DSP Mutual Fund launches “No More” campaign
The educational campaign draws on real experiences and investor stories to highlight the cost of impulsive financial behaviour
The educational campaign draws on real experiences and investor stories to highlight the cost of impulsive financial behaviour
DSP Mutual Fund has launched “No More”, an educational campaign that invites investors to hit pause, to step back from impulse-driven decisions and rethink the behaviours that often stand between them and their long-term financial goals.
In recent years, investing has become simpler than ever - a few taps on an app, a flood of opinions online, and a market that’s often buzzing with optimism. But that convenience, coupled with excitement and FOMO, has also made it easier for investors to act hastily. It often makes them chase only the latest outperforming funds, trading on headlines, or taking on risks they don’t fully understand.
“No More” is DSP’s way of saying: stop, just for a moment. Look at what’s driving your decisions. Are they grounded in goals, or guided by emotions?
This campaign builds on DSP’s earlier investor education campaign, “I Will Not Stop”, which focused on staying disciplined and continuing SIPs through volatile times. Together, the two ideas form a balanced message: No more doing what harms me. I will not stop doing what helps me.
The insight for “No More” didn’t come from theory—it came from careful consumer behaviour observations. Over countless interactions with investors, financial advisors, and distributors, DSP’s teams noticed the same behavioural patterns repeating. The excitement when markets rise. The anxiety when they fall. The tendency to act first and reflect later. These lessons, drawn from real experiences, shaped the heart of the campaign.
The messaging is intentionally direct and is designed to make investors introspect rather than react. Both campaigns stem from real-world insights gathered from conversations with investors, financial advisors, and distributors about the common mistakes that derail financial journeys.
The multi-channel rollout reinforces a simple idea: success in investing is as much about developing the right mindset as it is about knowledge. The campaign spans out-of-home placements across major Indian airports, full-page and half-page print ads in national and regional newspapers and a robust digital presence including on OTT platforms, reflecting DSP’s ongoing commitment to meaningful, large-scale investor education.
“I have personally made mistakes in the first 5-10 years of investing which I only realized over time. This campaign is a reflection of our own experiences which we are highlighting to encourage investors to pause, reflect, and avoid the types of moves that lead to regret. No more is our rallying cry to tell ourselves- Let’s do No More what we should not do. Let’s become unaverage investors and create better financial futures for our families.” said Kalpen Parekh, MD & CEO, DSP Mutual Fund.
“Time and again, we’ve seen the same story repeat - investors jump in with enthusiasm and pull out in fear. Pride, overconfidence, and emotions drive decisions more than reason. We want to hold up a mirror to these patterns and make investors pause and reflect. Until we acknowledge our own fallibility and recognize our own behavioral traps, we may just keep mistaking movement for progress. ‘No More’ is a call to break that cycle.” said Abhik Sanyal, Head of Marketing, DSP Mutual Fund.