“Sebi research have persistently proven that retail buyers buying and selling in derivatives find yourself dealing with losses, actually because they don’t totally perceive the chance in these merchandise,” Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey mentioned on the World Investor Week 2025 occasion organised by NSE.
“People ought to study whether or not they search to construct long-term wealth or need to have interaction in speculative, short-term buying and selling…Derivatives are meant for hedging and danger administration, not for fast features. Retail buyers ought to subsequently assess their danger capability, learn the way these contracts work, and keep away from speculative trades,” he added.
Elevated entry, simplified on-boarding, and wider consciousness has led to the variety of distinctive buyers within the securities market ecosystem growing to 13.4 crore, Sebi information reveals.
A latest survey commissioned by Sebi reveals that 63% of Indian households (21.3 crore households) are conscious of at the least one securities market product. Nevertheless, the precise participation stands at 9.5% of households (3.2 crore households).
The Sebi chief highlighted that solely 36% of buyers possess excessive or reasonable data of the securities market. This data hole is a vulnerability that exposes buyers to dangers and makes them prone to fraud, he mentioned.Pandey mentioned that whereas Sebi can present the instruments, the final word protect for buyers is to be sensible by way of accountable investing.“A sensible investor depends on credible, verified sources, and ignores unsolicited affords on social media,” he mentioned.
Within the final 18 months, over 1 lakh illegal contents have been faraway from numerous social media platforms after Sebi raised issues about deceptive content material with firms like Google and Meta.
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