New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- It was a counterintuitive message that Ganesh Mohan, managing director of Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund, delivered to a hall of eager investors at the Mint Money Festival 2026. Speaking on 14 February at the NSE Atrium in Mumbai, Mohan focused not on markets or products, but on a relationship that often damages both confidence and capital - the one between investors and their own minds.

running debate between "Do It Yourself" (DIY) investing and professional advice, Mohan stripped away industry jargon to highlight a striking shift underway. India, he said, is in the middle of a historic transition from savers to investors. "In the last five years, the ratio of mutual fund assets to bank deposits has almost doubled," Moh...