Investment Tech Is Democratising Finance: Aditya Narvekar
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My guest today is Aditya Narvekar. He works as a strategy consultant for American Airlines, and in the past has worked in investment management and financial services across 🇮🇳 and 🇺🇸 with Nuance Investments, Edelweiss, and Motilal Oswal.
Aditya is a good friend, and I deeply value his opinion on markets and finance. I am excited that I could get him to be the first guest on the show!
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Summary
Our guest Aditya Narvekar has a background in investment management and financial services in both India and the US. He joins us to share his views on emerging investment tech platforms in both countries and how they are making retail investing mainstream:
0:40 Aditya's Introduction
3:45 How US and India markets compare?
4:55 Why India has more listed public companies than the US?
6:47 US vs India retail participation rate
8:52 How investment tech platforms like Robinhood, Zerodha are democratising finance for all?
11:05 How does Robinhood make money?
14:10 Emerging Investment Tech Apps in India and US
18:48 How are legacy players adapting?
20:40 What's one ritual Aditya abides by to stay productive?