<p>Mumbai: Sebi Chairperson <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/madhabi-puri-buch">Madhabi Puri Buch</a> on Friday said there is "no need" for the capital markets regulator to comment on the recent steep correction in small and midcap stocks.</p>.<p>Drawing from her statement in March last year on the high valuations in the same stocks, Buch said <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sebi">Sebi</a> had flagged its concerns on the high valuations when it saw a need for it.</p>.<p>"On midcaps and small caps, I think that at a point in time when the regulator felt the need to make a statement about it, the statement was made. Today, the regulator feels no need to make an additional statement," she said speaking at an AMFI event here.</p>.Need more professional regulation of financial markets; SEBI needs total overhaul: Cong.<p>It can be noted that the small and midcap stocks are in bear territory lately, with some scrips declining by over 20 per cent in quick succession.</p>.<p>In March 2024, in what is a rare comment from the regulator, Buch had flagged concerns about the high valuations in the two segments.</p>.<p>"There are pockets of froth in the market. Some people call it a bubble, some may call it froth. It may not be appropriate to allow that froth to keep building," she had said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Buch also said that the regulator has no intention of making it compulsory for fund houses to launch the recently introduced Rs 250 systematic investment plan. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Sebi Chairperson <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/madhabi-puri-buch">Madhabi Puri Buch</a> on Friday said there is "no need" for the capital markets regulator to comment on the recent steep correction in small and midcap stocks.</p>.<p>Drawing from her statement in March last year on the high valuations in the same stocks, Buch said <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sebi">Sebi</a> had flagged its concerns on the high valuations when it saw a need for it.</p>.<p>"On midcaps and small caps, I think that at a point in time when the regulator felt the need to make a statement about it, the statement was made. Today, the regulator feels no need to make an additional statement," she said speaking at an AMFI event here.</p>.Need more professional regulation of financial markets; SEBI needs total overhaul: Cong.<p>It can be noted that the small and midcap stocks are in bear territory lately, with some scrips declining by over 20 per cent in quick succession.</p>.<p>In March 2024, in what is a rare comment from the regulator, Buch had flagged concerns about the high valuations in the two segments.</p>.<p>"There are pockets of froth in the market. Some people call it a bubble, some may call it froth. It may not be appropriate to allow that froth to keep building," she had said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Buch also said that the regulator has no intention of making it compulsory for fund houses to launch the recently introduced Rs 250 systematic investment plan. </p>