Highlights of SEBI Chairman Pandey's comments in interview with Informist
This story was originally published at 08:33 IST on 2 March 2026
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MUMBAI – Following are the highlights of comments by SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey in an interview with Informist:
* Need speculators in F&O market for it to be proper market
* Not against speculators in F&O, speculators make market whole
* Need to protect retail investors in F&O market
* Speculators provide liquidity, essential in any market
* Will see impact of measures on F&O, then decide course
* Recovery of money paramount, settlement mechanism helps
* SEBI chief defends settlement mechanism, to look at disgorgement formula
* Don't have much to say on RBI norms, RBI consulted mkt players
* Companies shouldn't be punished for fraud by few mgmt people
* Working with govt to review F&O trading in few agri commodities
* Growing instances of influencers defrauding people is an issue
* Google agreed to whitelist authentic apps; talking to App Store
* Reviewing listing, disclosure norms; need to fix ambiguity
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