Zerodha turns its ‘Coin’ into a passive wealth management hub

Zerodha turns its ‘Coin’ into a passive wealth management hub



Stock broking major Zerodha is focusing on building its mutual fund distribution platform Coin as a larger one-stop shop for consumers looking for passive wealth management.

The company last week launched fixed deposits in partnership with small finance banks adding to its current product suite around direct mutual funds, NPS (national pension scheme) and insurance products.

“Think of Coin as a platform where people put money they don’t want to actively manage, mutual funds, NPS, insurance and now with fixed deposits we have launched almost everything we had in mind,” said Neelesh Verma, associate vice president at Zerodha. He heads mutual funds, NPS and fixed income products at the firm.

Zerodha is also evaluating bond distribution, a sector which is seeing major investor interest in recent times, however the company is not finalised on the way it wants to build and distribute the product.

The stock market regulator Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) wants wider distribution of listed corporate bonds through the online bond distribution platforms, which are directly regulated. Players like Wint Wealth, Jiraaf, Stable Money and others operate in this sector.

“Bond distribution has its own regulatory framework and licensing requirements, not something we would like to comment on right now,” Verma said.