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Stockbroker rules' revamp may broaden cross-regulator scope
Business Standard
|January 07, 2026
Separate business units, sandbox timelines part of proposed changes
The market regulator's overhaul of the 30-year-old stockbroker regulations may bring broader relaxations — beyond those proposed in the consultation paper — with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) likely to provide flexibility on several fronts, including allowing brokers to carry out activities under the framework of other financial regulators.
Sebi approved the review of the stockbroker regulations at its December 2025 board meeting, reducing the length of the regulations from 59 pages to 29 pages. The final regulations and notification are awaited. While Sebi floated the consultation paper in August 2025, it has since incorporated several industry suggestions.
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of Business Standard.
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