INDIA MARKET LENS
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Sebi and RBI working closely to streamline FPIs, bond market: Tuhin Kanta Pandey

SEBI is in focus in an institutional flows development.

30 Sept 2026 · LiveMint Markets

The banking and securities regulators are collaborating to slash foreign investor onboarding times to five days while establishing a new framework for exchange-traded bond indices, Pandey said.

Sustained FII or DII direction moves the whole market, not just the names being bought — it sets the tape's tone.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • With SEBI, RBI involved, this carries a regulatory dimension that can outlast the immediate market reaction.
  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.