Approach to securities market data access and terms of usage
Approach to securities market data access and terms of usage of data provided by data sources in the Indian securities market
- Financial markets are traditionally data rich and data driven. With ever growing financial markets, the volume and variety of data have also increased manifoldover the years and will continue to do so. With increasing size and complexity of financial markets,addressing information asymmetry and having adequately informed investors and multiple stakeholders in the market cannot be overemphasised.
- Further, given the large variety and volume of information in the markets, the value added service providers also have a crucial role to play in making such information available to the stakeholders in a more comprehendible forms.
- Therefore, in order to further enhance the quantum as well as the ease of accessibility and usability of data disseminated in public by various data sources in Indian securities market, including the MIIs (Stock and Commodity Exchanges, Clearing Corporations and Depositoriesetc.), SEBI, through its Market Data Advisory Committee (MDAC), reviewed the extent of free access and usage of data being provided in the public domain or otherwise by the respective sources of data in Indian securities market.
- In this regard, the regulatory intent behind public dissemination ofdata in a disclosure based regulatory regimewas deliberated in detail by MDAC. Accordingly, keeping in view the deliberations and recommendations of MDAC on this issue, all market intermediaries including the other data sources in Indian securities markets are advised to make note of the following:
“As far as the data provided by various data sources in Indian securities markets pursuant to regulatory mandates for reporting and disclosure in public domain are concerned, such data should be made available to users, ‘free of charge’ both for ‘viewing’ the data as alsofor downloadin the format as specified by regulatory mandate for reporting, as well as their usage for thevalue addition purposes.” - Further, apart from the data made available free of cost, data which is chargeable should be appropriately identified as such in public domain.
- The provisions of this circular shall come into force with immediate effect.
- This circular is being issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate, the securities market.
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