Regulatory Zeal Risks Choking India’s Market Engine

SEBI’s flurry of rule changes, meant to shield retail investors, is edging into overreach that could sap liquidity and market efficiency.

Sanjay Mansabdar

September 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM IST

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SEBI's Derivatives Pullback Will Drive Speculation Offshore

Longer-dated contracts and reduced leverage will push trades to alternative assets and foreign jurisdictions, defeating the regulator’s objectives.

Dev Chandrasekhar

Sunil Goel

August 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM IST

SEBI Scraps ₹10,000 Minimum Transcription Fee For MF Distributors

BasisPoint Insight

August 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM IST

Expiry Day Turmoil Shows Jane Street Was Never the Only Problem

Volatility on July 31 mirrored the infamous Jane Street episode, raising deeper questions about India’s options market design.

Sanjay Mansabdar

August 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM IST

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SEBI Catches BSE Red Handed, But Penalty Barely Scratches the Surface

SEBI exposes BSE's discrimination in disseminating disclosures, favouring select clients over retail investors, but imposes a laughable ₹2.5 million penalty.

Krishnadevan V

July 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM IST

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How SEBI Will Make Sure You Know Exactly What You Buy

SEBI’s draft circular enforces true-to-label naming, caps portfolio overlaps and mandates lock-ins, simplifying fund choices and boosting clarity.

Krishnadevan V

July 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM IST

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Opinion

Information Asymmetry Creates Chaos While Exchanges Pursue Profit Path

Exchanges must master data duality—balancing mandated market transparency with monetisable analytics magic while meeting regulatory rules.

Indra Chourasia

July 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM IST

Jane Street Back on Street, but Under Leash

BasisPoint Insight

July 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM IST

SEBI Renews MCX Clearing Corp.'s Licence For Three Years

BasisPoint Insight

July 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM IST

Jane Street Case Highlights Index Flaws and Information Asymmetry

Jane Street's manipulation of stock indices exposes deep structural weaknesses. Transparency reforms and exchange-agnostic benchmarks are the real solution.

Krishnadevan V

July 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM IST

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Casino Capitalism Comes to Town: When Speculation Becomes Public Policy

India’s options market became a casino by design, not accident. Blaming Jane Street alone for playing the game it was invited to won’t do any good.

R. Gurumurthy

July 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM IST

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Was Jane Street Just Trading Smart, Or Did It Cross The Line?

Legal Prism: SEBI's action against Jane Street is no regulatory overreach. It sets out a compelling case of systematic, calculated market manipulation.

Kunal Vajani

July 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM IST

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IPO

When IPO Red Flags are Allowed Marketing Spin

Belrise Industries IPO reveals the poor evaluation standards applied by regulators, underwriters, and institutional investors.

Dev Chandrasekhar

July 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM IST

Market Integrity, Revenue Pressures, And Jane Street Episode

SEBI’s probe into Jane Street’s alleged index manipulation raises urgent questions about market integrity and investor protection in India.

Krishnadevan V

July 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM IST

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SEBI, Jane Street, And The Arbitrageur’s Edge

SEBI’s case against Jane Street hinges less on illegality and more on scale. Was it manipulation or simply market muscle on an expiry day?

Sanjay Mansabdar

July 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM IST

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SIFs Promise Sophistication, But Risk Being The Emperor’s New Clothes

SEBI’s new SIF framework aims to democratise sophisticated investing, but limits, leverage and lacklustre strategies may leave investors cold.

Sridhar Sattiraju

July 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM IST

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SEBI’s Jane Street Action May Be a Cure Worse Than the Disease

SEBI’s unprecedented enforcement action may have been premature, risking India's global derivatives supremacy on legally shaky grounds.

Dev Chandrasekhar

Sunil Goel

July 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM IST

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How Jane Street Outsmarted The Street And Made Billions

Jane Street rigged expiry days with big buys and bearish options bets, netting ₹360 billion before SEBI shut it down.

Arshad Hussain

July 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM IST

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Guardianship Or Overreach? In Defence Of The RBI’s Right To Watch The Experts

The RBI’s move to intensify oversight is a necessary act of institutional responsibility in a governance landscape marked by silence, capture, and structural asymmetry.

Srinath Sridharan

July 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM IST

SEBI Clears Suzlon Of Misrepresentation Charges In Financial Statements Probe

BasisPoint Insight

June 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM IST

SEBI Fines BSE ₹2.5 Million For Lapses In Corporate Announcement Handling

BasisPoint Insight

June 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM IST

Regulatory Uncertainty Clouds NSE IPO, Calls For Rule Clarity

Unsettled rules on clearing corporations’ ownership post-SEBI paper raise concerns for the NSE IPO, highlighting need for regulatory sync.

Indra Chourasia

June 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM IST

Jane Street’s Trades Reveal Global Options Sellers Rigged Indian Indices

SEBI’s probe exposes how India built the world's largest options market on a foundation of systematic retail exploitation

Dev Chandrasekhar

Sunil Goel

June 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM IST

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SEBI Amends IndusInd Insider Trading Order To Reflect Engagement Note

BasisPoint Insight

June 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM IST

Retail Surge In NSE’s Unlisted Shares May Be Forcing SEBI’s Hand

A retail frenzy for NSE’s unlisted shares has pushed valuations sky-high, perhaps pressuring SEBI to clear a long-delayed IPO.

Sanjay Mansabdar

May 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM IST

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The Case For A Governance Reset At IndusInd Bank

SEBI called out IndusInd’s failures. Insider trades, delayed disclosure, and board apathy demand RBI intervention to protect market integrity.

Krishnadevan V

May 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM IST

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SEBI Bars Former IndusInd Top Bosses On Insider Trading Charges

BasisPoint Insight

May 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM IST

SEBI Warns Mauritius-Based Adani Investors Over Disclosure Delays

BasisPoint Insight

May 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM IST

SEBI Settles Employee Stock Options Case Against One97 Communications

BasisPoint Insight

May 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM IST

Ambuja Cements Gets BSE, NSE Nod For Penna Cement Merger

BasisPoint Insight

May 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM IST

Don’t Blame Green Finance for Promoters’ Greed

The Gensol episode seems a case of individual misconduct, not a failure of green finance. Misgovernance must be called out for what it is, without undermining the legitimacy of sustainable capital.

Srinath Sridharan

April 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM IST

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Be Wary Of The Green Halo, Not Just The Risk-Free Returns

BluSmart’s eco-veneer masked a financial maze. Bondholders and banks must now face the fallout of feel-good funding gone wrong.

Sachin Malhotra

April 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM IST

SEBI Cracks Down On Gensol Engineering; Puts Stock Split On Hold

BasisPoint Insight

April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM IST

SEBI Exempts Govt From Open Offer In Vodafone Idea Equity Deal

BasisPoint Insight

April 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM IST

SEBI Issues Warning To Nuvama Unit Over Client Pledge Process

BasisPoint Insight

April 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM IST

SEBI’s Derivatives Expiry Standardisation Move Can Stifle Competition

The derivatives pot has been stirred, again. The debate between investor protection and competition comes to fore.

Krishnadevan V

Sunil Goel

March 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM IST

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Why RBI Must Ban Derivative Trades By Bank Insiders

IndusInd insiders traded derivatives while holding price-sensitive data. RBI must stop such conflicts before they corrode trust in the banking system.

Krishnadevan V

March 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM IST

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Risk Takes Backseat As Young India Finfluences

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater is not a solution; finfluencers should be enlisted to spread financial literacy.

Krishnadevan V

March 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM IST

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SEBI Eases Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Norms for FPIs

BasisPoint Insight

March 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM IST

SEBI's Social Media Deterrent Is A Start, More Needs To Be Done

Financial advertisers will now have to register with platforms like Google and Meta, but more is needed to curb mis-selling and fraud

BasisPoint Groupthink

March 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM IST

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SEBI's Curbs Keep Indian Investors Out Of Global Markets, Limiting Returns

SEBI’s overseas investment limits trap Indian investors, exposing them to volatility when FIIs exit and denying them access to global growth.

Krishnadevan V

March 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM IST

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Financial Market Regulations Should Not Descend To Iatrogenesis

Regulatory tweaks in India's financial sector risk unintended harm—does over-caution cost more than its benefits?

R. Gurumurthy

March 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM IST

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Opinion

Derivatives Volumes Fall As SEBI Serves Unpalatable Detox

SEBI’s measures aimed at curbing excessive speculation have led to sharp contraction in volumes and growing unease among market participants.

Sunil Goel

March 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM IST

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Opinion

Lost Speeches, Lost Wisdom: SEBI’s Institutional Gap

The absence of Madhabi Puri Buch’s speeches from SEBI’s website raises serious concerns about regulatory memory and transparency.

Krishnadevan V

March 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM IST

Look Beyond SIPs To Democratise India’s Investment Market

India’s equity markets need direct fractional ownership—not just mutual fund sachets—to empower retail investors. Reforms must pave the way for this leap in financial inclusion.

Krishnadevan V

February 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM IST

Tuhin Pandey Is SEBI Chief, Second Top Finance Official Shifted To Mumbai

Tuhin Kanta Pandey's appointment as SEBI chair follows ex-revenue secretary Malhotra's move to RBI in a top-level finance reshuffle.

BasisPoint Insight

February 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM IST

The Bureau

GST Overhaul Seen Adding 0.7-0.8% to GDP this Year

India Bets on SCO to Blunt the Edge of US Tariffs and Sanctions

Fed Cut Hopes and Trump’s Japan Tariff Rollback Lift Market Sentiment

Setting the Record Straight on Trump’s India Rant

Nominal Weakness Tells the Real Story for RBI

Setback for Trump Tariffs in US Court, Hope for Traders

India’s Economy Expands 7.8% in June Quarter, Highest in Five Quarters

Trump Tests the Guardrails of US Credibility

Market Makers

Sarci-Sense: About Silent Goodbyes & How Middle-Age Friendships Disappear

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