New Delhi, June 4 -- India's next generation of investors isn't entering the markets quietly. It's arriving with urgency, confidence and, increasingly, anxiety. At the centre of this shift is a powerful behavioural force: fear of missing out, or FOMO.

For financial advisers and wealth managers, this is not a passing trend. It is fast becoming a defining feature of how younger investors, particularly millennials and Gen Z, engage with markets, make decisions, and evaluate advice.

A growing share of young investors admit to making investment choices driven by FOMO: whether in IPOs, small-cap rallies, cryptocurrencies, or trending sectors such as electric vehicles and artificial intelligence. In India's rapidly financialising economy, wher...