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SEBI chief calls for coordinated vigilance as markets blur boundaries
SEBI Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said financial market lines are blurring, raising the risk of shocks spreading across segments. Speaking at the SBI Banking and Economics Conclave in Mumbai on Wednesday, he…
SEBI Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said financial market lines are blurring, raising the risk of shocks spreading across segments. Speaking at the SBI Banking and Economics Conclave in Mumbai on Wednesday, he said traditional boundaries separating banks, capital markets and insurers are becoming less distinct, requiring closer coordination among regulators.
"A disruption in one segment cannot be addressed in isolation by a single regulator or institution," he said, noting that mutual funds, insurers and banks all invest in each other's instruments and share common payment and technology networks.
Pandey also said India's Rs 481 trillion market capitalisation and mutual fund AUM of Rs 87 trillion call for deeper corporate bond markets. Outstanding corporate bonds stood at Rs 61 trillion, about 55 per cent of bank credit to industry and services. SEBI has reduced minimum face values for private debt, shortened IPO timelines and piloted bond tokenisation.
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The Hindu focused on the systemic risk from interconnected markets and the need to break regulatory silos, foreshadowing a crisis-prevention frame. The Economic Times-BFSI version led with the growth narrative: India's expanding economy needs diverse financing, and SEBI's chairperson framed banks and capital markets as complementary, not competing. The critical account leans abstract on risks, the pro-growth account omits any mention of regulatory coordination failures. The speech contained both themes, so each outlet chose its emphasis. The corporate bond market's Rs 61 trillion outstanding and mutual fund AUM of Rs 87 trillion are the concrete numbers to track for market deepening.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): thehindu.com (neutral report), bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
