India: Attack of the Sebi

	Sebi HQ: new rules to boost the free float of local firms

Every few years, New York’s police officers wage war on United Nations ambassadors. Infuriated by the latter’s tendency to park their cars where they want, when they want, the NYPD wakes up one morning and goes into battle, clamping or towing any vehicle with diplomatic tags. India’s market regulator acts much the same way. Roughly twice a decade the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), frustrated at all-too-common market manipulation at home, launches a campaign against its own component companies to boost liquidity and transparency among India-listed stocks.