FM launches Bharat-22 ETF; to cover six sectors
ETF to have CPSEs, public
sector banks and strategic holding SUUTI
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NEWS : Centre
has set up a new exchange-traded fund Bharat-22 to sell government stakes in 22
firms under its asset sale programme, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters on Friday.
Bharat-22
ETF will consist of the government’s holding in SUUTI, CPSE ETF and PSU banks.
It will cover six sectors.
The ETF will
include 22 companies. Jaitley said that the ETF will have a single company cap
of 15 per cent, and a sectoral cap of 22 per cent.
It will
feature four banking stocks -- SBI, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Bank
-- other than CPSEs such as Nalco, ONGC, IOC, BPCL and Coal India.
Besides,
there will be nine other PSUs as well as REC and PFC. SUUTI's holding in ITC
has also been included.
Ninety per
cent of the equities included are traded in futures.
ICICI
Prudential is the fund manager.
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