SEBI directs brokers to display investor awareness messages on trading apps, websites

Reports coming in for today mention that To promote investor awareness, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed stock brokers to prominently display investor awareness messages on their websites and trading apps as part of its Project Jagrook and ahead of World Investor Week 2026.

In a circular issued on Thursday, SEBI stated brokers will have to display messages shared by the regulator in addition to the existing risk disclosures mandated under an earlier directive.

Website display from October 5

Between October 5 and October 31, stock brokers will have to display SEBI's investor awareness messages as well as the prescribed risk disclosures on their websites.

From November 1, brokers will be required to display the specified investor awareness messages on the landing page of their websites.

For trading apps, October 5 to October 31 will be a transition phase. Brokers may voluntarily display the investor awareness messages during this period. If a broker chooses to display the SEBI message on a particular day, displaying the existing risk disclosures will be optional for that day.

From November 1, stock brokers will have to mandatorily display the investor awareness messages and risk disclosures on the landing page of their trading apps on alternate days.

SEBI stated the investor awareness messages may be modified from time to time.

The regulator had earlier, through its May 19, 2023 circular, mandated stock brokers to display specified risk disclosures to all their clients.

SEBI has additionally directed bourses and depositories to bring the circular to the notice of their members and participants and disseminate it on their websites.

They have additionally been asked to display the investor awareness messages shared by SEBI as provided and take steps to implement the circular.

The latest directive forms part of SEBI's wider investor-awareness efforts under Project Jagrook, with the regulator seeking to put investor-focused information directly on platforms used by traders at large.