SLUARAMAN RAMAMURTHY, GANIER AND CEO Director, BSE LIMITED | Photo credit: Debash Bhaduri
Regulations alone cannot protect retail investors if they do not take appropriate precautions while investing in the sharing market, said Sundaraman Ramamurthy, managing director and CEO, BSE. Ramamurthy felt that investing in mutual funds is the best for investors who have no technical knowledge of the capital market.
“You change what you understand and understand what you have traded. If you don’t do that, you have a problem,” Ramamurthy said in an event organized by the Calcuta Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata on Thursday.
Emphasizing the need for awareness and responsibility for investors, Ramamurthy urged retailers to be attentive and informed. He criticized the trend of investors to trust rumors instead of due diligence.
“Scan a vegetable before buying it, but when he invests the profits of his life, he listens, it is not how he should go,” he emphasized.
According to him, in the space of mutual funds, small investors, who are not experts in the market, can search for widespread indices and funds.
In SME OPO and Actions, Ramamurthy said that these are not intended for retail investors. “There are so many good shares for retail investors in the main market,” he said.
Responding to a set of questions about the possible manipulation in the Listing of the SME, Ramamurthy acknowledged that fraud such as bomb and diver schemes could not be completely ruled out, even if regulators and exchanges of values are vigilant.
BSE is implementing models of AI and large language in test for initial scanning or IPO documents to detect areas of concern, Ramamurthy added.
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Posted on April 25, 2025
