Overview
- Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said SEBI will prioritise lowering compliance burdens and the cost of capital to boost market competitiveness and access to finance.
- The regulator has formed a regulatory impact assessment committee chaired by Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran, with SEBI’s DEPA creating a dedicated vertical.
- SEBI is launching a Centre for Regulatory Studies at NISM to build India-specific evidence for policymaking and study global practices.
- Following last week’s NSDL inter‑depository glitch, settlements were cleared over the weekend and systems are normal, with a root‑cause report to go before SEBI’s Technical Advisory Committee.
- Potential fixes may include vendor upgrades or legacy software rework, while SEBI also pursues a future consolidated investor statement and research into AI-related market risks.