Market Abuse

    News on regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, and technologies addressing practices like insider trading, market manipulation, and spoofing.

    Trading & Investment

    SEBI Considers New Intraday Curbs on Index Options Trading

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/08/2025

    SEBI advisory panel is weighing stricter position limits to curb speculative frenzy and protect retail investors amid a derivatives boom.

    Market Abuse

    KRX Proposes Individual-Based Monitoring to Curb Illegal Trading

    By Mark Johnston | 20/08/2025

    The bourse operator plans a new data submission requirement for members to better detect links between accounts held by individuals.

    Market Abuse

    FSS Korea to Build Surveillance System for New ATS Nextrade

    By Mark Johnston | 20/08/2025

    FSS Korea is developing a direct monitoring system for Nextrade amid rising volumes and unfair trading concerns.

    Market Abuse

    SEBI Flags Surge in Enforcement, Difficult Dues in Annual Report

    By Mark Johnston | 18/08/2025

    SEBI's annual report reveals a spike in settlement pleas and inspections amid record capital raising and mounting unrecovered penalties.

    Credit Risk

    Korea FSS Gets New Governor Following Two Month Vacancy

    By Editors | 15/08/2025

    Lee Chan-jin, the new FSS governor, will prioritise shareholder rights, resolving real estate risks, and a zero-tolerance policy on market abuse.

    Market Abuse

    FSA Japan Plans Tougher Penalties for Illicit High-frequency Trading

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/08/2025

    The FSA is planning to remove a profit threshold that has allowed small but repeated illicit trades to go unpunished.

    Market Abuse

    A Regulatory Surveillance Blueprint for Addressing India's OFS Leakage Issue

    By Saurabh Maheshwari | 14/08/2025

    Research shows how information leaks in India's Offer for Sale mechanism undermine market integrity and demand proactive, tech-driven surveillance.

    Market Abuse

    SEBI Probes Foreign HFTs over Access to NSE Data: Report

    By Nithya Subramanian | 14/08/2025

    SEBI is investigating whether global HFT firms gained an unfair edge from enriched NSE data, as part of a wider probe into market manipulation and tax practices.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    China Evergrande to be Delisted in Hong Kong on 25 August

    By Editors | 14/08/2025

    The move marks a final chapter for the world’s most indebted developer after it failed to meet trading resumption requirements following a court-ordered liquidation.

    Market Abuse

    Former Investment Manager Pleads Guilty in ASIC Insider Trading Case

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/08/2025

    The case marks the first outcome for a new ASIC taskforce and was detected by the regulator's real-time surveillance technology.

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