Mumbai, May 4 -- India needs deeper, more efficient and resilient financial markets to withstand global disruptions, Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said at the Capital Market Conference 2026, stressing that regulation must evolve to balance growth with investor protection.

Addressing the theme "Strengthening India's Financial Markets - Debt, Efficiency and Stability", Pandey noted that the current geopolitical tensions in West Asia highlight how shocks in one region can impact energy prices, inflation expectations, capital flows and investor sentiment worldwide. For India, this reinforces the need for markets that can mobilise both domestic and global capital, absorb information quickly, and withsta...