New Delhi, March 30 -- The sharp rise in retail participation in India's capital markets has been propelled by higher awareness of mutual funds, digitalization enabling frictionless investing, and stable long-term returns, speakers said at the Mint India Investment Summit 2026.

Shravan Sreenivasula, ED & head, Investment Solutions, Avendus Wealth Management, noted that while access and awareness have helped, returns remain the core driver.

"Even as last two years the markets have been muted but even now we clock a number of about 13% of thereabouts on a 3, 5, 10 year basis so that interests a lot people to come into markets," he said, adding that IPOs have also been a propellant of retail participation and platforms, like Mint, that hav...