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The National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) is a public trust established in 2006 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator of the securities markets in India. The institute carries out a wide range of capacity building activities at various levels aimed at enhancing the quality standards in securities markets.

Key Takeaways

Context:

This session aimed at creating an understanding of personal financial matters in a practical and easy-to-understand format.

Session Highlights:

 

  • Shed light on how financial well-being is created through financial planning, following a three-step process: risk control, wealth management, and wealth transfer.
  • Explained the concepts of risk, returns, expense budgeting, asset allocation, and the power of compounding.
Key Takeaways
  • Wealth is created through discipline and diligence while ignoring market noise.
  • Follow Essential Best Practices: Invest first for the future, seek professional guidance, purchase real
    estate for personal use, and ensure adequate life insurance coverage for yourself and your dependents.
  • Differentiate Between Good and Bad Liabilities: Understand the difference between liabilities that support financial growth and those that can negatively impact your financial well-being.
Recording of Webinar Link

Context:

This session highlighted “Wealth is not built in one leap—it is built through a systematic
framework.” It presented a practical, three-part architecture for financial security: first, protecting against risks that could derail your goals; then, activating four engines that drive sustainable wealth creation; and finally, embedding these decisions into a disciplined system that turns uncertainty into progress.

Session Highlights:

 

  • The three Security Shields—financial assessment, emergency reserves, and comprehensive insurance documentation—form the foundation. Without them, even significant assets remain vulnerable to life’s inevitable uncertainties.
  • Disciplined income and savings, systematic and regular investing (free from market-timing anxiety), thoughtful asset allocation across regulated products and diversified sectors, and periodic review and rebalancing. No single engine is sufficient; all four must work in concert.
  • A foolproof system—anchored to clear goals, informed by a disciplined exit plan, and supported by periodic reviews—is what transforms financial uncertainty into predictable progress. Peace of mind comes from systems, not luck.
Key Takeaways
  • Establish an emergency fund (typically covering 6–12 months of expenses), ensure investment
    documents and nominations are in place, and maintain adequate insurance coverage before prioritizing
    investment returns.
  • Do not scatter your efforts—focus on earning and saving consistently, invest regularly regardless of market noise, allocate across multiple asset classes and geographies through regulated products, and review annually. This rhythm compounds over decades.
  • Make your system foolproof by defining your financial goals first, then designing your portfolio and exit
    plan backward from those goals. Review and rebalance at least annually. A disciplined system does not predict markets—it protects you from uncertainty while keeping you focused on what matters.
Recording of Webinar Link

Context:

This session focused on helping investors understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are changing the nature of financial fraud, making scams more sophisticated, personalised, and difficult to identify.

Session Highlights:

 

  • Explained how AI is being used by fraudsters to create convincing phishing messages, deepfake videos, voice clones, fake investment platforms, and personalised social-engineering attacks targeting investors.
  • Discussed real-world examples and emerging fraud patterns, including fake investment advisory groups, fraudulent trading apps, deepfake investment promotions, and social media-driven investment scams.
  • Highlighted how fraudsters use urgency, trust, unrealistic returns, fake credentials, and fabricated investment success stories to influence investor behaviour and trigger financial transactions.
Key Takeaways
  • AI is making financial fraud more convincing and scalable. Therefore, investors should not rely solely on
    what they see, hear, or receive digitally when making investment decisions.
  • Investors should pause and independently verify investment advisers, trading platforms, messages, links, and investment opportunities through official sources before sharing information or transferring
    money.
  • Essential protection practices include verifying regulatory registrations, avoiding guaranteed or unusually high-return schemes, protecting OTPs and passwords, using official apps and websites, and promptly reporting suspected cyber or financial fraud through appropriate official channels, such as SEBI SCORES, the National Cyber Crime Portal, and the Cyber Crime Helpline (1930).
Recording of Webinar Link

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