NSE, Sebi hold investor awareness programme in Srinagar

Leading bourse NSE along with market regulator Sebi, J&K Bank and University of Kashmir today held an investor awareness programme at Srinagar to help people from Jammu and Kashmir take effective financial decisions.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) also inked a pact with University of Kashmir to offer students post graduate course on financial market from the next academic year.

"At the seminar today, investors were educated about the investor grievance redressal mechanisms, so that they can get their complaints resolved at an early stage," NSE said in a statement.

"They were also educated on the various products that they could invest in, for example, exchange traded funds (ETF's) including Nifty ETFs," it added.

Investors were also given advice on not getting lured by promises of exceptionally high returns and on the need to check the statement of accounts, among others.