Brokerages
₹25,620 crore foregone! Nithin Kamath shares why Zerodha stuck to the hard path of zero brokerage
Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath emphasized the firm's commitment to customer trust by avoiding fees and revenue extraction tactics. This philosophy has resulted in significant costs but allows them to maintain zero brokerage on equity trades, contrasting with industry norms.
2 min read16 Apr 2026War jitters threaten to drain broker clients and squeeze revenues
The latest West Asia conflict compounds issues from subdued markets and derivative trading curbs, intensifying an already challenging environment for India's brokerages.
4 min read31 Mar 2026Zerodha's Nithin Kamath explains how depository participant fees affect stock market investors — What you need to know
Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath explains what depository participant (DP) charges are and how broking firms impose the fee on stock market investors when they sell their stock holdings. Here's what you need to know about the hidden charge.
2 min read23 Feb 2026Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath explains how RBI's new lending norms for brokers impact stock market investors
Online brokerage co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath explained how Reserve Bank of India's new lending norms for brokers are set to impact stock market investors. Here's what you need to know about the update effective from 1 April 2026.
3 min read16 Feb 2026Groww, BSE to Angel One: Brokerage stocks down up to 10% — Are RBI’s new norms behind the fall?
Shares of BSE, Groww, Angel One, and other capital market stocks fell by up to 10% after the RBI tightened capital market exposure norms, requiring 100% collateral coverage for broker funding and increasing cash blockage for intermediaries, effective April 1, 2026.
3 min read16 Feb 2026Brokerage firms see post Q3 revenue gains from commodity derivatives amid rising gold and silver prices
Groww, Angel One and Anand Rathi reported significant increases in commodity derivatives' share of total income. Heightened trading in gold and silver, coupled with equity option curbs, pushed investors to alternative assets, tripling MCX's daily turnover.
3 min read10 Feb 2026Traders are flooding markets with risky bets. Robinhood's CEO is their cult hero.
Brokerage co-founded by Vlad Tenev makes exotic investments available to ordinary investors, seeing aggressive traders as key to the company’s success.
9 min read26 Nov 2025Groww's founders won't sell a single share in the IPO. Is their long-term conviction justified?
Groww’s four co-founders Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Ishan Bansal, and Neeraj Singh hold a combined 26.6% in the comapny. They were earlier expected to offload a million shares each, but decided to not to sell to signal their belief in the company's long-term success.
9 min read3 Nov 2025Groww IPO: Most users, less income than Zerodha—Can scale justify its valuation?
Groww races to IPO with scale and profits but faces low Arpu, heavy broking dependence, and rich valuations—can it ride India’s investing wave or stumble in a slowing cycle?
6 min read22 Sep 2025F&O slump is hurting brokers. Their fix— become wealth managers
With Sebi’s F&O curbs hitting volumes and profits, India’s top brokerages are diversifying into wealth, lending, and distribution to survive the squeeze.
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