Etf Industry

EPFO invested Rs 34,208 cr in ETFs during Apr-Oct: Centre tells Parliament

Retirement fund body EPFO has invested Rs 34,207.93 crore in exchange traded funds (ETFs) during the April-October period this fiscal year, Parliament was informed on Monday. According to a written reply to Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shobha Karandlaje, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had invested Rs 57,184.24 crore in the ETFs. The total corpus of various funds managed by EPFO was Rs 24.75 lakh crore as on March 31, 2024, including debt investments of Rs 22,40,922.30 crore and Rs 2,34,921.49 crore in ETFs. The minister told the House that the EPFO does not invest directly in any of the individual stocks in the equity market. The EPFO regularly invests in equity markets through ETFs replicating BSE-Sensex and NSE NIFTY-50 indices, she stated. In addition, EPFO has also invested from time to time in ETFs constructed specifically for disinvestment of shareholding of the Government of India in body corporates, namely ETFs tracking Bharat .

EPFO mulls investing in equity market beyond Exchange Traded Funds

As per the current pattern of investment notified by the labour ministry in April 2015, retirement fund body can invest anywhere between 5 - 15 per cent of all its fresh accretions in equity markets

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Investors should approach ETFs as long-term investments and avoid frequent trading

Bitcoin rally: Book partial profits, full exit unnecessary unless needed

Institutional interest in cryptocurrencies is up, as is evident from the increased volumes in Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

Recipe for market success: ETFs, the secret sauce stirred into growth

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Gold exchange-traded funds mine a rich vein: The price dip pays off

Recent Customs duty cut has sparked a gold rush, driving ETF inflows to their highest level since February 2020

Don't let tax rate hikes disrupt wealth creation through equity funds

International, gold and silver funds and ETFs will be taxed more favourably from next year

Budget 2024 brings relief for gold ETFs, equity FoFs, international schemes

According to MF officials, these offerings had unintentionally got classified as debt funds last year, and this budget makes a course correction

Budget 2024: Tax exemptions expanded to retail schemes, ETFs in Gift-IFSC

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Asian chip stocks tumble on fear of US mulling tighter curbs on tech export

Among the worst hit were shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, which has shed roughly $61.35 billion in market value over two days

Global gold ETFs lose $6.7bn in 2024; worst H1 drop in 11 years: WGC

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India dedicated flows slow to 12-week low, led by outflows from ETFs

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Biggest global gold ETFs by AUM see $3.9 bn outflow in 5 months. Check why

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Float dynamics: Higher float to keep ETF buying in Airtel, CIL buoyed up

Based on changes to the float during the three-month period ended March 2024, Freitas has calculated the possible weighting changes in these stocks and their likely impact on passive flows

Silver ETF gains greater traction as AUM tops Rs 5,000 crore in April

Last month, Gold ETF AUM had topped Rs 30,000 cr; This year's rally burnishes image of silver, gold as 'safe haven' bets

Bitcoin's share of crypto market highest since 2021 partly due to ETFs

Bitcoin and second-ranked Ether jumped on Monday, boosted by indications that asset managers will soon launch Hong Kong-listed ETFs for both tokens

Investment platform Smallcase to offer 'basket investment' of mutual funds

The company plans to launch the MF vertical by June, said Vasanth Kamath, Founder and CEO of Smallcase

Sebi directs mutual funds to stop inflows into ETF-based overseas schemes

Sebi and some of the MFs have made representations to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seeking new limits but the central bank is yet to take a call

Y-Combinator-backed Mudrex to offer Bitcoin Spot ETFs to Indian investors

It comes at a time when Bitcoin touched its all-time high of $71,677 on Monday mainly due to the enthusiasm around Bitcoin ETFs

Market regulator Sebi proposes easing investment norms for passive funds

Plans to give index funds, ETFs exemption from 25% investment cap in group firms