Sebi introduces verified UPI handles for market payments from 1 October | Stock Market News

Sebi introduces verified UPI handles for market payments from 1 October | Stock Market News

Source: Live Mint All stock market intermediaries such as brokers, mutual funds and portfolio managers will soon get exclusive and verified United Payments Interface (UPI) handles to collect payments from investors to ensure safer transactions.​ Starting 1 ​October 2025, about 8,000 intermediaries registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) must use verified…

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Direct stocks vs mutual funds vs smallcases vs assisted investing: What’s your best path to equity wealth? | Stock Market News

Direct stocks vs mutual funds vs smallcases vs assisted investing: What’s your best path to equity wealth? | Stock Market News

Source: Live Mint In 2001, BSE had about 2,127 listed companies. Fast forward to 2025, that number has swelled past 5,600+. choices should mean more opportunity. Instead, it has created a paradox of choice. Finding the right company has become like finding a needle in a haystack. Mutual funds were born to solve this complexity….

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Why are investors getting disillusioned with equity mutual funds? Experts say this… | Mint

Why are investors getting disillusioned with equity mutual funds? Experts say this… | Mint

Source: Live Mint The latest AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) data for the month of May shows that inflow into equity mutual funds fell 21.66 percent month-on-month to ₹ ₹19,013.12 crore. In April also, equity inflows dropped, albeit marginally by over 3 percent over preceding month. Why are investors getting gradually disillusioned, or…

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