What is Jane Street, the U.S. trading firm banned by SEBI?

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred one of the world’s largest quant trading firms, Jane Street, from accessing its securities market after an investigation found it made “unlawful gains”, taking the most stringent action ever against a foreign trading firm. The markets regulator also impounded ₹4,841 crore from U.S.-based Jane Street,…

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Jane Street Group banned from Indian securities market by SEBI for index manipulation

Markets regulator Sebi has barred U.S.-based Jane Street Group from the securities markets and directed the group to disgorge unlawful gains of ₹4,843 crore for allegedly manipulating stock indices through positions taken in derivatives segment. This could be the highest disgorgement amount ever directed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). In its…

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