It’s an increasingly fraught topic around the world. Securities regulators from Spain to Australia are mulling ways to enforce restrictions against social media influencers. Earlier this year, SEBI shut down a Telegram channel called “Bullrun2017” that purported to specialize in penny or small-cap stocks. Group administrators bought shares of small companies, recommended them to their 50,000 or so subscribers, and then sold them for a profit, according to a SEBI order.
Tariff shock turns FIIs to sellers in April. Analysts flag global risk but back India’s fundamentals
Foreign institutional investors reversed course in early April, spurred by rising global trade tensions following US President Trump’s announcement of steep tariffs. This led to