Chart: Risk averse Indians invest less in equities versus world

Indian investors have always shyed away from equities and chosen other asset classes as saving instruments, according to a report by Karvy. Moneycontrol decodes the data behind to see how India compares against the rest of the world.

January 01, 2016 / 07:59 IST

Sanjit Oberaimoneycontrol.com Indian investors have always shyed away from equities and chosen other asset classes as saving instruments, according to a report by Karvy. Moneycontrol decodes the data behind to see how India compares against the rest of the world.

Here are some points from their report:

1.Indians traditionally prefer investing in less riskier products (by conventional wisdom) like debt, real estate and precious metals.

2.Globally, investments in equities ranks just next to debt investments, Indians however rank equities at the bottom with merely 16 percent contribution.

3.Alternate investments form a large chunk in India as compared to global peers. This is because the Indian investor prefers investing in gold compared to other countries.

4.In assets like debt and real estate, India is in line with the Global proportions.