We paid particular attention to the buying and selling of derivatives, those often impenetrable forms of securities that had helped intensify losses across the system once the subprime mortgage market collapsed.
And their capital markets regulator, Sebi is also looking to raise the minimum contract size on derivatives trading, raise margins before expiry, basically making it more expensive and costly in general.
Whatever the final number, a rise in the price of the basic raw material that banks use to forge the clever derivatives and exotic instruments they sell all over the world will probably price some out of the market.