12.10.2015 - India: Agri commodities: Sebi trains focus on curbing speculation
In its expanded role as regulator of the commodities derivative market, Sebi is working on a robust mechanism to ensure fair price discovery of agri products and curb excessive speculative activities. The regulator has already sought help from the Ministry of Agriculture with regard to the physical market price data sources and for improving the methodology for determination of final settlement price. Sebi's focus is to ensure that derivatives trading is used as a hedging instrument by farmers and others in the commodities marketplace against seasonal and unforeseen price fluctuations rather than for creating speculative bubbles to make quick money, a senior official said. ..............................................Full Article: Source
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