Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Former SEBI WTM Warns of F&O Market Risks; SEBI Speeds Up FPI Onboarding
A former top official at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has warned about risks in the derivatives market and suggested reforms.
Meanwhile, SEBI is speeding up the registration process for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to just a few days using digital onboarding.
India's capital markets have been growing with both domestic and foreign investors, and SEBI is working to make it easier for FPIs to trade and invest in India.
Ananth Narayan, former SEBI WTM, highlights risks in derivatives market and suggests reforms
SEBI aims to cut FPI registration time to a few days with digital onboarding
SEBI explores operational changes to ease FPI trading and access
India's capital markets grow with domestic and foreign investor participation
SEBI focuses on investor education, addressing supply-demand gap, and FPI inflows
- Who
- Ananth Narayan (former SEBI WTM), Tuhin Kanta Pandey (SEBI Chairman), domestic and foreign investors
- What
- Highlighted derivatives market risks and suggested reforms, sped up FPI onboarding process, capital market growth
- When
- Recently, ongoing
- Where
- India
- Why
- To address market risks, improve FPI access, and facilitate capital formation
Proponents of FPI Ease of Access
Cautious of Market Risks
FPI Onboarding
Proponents of FPI Ease of Access
Digital onboarding will attract more FPIs and boost investments
Cautious of Market Risks
Potential risks in derivatives market should be addressed first
- FY 2024-25 F&O traders losing money
- 93%
- Cumulative F&O losses in FY 2024-25
- Over ₹1 lakh crore
- Index option volumes on expiry day
- 700 times the underlying cash market
- India's investor base growth
- From under 4 crore to over 13.5 crore in six years
Sources
RFP for IDBI Bank to be filed shortly: Nagaraju
SBI chairman pitches for national financial grid
SEBI working on fully digitising on-boarding process for FPIs: Tuhin Kanta Pandey
SEBI to ease onboarding of foreign investors; aims to create a 'best-in-class' experience
Excessive F&O intervention could have unintended consequences’ Ananth Narayan former WTM SEBI
