New Delhi, April 29 -- To say the awareness around unclaimed assets is quite low would be a huge understatement. Taking into account unclaimed dividends and current market value of unclaimed shares, assets worth more than Rs.90,000 crore are lying unclaimed with the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), according to data collected by Fee-Only Investment Advisors, a financial planning firm.

Established in 2016 under the ministry of corporate affairs, IEPFA is a custodian of investors' funds that have not been claimed for more than seven years. Its job is to transfer these funds back to investors safely after verifying their identity.

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