrencies or
exchanges
** Stock down 29.4% this year, as of last close, vs a 2.9%
decrease in the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO
(Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru)
((Roushni.Nair@thomsonreuters.com;))