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Even as midcaps, smallcaps, and IPOs lost their way through 2025, Indian retail investors poured record amounts into these segments—a paradox revealing extraordinary conviction amid widespread losses
Retail investors often miss out on hot IPOs, but a few simple moves can tilt the odds in your favour.
An analysis of 218 IPOs from FY20 to FY25 shows that non-PE-backed', or promoter-led, companies have generated an average listing day return of 33.40%. PE-backed firms delivered a more modest 21.36%
GIFT City’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) is emerging as a new gateway for Indian investors eyeing global markets and NRIs seeking exposure to Indian growth stories
As IPO sizes surge, merchant bankers face challenges in attracting retail investors and seek regulatory tweaks—will SEBI redefine the rules?
Retail investors tend to panic and exit during market downturns, harming their long-term returns, as they miss out on the best-performing days
SEBI’s new rules for SME IPOs aim to improve listing quality and protect investors amid a surge in smaller company offerings. While these measures introduce stricter norms, they may also limit growth opportunities and deter retail participation.
SEBI is considering subsidising the initial client acquisition and there is nothing wrong with SEBI using the funds it collects from every trade to attract more investors to the market
The average number increased to 78,450 in 2023 before crossing the lakh mark in 2024 to touch 1.88 lakh.
If an investor missed the top 25 days in the market in terms of returns, over the last two and a half decades, his returns would be hardly anything. Unfortunately, no reliable method consistently predicts which days will yield such significant gains; it’s far better to be consistently invested at all times.
SEBI’s consultation paper underscores SEBI's commitment to enhancing corporate governance within the SME segment
If institutional investors, equipped with extensive research capabilities and resources, behave similarly to retail investors and sell their IPO holdings rapidly, are they truly maximising the potential of their investments?
The smaller indices are hovering near their all-time high levels, while the benchmark Nifty 50 trades closer to its long-term average and significantly below its peak valuation. If earnings fail to improve, we could see frontline stocks begin to catch up, while smaller stocks may experience some profit-taking.
The growing equity cult in the country has led to a narrowing of the gap between foreign portfolio investors and domestic investors, giving the latter more sway over markets
The survey report listed the various technological interventions that have helped meet Securities and Exchange Board of India's three goals: market regulation, investor protection and market development.
According to Pranav Haldea, Managing Director, PRIME Database Group, Indian markets are moving towards self reliance with the share of DIIs set to overtake that of FIIs in the next few quarters.
The Securities Market Code is intended to be future-ready, take into account developments from a long-term perspective, as well as promote ease of doing business, the FM said
The significance of retail selling in the market
The rising grey market premium in the last few days, especially after improved market conditions, also indicates a strong listing
Between FY19 and FY22, retail investors have been waking up to the immense risk, that is implicit futures trading. This is evidenced by the dramatic fall in individual traders’ participation in the futures segment, which was at 43 percent in FY19 but fell to 11 percent in FY22. In the same time frame, participation in Options rose to 98 percent from 89 percent.
During April-November 2022, only 21.4 lakh new accounts were added against 27.6 lakh in the year-ago period
As far as the market is concerned the news of an increase in equity allocation of EPFOs is a non-event. However, for subscribers of EPFOs, it is a significant event.
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: A midcap in spotlight, warning for stock market, Modi’s three Ts in Tokyo, Start-Up Street and more
While the benchmark indices have fallen by around 15 percent, there is carnage in the rest of the market
