Mutual fund industry must shift from access to investor outcomes: Experts

India’s mutual fund industry needs to move beyond expanding digital access and focus on improving investor outcomes, strengthening advisory services, and building investor confidence amid market volatility, experts said during a panel discussion on ‘Reinventing Financial Intermediation amid Fintech Disruptions’ at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026. In conversation with Business Standard’s Kairavi Lukka, Gaurav Rastogi, founder and chief executive officer of Kuvera; Nilesh Naik, head of mutual funds at PhonePe; Rajiv Bajaj, chairman and managing director of Bajaj Capital; and Swapnil Bhaskar, managing director and chief executive officer of JioBlackRock Investment Advisors, discussed how technological innovation, artificial intelligence (AI), investor education, and traditional advisory services could shape the next phase of growth.