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Jane Street Takes SEBI to India’s Market Tribunal Over Access to Case Documents

The high-frequency trader says it needs withheld data to respond to allegations that it manipulated key stock indexes.

Overview

  • Jane Street filed a case on Wednesday in the Securities Appellate Tribunal, the first forum for challenging SEBI actions.
  • The appeal asks the tribunal to order SEBI to provide documents and data the firm says are necessary to rebut the charges.
  • SEBI on July 4 temporarily barred Jane Street from Indian markets over alleged manipulation of benchmark indexes.
  • The regulator had given the firm 21 days to respond to its order, and that deadline has now passed.
  • Jane Street declined to comment to Reuters and SEBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.