Financial Securities and Exchange Board Of India

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulator for the securities market in India. It was established in the year 1988.

Functions of SEBI:

1. Regulates Capital Market
2. Checks Trading of securities.
3. Checks the malpractices in securities market.
4. It enhances investor's knowledge on market by providing education.
5. It regulates the stockbrokers and sub-brokers.

6. To promote Research and Investigation

Groups of SEBI

SEBI has to be responsive to the needs of three groups, which constitute the market:

The issuers of securities
The investors
The market intermediaries

SEBI has three functions rolled into one body:

Quasi-legislative,

Quasi-judicial

Quasi-executive

Powers

For the discharge of its functions efficiently, SEBI has been vested with the following powers:

To approve by−laws of stock exchanges.sebi

To require the stock exchange to amend their by−laws

Inspect the books of accounts and call for periodical returns from recognized stock exchanges.

Inspect the books of accounts of a financial intermediaries

Compel certain companies to list their shares in one or more stock exchanges