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India’s market regulator is looking to ramp up hiring at the entry level. But what really needs attention is the constant uncertainty at the top and the lack of domain experts.

India’s security market watchdog has never been busier. Hordes of younger retail investors are jumping on the Dalal Street bandwagon; mutual fund houses are doing everything possible to tap into the massively underpenetrated rural areas; there’s no stopping the IPO wave; and new products are being launched with increasing frequency.
In short, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has its hands full. The list of tasks is overwhelming: vetting offer documents, supervising intermediaries, investigating scams of all sorts, issuing enforcement orders, handling investor complaints and so on.
To that end, SEBI is ramping up hiring, according to five officials, …

Lenders stand to gain a lot more than borrowers in the current challenging market environment
Thinly traded listed entities have long served as breeding grounds for stock manipulation, hurting investors. The regulator, the NSE and BSE now want to fix things by focusing on efficient delisting.
The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.