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SEBI Teams Win Global AI Competitions for Market Regulation and Investor Protection
- •SEBI's Team Pheonix won the C:>DIR Global Agentic Regulator Hackathon for PolicyTwin, a prototype simulating policy impacts on financial markets.
- •PolicyTwin uses AI agents representing various market participants to test draft rules, assess market fairness, and flag potential risks.
- •Team SwipeWise won the Pilot Pathway Award at the IOSCO TechSprint in Madrid for a gamified platform educating investors about AI risks.
- •Team TrustLens Shield secured two awards at the TechSprint for an AI-driven tool that helps investors spot suspicious messages and misleading promises.
Key Questions Answered
PolicyTwin is a prototype that creates a simulated securities market populated by AI agents representing retail investors, institutions, brokers, high-speed traders, and potential wrongdoers. It allows regulators to simulate and test the impact of proposed policies on financial markets before implementation while flagging risks like market manipulation and margin shortfalls.
SEBI's Team Pheonix won the C:>DIR Global 'Agentic Regulator' Hackathon for their prototype, PolicyTwin, securing a $35,000 prize and an invitation to present at Singapore FinTech in November. The team consists of Shreya Chaturvedi, Suchita Jain, Apoorva Singh Rathore, and Shahityaa D.
Team TrustLens Shield won two awards at the inaugural IOSCO TechSprint in Madrid: the Global Transferability Award and the Accessible Investor Education and Protection Award. Their AI-driven tool helps investors assess suspicious messages, images, videos, and links while checking claims against regulatory information.
