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Market regulator Sebi nudges mutual funds to push bite-sized SIPs

According to sources, following a nudge from Sebi, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) wrote to fund houses on June 27, seeking information on their plans to offer the ₹250 SIPs

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Almost all large fund houses (top 15 by assets managed) have recently lowered the minimum SIP ticket size to as low as ₹100. Illustration: Ajaya Mohanty

Abhishek KumarKhushboo Tiwari Mumbai

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is encouraging fund houses, through their industry association, to accelerate the launch of micro systematic investment plans (SIPs), as over two-thirds of the mutual fund (MF) industry have yet to introduce them. 
According to sources, following a nudge from Sebi, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) wrote to fund houses on June 27, seeking information on their plans to offer the ₹250 SIPs. Announced in February, the so-called Chhoti SIP initiative is aimed at enhancing the financialisation of savings. 
In a consultation paper in January, the regulator proposed cost subsidies