01SEBI
Investment Fraud Across North India's Digital and Local Channels
AREV worked with SEBI's Northern Regional Office on a research project examining how investment fraud reaches investors through online channels and local, in-person advisers across North India. The work combined primary research, regulatory benchmarking and policy analysis, and translated the findings into outreach and verification recommendations.
Completed
·Financial Regulation & Investor Protection
Areas of Work
- —Investor segmentation and phased outreach across eight Northern states
- —Online and offline trust and verification behaviour
- —Fraud channel mapping across digital and local advisory settings
- —Global regulatory benchmarking on investor verification and adviser standards
- —Policy options for investor verification
Key Deliverables
Segment-based outreach and rollout framework; policy note on verification options; verification tools pack (concept and prototype designs); complaint-monitoring prototype.