Wealth & asset management. Past performance is not a promise.
The screen has to say so without losing the investor.
Asset managers, wealth and portfolio managers, brokers, investment advisers and retirement providers, where every chart is a disclosure and every recommendation has a regulator behind it. We design onboarding, investing and advice journeys, compliant content and investor communication, and AI that helps advisers without advising for them.
DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management systemsCERT-In Directions 2022 — Cyber incident reporting directionsOWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications — LLM and generative AI security risksWCAG 2.2 AA — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Wealth & asset managementEvery chart on screen is a disclosure.
ClaimsAdvertising & claims: Shapes most of the work
RegulatorSector regulator: Shapes most of the work
PaymentsPayments: Often shapes the work
DataPersonal data: Shapes most of the work
SecuritySecurity & incidents: Shapes most of the work
AccessAccessibility: Sometimes shapes the work
AIAI governance: Often shapes the work
What is shifting
The rulebook was rewritten, and the payment link got a badge.
Mutual funds moved to new regulations, investors can now check whom they are paying, and advisers answer for the AI tools they use. Each shift names what it demands, with a fact you can check.
Performance is shown with its risks, or not at all.
01
Mutual funds now run on a rewritten rulebook.
It demandsFund pages, factsheets and campaigns rebuilt to the new regulations and their advertisement code.
SignalThe SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 2026 came into force on 1 April 2026, replacing the 1996 regulations.
02
Investors can now see whom they are paying.
It demandsPayment steps that show the validated handle and explain what it means.
SignalSince 1 October 2025, SEBI-registered intermediaries that collect investor funds must offer a validated UPI address on the “@valid” handle, marked by a thumbs-up icon.
03
Advisers now answer for the AI they use.
It demandsAI features with clear accountability, data controls and records an auditor can read.
SignalA December 2024 amendment to SEBI’s adviser regulations makes an adviser using AI tools solely responsible for client data and for advice based on their output.
04
Finfluencers lost their regulated partners.
It demandsEducation and creator content that stays clear of advice and return claims.
SignalSince August 2024, SEBI-regulated entities may not associate with unregistered persons who give advice or make return or performance claims.
The rulebook
Every chart is a disclosure, every nudge a recommendation.
SEBI’s mutual-fund, adviser and intermediary rules, its cyber framework, recurring payments and the data law, read for a typical programme. Your compliance team keeps sign-off.
Frameworks we build to
DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management systems
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications — LLM and generative AI security risks
WCAG 2.2 AA — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Frameworks we design and build to — not a claim of certification.
Advertising & claims
Shapes most of the work
Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBI rules on unregistered finfluencers
Regulated entities and their agents may not associate with unregistered persons who give advice or recommendations, or who make return or performance claims.
We designCreator and education programmes are screened for advice and return claims before they run.
SEBI · Intermediaries and other amendment regulations, 29 August 2024
Sector regulator
Shapes most of the work
Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 2026
In force from 1 April 2026, replacing the 1996 regulations; advertisements follow the Fifth Schedule code — no testimonials, rankings or celebrities, consistency with the scheme documents, and the standard risk warning, unaltered.
We designFund pages and campaigns are generated from the scheme documents and checked against the code before release.
Intermediaries that collect investor funds must obtain and offer a validated UPI address on the “@valid” handle, shown with a thumbs-up in a green triangle; using it stays optional for investors.
We designPayment steps show the validated handle and how to verify it.
Recurring mutual-fund debits of up to ₹1 lakh can run by e-mandate without an extra authentication step, with a notice before each debit and an easy way to cancel.
We designSIP set-up shows every upcoming debit and puts cancellation one step away.
RBI · e-mandate framework for recurring payments; ₹1 lakh limit for mutual fund subscriptions, 12 December 2023
Personal data
Shapes most of the work
Ministry of Electronics and IT
DPDP Act, 2023 and DPDP Rules, 2025
KYC, financial and nomination data collected per purpose with consent, withdrawal as easy as consent, and breach reporting to the Data Protection Board.
We designOnboarding asks only for what KYC and the product need, with consent logged per purpose.
One cyber framework for SEBI-regulated entities, graded by size, covering governance, protection, detection, response and recovery, with audits and evidence of compliance.
We designInvestor platforms ship with logging, monitoring, test evidence and an incident runbook.
SEBI · CSCRF circular, 20 August 2024
AI governance
Often shapes the work
Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013
Advice comes only from registered advisers; since 16 December 2024, an adviser who uses AI tools is solely responsible for client data and for advice based on their output.
We designAdvice journeys show who is advising, and AI features keep a named person accountable for every recommendation.
Compiled 3 October 2026. Our reading of typical programmes, not legal advice. Rules change; your counsel confirms how each one applies to you.
Challenges
Where wealth & asset management loses customers and time.
What comes up first in most wealth & asset management conversations — outside, at the screen, and inside, in the operation.
AYour customers
A1
Understanding the risk
Risk, costs and past returns explained without burying the investor in disclaimers.
A2
Starting without friction
KYC, nomination and the first SIP done in one sitting.
A3
Knowing whom to trust
Registered names, validated payment handles and clear advice boundaries on every screen.
Advice still happens across a table, and it has to be on the record.
BYour operation
B1
Every asset is a disclosure
Factsheets, ads and social posts must match the scheme documents and the advertisement code.
B2
Distribution through many hands
Distributors, platforms and advisers each present the same fund differently.
B3
Cyber resilience under audit
Investor-facing systems must meet SEBI’s cyber framework, with evidence to show.
What we build
The disciplines behind a typical wealth & asset management programme.
A typical programme here draws on each discipline in this mix. Every line names what it builds for the industry and links to the capability that does the work.
Audit the journey first, then rebuild how investors start.
The way in walks onboarding, investing and advice against SEBI’s rules and ranks the fixes by drop-off and by risk. Lengths are typical, never promised.
The way in
Investor journey and disclosure audit
We walk onboarding, investing and advice journeys against SEBI’s rules and rank the fixes by drop-off and by risk.
Package
Sprint · Fixed fee
Typical length
2–3 weeks
It sets
Time from first visit to first investment, as a baseline
Product experience audit
Technical & code audit
What it hands over
A disclosure gap register against the 2026 regulations
A copilot that prepares client reviews from portfolio data and research, with an evaluation set, guardrails and the adviser accountable for every recommendation.
MovesAdviser time per client review
Services: AI knowledge assistant · AI assistant experience design
The number we moveTime from first visit to first investment
Time from first visit to first investment
KYC completion rate
SIPs still running after 12 months
Complaints per 10,000 investor accounts
AI, under the rules
AI prepares and explains, a registered person advises.
Each use case has an owner, an evaluation set and a log; no model recommends a product to an investor.
Use case 01
Adviser copilot
Measured byAdviser time per client review
Tested forOWASP LLM06 · Excessive agency
agent / adviser-copilotGuarded
TaskPrepares a client review — holdings, goals, risk profile and recent changes — for a registered adviser.
GuardrailPrepares and summarises only; it never recommends a product to a client, and every figure links to its source.
HumanThe registered adviser decides and signs every recommendation.
LogData sources, summary version and the adviser’s decision.
✓Ships only with its evaluation set, its guardrail and an owner
Use case 02
Fund explainer
Measured byAnswer accuracy on an agreed evaluation set
Tested forOWASP LLM09 · Misinformation
agent / fund-explainerGuarded
TaskAnswers investor questions about a scheme from its scheme documents and factsheet.
GuardrailQuotes the documents, shows the standard warning, and never predicts returns or suits a fund to a person.
HumanThe service team reviews flagged answers every day.
LogQuestion, document cited and answer.
✓Ships only with its evaluation set, its guardrail and an owner
Use case 03
Ad and post compliance check
Measured byAssets approved by compliance first time
Tested forOWASP LLM05 · Improper output handling
agent / ad-and-post-compliance-checkGuarded
TaskChecks drafts of ads, factsheets and social posts against the advertisement code.
GuardrailIt only flags; compliance approves or rejects every asset.
HumanThe compliance officer signs off each asset.
LogEach flag, the rule behind it and the decision.
✓Ships only with its evaluation set, its guardrail and an owner
Work and insights
Case studies stay private until a client approves them.
No wealth & asset management client is named or described without written approval. Here is what we have written that bears on the industry.
A typical programme · composite
A mid-sized asset manager rebuilt its direct investing journey so an investor completes KYC, nomination and a first SIP in one sitting, with every chart and fund page generated from the scheme documents and checked against the advertisement code.
Anonymised and illustrative: the shape a programme takes, never a named client.
Related reading
Nothing published on wealth & asset management yet. Ask us what we are seeing in the industry.
Yes: onboarding, KYC, SIPs, goals and statements, integrated with your registrar, KYC agencies and payments, and built to SEBI’s cyber framework with the evidence your auditors ask for.
Q.02How do you keep content inside the advertisement code?
Fund content is generated from the scheme documents, and every asset is checked against the code — no testimonials, rankings or celebrities, the standard warning in full — before your compliance team signs it off.
Q.03Will AI give advice to our investors?
No. AI prepares, explains and checks; a registered adviser decides every recommendation, and SEBI’s rules make the adviser responsible for advice based on AI output.
Q.04Do you work with distributors and platforms as well as fund houses?
Yes: asset managers, distributors, wealth platforms, portfolio managers and advisers. Each gets journeys built to the rules of its own registration.
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