Silver ETFs

Beware of its volatile nature and don't invest more than 5% of your investment portfolio in it

Brokerages have an upside bias for silver in 2023 as they see strong demand for the metal amid the global green energy push and rising industrial demand

Axis Mutual Fund is targeting to garner Rs 50 crore from the silver ETF and the silver fund of fund announced on Friday -- its maiden launch after the Sebi lifted its three month ban on NFOs from July. The fund house said the silver fund of fund will invest in the units of Axis silver ETF (exchange traded fund). Pratik Tibrewal, fund manager, commodities at Axis AMC told PTI that they have set an internal target of garnering Rs 50 crore during the new fund offer. Both the funds will be open for subscription from September 2 through September 15, the fund house said in a statement. While the silver ETF will have no exit load, the silver fund of fund will attract an exit load of 0.25 per cent if redeemed/switched out within seven days from the date of allotment but will have no such charges if redeemed/switched out after sever days of allotment. The silver ETF will invest in industry standard 30 kg physical silver bullion of 999 parts per 1,000 fineness and storage, transport and ..

In the past one month, silver funds have returned 7.34%, gold funds on an average are up by about 6%. In comparison, Nifty is down 4%

Those taking a strategic exposure must have a long horizon and invest via the SIP route to benefit from its volatility

Market players believe just like Gold ETFs, silver passive funds can become popular in India. The main aim of the schemes is to generate returns in line with performance of physical silver

With the introduction of norms for silver ETFs, investors will be able to invest in silver in a more liquid manner and can help in diversification of the portfolio, experts said on Sunday

The move will make it convenient for investors to have an exposure to such commodity in a transparent manner

Currently, MFs offer only gold-based ETFs in the commodity space. Silver ETFs will have similar safeguards as that in the existing regulatory mechanism for Gold ETFs

The markets regulator has amended rules to introduce the exchange traded funds

Globally, there are at least four silver ETFs with AUM of more than $1 billion. iShares Silver Trust, the world's biggest silver ETF, has AUM of over $12 billion.

Sebi's decision to introduce silver exchange-traded funds will bring in another investible commodity for retail investors looking for investment exposure to the metal as an asset class, experts said

Markets regulator Sebi has decided to tweak the criteria for determining 'Fit and Proper Person' and given its approval for the launch of silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the country

At present, while there are several options for investors looking to put their money in gold, those investing in the white metal can only buy physical silver

In global markets ETFs are based on equities, commodities and metals but in India these funds are based on equity and gold only

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