The Securities and Exchange Board of India is considering allowing ’when-listed’ securities to trade on stock exchanges, as investors seek opportunities during the IPO listing process.

India’s securities market regulator is considering steps to formalize trading in initial public offerings where bidding has closed, but the shares are yet to be listed.

Currently, a three-day gap exists between IPO closure and share listing, during which unregulated 'curb trading' occurs. Speaking at the AIBI Annual Convention 2024-25, Buch stated that Sebi plans to introduce a regulated platform for such transactions,

SEBI is working on introducing a new system that allows trading in shares of companies that are in the process of listing.

Sebi is looking at introducing a system where an investor can sell shares as soon as they are allotted in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to curb grey market activity, chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said on Tuesday.

When-listed' securities refer to those securities that are available for trading between the close of a company’s IPO and before its listing

If implemented, this would open the trading window for investors even before a company’s IPO is listed on NSE, BSE. At present, there is a three-day gap between the closure of an IPO and the listing of shares.