IEPFA Refund Process 2026: What Investors Should Know About Proposed Changes
What Was Proposed in January 2026? In January 2026, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs published a proposal inviting public comments on amendments to the IEPFA Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund R ...
How to Find Old Unclaimed Shares in India: A Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Gather Every Old Investment Record Start with the documents you already have. Old share certificates, dividend warrants, company letters, folio numbers and bank statements can all provide clu ...
SEBI Nomination Rules 2026: How Better Nomination Can Help Prevent Unclaimed Investments
What Changed in SEBI's Nomination Framework? On May 29, 2026, SEBI issued modified norms for nomination in demat accounts and mutual fund folios. The stated objective includes making the nomination p ...
SEBI Special Window 2026-27: What Holders of Old Physical Shares Should Know
What Is the 2026-27 Special Window? SEBI introduced a special window for eligible transfer-cum-dematerialisation of physical securities where the transfer was originally executed before April 1, 2019 ...
Claiming the Unclaimed: Why India Is Focusing on Idle Financial Assets
What Are Idle Financial Assets? An idle or unclaimed financial asset is not necessarily an asset with no owner. In many cases, the owner exists but the asset has become disconnected from active commu ...
Saksham Niveshak 2026: How Investors Can Prevent Shares From Becoming Unclaimed
The Real Reason Investments Become Difficult to Trace Unclaimed investments often begin with ordinary life changes: a move to another city, an old email address, a closed bank account, missing nomine ...
SEBI and IEPFA Niveshak Shivir 2026: What Investors Can Learn About Unclaimed Shares
What Is a Niveshak Shivir? Niveshak Shivir is designed as an investor facilitation platform where investors can receive help with issues such as unclaimed dividends, shares, KYC, nomination and pendi ...
World Investor Week 2026: Why You Should Check for Unclaimed Shares and Dividends
Why World Investor Week 2026 Matters to Investors World Investor Week 2026 is being observed in India from October 5 to 11, 2026, with SEBI acting as the national coordinator. The campaign focuses on ...
Listed vs Unlisted Companies: What Happens to Your Shares?
Investors often hear the terms 'listed company' and 'unlisted company,' but the difference becomes especially important when dealing with old physical shares, dematerialisation, transfer, transmission ...
Deceased Shareholder: How Legal Heirs Can Claim Shares
When a shareholder passes away, their shares do not simply disappear. However, transferring securities to the rightful legal heir or nominee can involve several procedural steps. Families often discov ...