Bharat 22 ETF

GS-III: Bharat 22 ETF.

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The Further Fund Offer 2 (FFO 2) of Bharat 22 Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is part of the government’s divestment programme, will be open for subscription for investors.

Bharat 22

Bharat 22 is an ETF that will track the performance of 22 stocks, which the government plans to disinvest.
The ETF unit represents a slice of the fund, issued units are listed on exchanges for anyone to buy or sell at the quoted price.
The B22 will span six sectors, such as basic materials, energy, finance, FMCG, industrials and utilities.
Besides public sector banks, miners, construction companies, and energy majors, the ETF will also include some of the government’s holdings in SUUTI (Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India).
The B22 ETF will be managed by ICICI Prudential AMC while Asia Index will be the index provider.
The index will be rebalanced annually.

About Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

ETFs are mutual funds listed and traded on stock exchanges like shares.
The ETF simply copies an index and endeavours to accurately reflect its performance.
In an ETF, one can buy and sell units at a prevailing market price on a real-time basis during market hours.
There are four types of ETFs already available Equity ETFs, Debt ETFs, Commodity ETFs and Overseas Equity ETFs.
The Bharat 22 ETF to be offered now allows the Government to park its holdings in selected PSUs in an ETF and raise disinvestment money from investors at one go.

Source: THE HINDU

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