With the deadline for furnishing details of permanent account number lapsing on December 31, a quarter of the 98.5 lakh (9.85 million) demat accounts will be frozen from January 1.
Fund houses' tie-ups with the postal department for marketing their schemes through post offices are yet to take off in a bigger way.
The Tokyo-based Shinsei Bank is all set to foray into the Indian mutual fund business by forming a joint venture asset management company with Andhra Bank.