India’s SEBI is fast-tracking reforms to attract foreign investors amid a $17 billion outflow.

SEBI, India’s securities regulator, is rolling out reforms to attract foreign investors, including cutting foreign registration from months to days, lowering cash equity trading costs, and reviewing margin rules to boost liquidity. The agency is exploring netting across securities to ease capital demands, assessing short-selling and borrowing reforms, and pausing its shift to T+0 settlement. These changes aim to improve market efficiency amid a $17 billion equity outflow and U.S. trade pressures, with cautious consideration of new derivatives rules after recent regulatory changes.