India should allow exchanges to list on own platform, NSE chairman says
NSE Chairman Srinivas Injeti has called for the Indian markets regulator to allow stock exchanges to list on their own platforms, a practice common in global markets like the US. This comes as the NSE navigates regulatory changes aimed at cooling speculative options trading.
Why it matters
Self-listing could improve corporate governance and transparency for major exchanges, though regulators remain concerned about potential conflicts of interest.
India’s markets regulator should reconsider allowing exchanges to list on their own platforms, NSE Chairman Srinivas Injeti said on Friday (September 25, 2026), a day after the bourse operator debutedon rival BSE at a valuation of about $47 billion.
India’s markets regulator debated allowing self-listing in 2015 but rejected the idea over potential conflicts of interest, requiring their shares to trade on rival bourses.
However, self-listing is permitted in several major global markets. In the United States for example, the New York Stock Exchange’s parent Intercontinental Exchange is listed and traded on the NYSE, which it operates.
NSE accounts for about 93% of India’s cash-market trading and nearly 75% of options.
The world’s busiest derivatives exchange listed as investors grow wary of slowing volumes and its reliance on options for growth.
Options trading has declined after tighter regulation and rule changes aimed at aligning Indian markets with global standards.
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