Leak stings
Information leak has become a major headache for the Indian market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in recent times. It started with the leak of a sensitive price information on listed companies. Now, it has been alleged that confidential information about trading curbs on certain companies has also been leaked. The biggest problem during such episodes is the wide use of social media for sharing such unlawful information. “Things were much simpler when there was no Whatsapp or Facebook. These days it is difficult to ascertain the origin of such leaks,” said a Sebi official.