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Equity mutual fund (MF) schemes may soon get to invest in gold and silver, if market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) new categorisation framework gets finalised.
Some believe this will provide fund managers greater flexibility to navigate market volatility during periods of uncertainty, while others say the move could introduce complexities, particularly with respect to comparison of scheme performance.
As of now, equity schemes have to mandatorily invest 65-80 per cent of the corpus in equities. The rest can be invested in a mix of equity, debt, Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits), and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs).
