SEBI Board Meeting Live Updates: SEBI looks to remove barriers to longer-term derivative contracts

SEBI Board Meeting Live Updates: Securities and Exchange Board of India has rolled out a broad set of market reforms, including the reintroduction of open-market share buybacks through stock exchanges and new operational changes across fund and investment frameworks aimed at improving liquidity, efficiency and regulatory ease.

Under the revised buyback framework, companies will need to complete open-market buybacks within 66 days of launch, with at least 40% of the earmarked amount to be deployed in the first half of the offer period. The regulator has also allowed mutual funds intraday borrowing to manage liquidity mismatches during trading hours, easing settlement-related pressures across schemes.

Separately, SEBI has cleared key AIF reforms under the GARUDA framework to speed up scheme launches, while also indicating that issues involving the National Stock Exchange are expected to be resolved soon. Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey also said a study on investor losses and derivatives market data will be released in July. The meeting marks his sixth board meeting since assuming office on March 1, 2025.

Follow this live blog for all the latest updates from the SEBI board meeting.