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Active clients' growth remains weak amid tightening of regulatory norms

Brokers say investors yet to buy the pitch of a broader market revival

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Brokers say that because of the lack of quality IPOs, new clients are not entering the market.

Sundar SethuramanJash Kriplani Mumbai
Growth of active clients has remained weak, which brokers attribute to the lack of investor conviction in a broader market revival. This is in stark contrast to the expectations of a strong broader market recovery being heavily pitched by mutual fund managers in recent months.  

According to the data sourced from the NSE, the number of active clients in 2019-2020 (up to December) stood at 9.58 million, growing at 9 per cent from FY19.

Brokers say even though domestic fund managers are talking up a broader market recovery, retail investors are unwilling to deploy large investments in mid- and small-cap stocks as