Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey (file photo) | Photocredit: Hemanshi Kamani
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is looking for ways to increase the term of office and the maturity of stock contracts, said the Tuhin Kanta Pandey chairman on Thursday.
An increase in trade with derivatives, which is also powered by investors, has encouraged the markets regulator to limit the number of contract trends and to increase lots to make such transactions more expensive.
The plans to expand the term of office of such contracts are in a conceptual phase, said Pandey on the sidelines of an industry event.
Nevertheless, shares of Stock Exchange Operator BSE and discount broker Angel One have each shared 5 percent. Derivatenhandel contributes more than 50 percent to the turnover of BSE and three -quarters to that of Angel One.
Sebi has also set up a special unit to investigate patterns of manipulation, said the Kamlesh Varshney regulator during the event.
The move comes after Sebi had temporarily blocked the American -based company Jane Street for his trade strategies that ‘manipulated’ an important stock market index. Jane Street has denied these allegations and said that the trade strategies were a simple arbitration.
Pandey added that Sebi would work with the Ministry of Bus organization and stock exchanges to build a regulated platform for the so-called “Gray-Market”, where non-mentioned shares change hands.
Published on August 21, 2025
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