The Securities and Change Board of India (SEBI) on Tuesday, August 12, launched its annual report for the monetary 12 months 2024-25, detailing important regulatory progress, market developments, and enhanced investor safety measures amid a dynamic international financial atmosphere.
“The monetary 12 months 2024-25 marked one more pivotal chapter within the evolution of India’s securities markets – a 12 months marked by continued development, key reforms and the collective resilience even amidst international financial headwinds and geopolitical complexities. As we mirror upon this journey, it serves to reaffirm our shared dedication to nurturing a market ecosystem that’s inclusive, clear and globally aggressive. We consider the 4 pillars that will carry ahead this journey are belief, transparency, teamwork, and expertise,” SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey stated.
He added that India’s securities market has emerged as a beacon of alternative and innovation, powered by collaboration between SEBI, market infrastructure establishments, market contributors, and a rising base of empowered traders.
The report highlighted a proactive regulatory method by SEBI, specializing in capital formation, market entry, investor safeguards, and company governance reforms. A key emphasis was positioned on leveraging expertise to simplify compliance, democratise market entry, and strengthen threat administration frameworks.
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SEBI enhances investor safety
On investor safety, SEBI chairman stated, “Rising retail investor participation continues to redefine the contours of our market. Indian investor is not confined to metropolitan centres or restricted to a particular demographic profile… A number of measures have been taken in the course of the 12 months which bolstered SEBI’s investor-centric coverage method.”
Among the many initiatives launched have been obligatory direct payouts of securities to shopper demat accounts, frameworks to make sure safer participation of retail traders in algorithmic buying and selling, and advisories towards unregulated digital buying and selling platforms.
SEBI additionally launched enhanced grievance redress programs, together with the SEBI Criticism Redress System 2.0 and the MITRA platform, which supplies traders entry to data on inactive and unclaimed mutual fund folios. Different investor schooling efforts embrace the digital assistant SEVA and a free on-line certification examination.
The report underlined SEBI’s dedication to ease of doing enterprise, highlighting reforms resembling fast-track rights concern processes, digital onboarding of overseas portfolio traders, and new asset courses like Specialised Funding Funds (SIFs).
Technological developments stay a cornerstone of SEBI’s technique, with elevated use of information analytics to detect market misconduct together with insider buying and selling and value manipulation. The Indian inventory market watchdog additionally took steps to strengthen the bond market by decreasing minimal funding thresholds and introducing liquidity choices for retail traders.
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Key takeaways from SEBI’s FY25 Annual Report:
- In FY25, 106 circumstances of fraud and unfair commerce practices have been reported
- Instances of fraud and unfair commerce practices decreased from 160 to 106 (YoY)
- Entrance working investigations decreased from 83 to 44 (YoY)
- Value manipulation investigations decreased from 77 to 61 (YoY)
- Insider buying and selling circumstances elevated from 175 to 287 (YoY)
- 312 inventory brokers have been investigated
- Investigations of inventory brokers elevated from 146 to 312 (YoY)
- In FY25, 149 analysis analysts have been investigated
- Investigations of analysis analysts elevated from 15 to 149 (YoY)
- In FY25, 207 funding advisors have been investigated
- Investigations of funding advisors elevated from 21 to 207 (YoY)
- In FY25, 24 mutual funds have been investigated
- Investigations of mutual funds decreased from 25 to 24 (YoY)
- Fairness and F&O brokers’ charges elevated from round Rs 140 crore to Rs 190 crore (YoY)
- Charges from fairness IPO prospectuses elevated from round Rs 100 crore to Rs 270 crore (YoY)
Wanting ahead, SEBI goals to rationalise and simplify rules, improve investor schooling, and foster ease of operations for overseas traders whereas persevering with its give attention to market integrity and safety.
Pandey concluded, “As we step into 2025-26, SEBI’s regulatory outlook stays steadfast—anchored in belief, guided by resolve to guard traders and pushed by the aim to help India’s imaginative and prescient 2047.”
