SEBI plans Demat 2.0, graded compliance for brokers
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- ✓SEBI plans to launch Demat 2.0 and graded compliance for brokers based on their scale and technology use.
- ✓Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said, "Tomorrow's markets will not simply arrive.
- ✓We must define them." The regulator is also building an AI sandbox and expanding investor awareness through its Project Jagruk campaign.
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SEBI is exploring graded compliance requirements for stock brokers based on their scale, client exposure and dependence on technology, while working on a framework to enable secondary-market trading in tokenised corporate bonds, Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said in his keynote address.
The regulator is also reviewing the short-selling and securities lending and borrowing (SLB) framework and developing a market-making framework to improve liquidity in the corporate bond market. It plans to launch Demat 2.0, with tokenised corporate bonds available for secondary-market trading.
On technology, SEBI plans to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) sandbox to allow tools to be tested in a controlled environment. It is also working on guidelines for responsible AI use, including safeguards such as kill-switches, data controls and human oversight.
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