Investor Presentaiton
Protection
Fund
Authority
IEPF
Illustration1: Retail Investor's participation in Stock market
post COVID 19
Increase in the trading volumes in inferior-
quality stocks (Z category stocks), reduction
in percentage of deliveries in cash
segment, and exclusive dependency of
investors on financial
advisors/facilitators/firms in the form of
distributors suggest that a lot needs to be
done to augment the investors
understanding of investment related risks,
financial markets, financial instruments
and process of investing so that their
financial well-being are not compromised.
Education &
Investor
BusinessToday.In
Total number of demat accounts
(in million)
55
50
47.6
46.6
44.3
45
42.2
45.3
40.9
39.6
43.2
40
41.5
40.1
35
30
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2020'
Source: SEBI
Jul Aug Sep Oct
Figure 5. Total number of demat accounts (in million)
(Source: SEBI, adopted from Business Today)
Prof. Kamakhya Nr. Singh, IEPFA Research Chair
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