India, Dec. 7 -- Here is the tough fact: only 9.5 percent of Indian household savings are invested in equities as compared to 62 percent in the USA. The difference is even more pronounced in professional wealth management, only 15 percent of India's wealth is professionally managed as opposed to 75 percent in the US. This is not a problem. It is an opportunity of trillions of dollars. The financialization of Indian savings is just about to happen.

Despite such low Indian participation in the equity market, the participation has grown by a staggering ~29 percent CAGR post-COVID pandemic. This is a visible change in the way Indians are saving for the future through these figures. SIP flows are skyrocketing, demat account creations are at r...