Exchange Traded Fund in Indian Stock Market

Abstract

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are one of the most innovative financial products introduced on exchanges. ETFs in India, investors need D-MAT account and many Indian investors do not have these accounts and therefore do not consider ETFs. ETFs have been limited to broad indexes when compare other countries markets. In USA 75% ETFs are affect the total turnover of U.S stock Exchange but in India only the 25% of ETFs are affect the total turnover of Indian Stock market. Indian stock market regulators only can regulate the way of trading ETFs and Create awareness about riskless ETFs trading to Indian traders. I. Introduction An ETF refers to a diversified basket of securities that is traded in real time like an individual stock on an exchange.Unlike regular open-ended mutual funds, ETFs can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like any other stock.An ETF is similar to an index fund, but the ETFs can invest in either all of the securities or a representative sample of the securities included in the index. Exchange-traded funds first came into existence in the USA in 1993. Importantly, the ETFs offer a one-stop exposure to a diversifi ed basket of securities that can be traded in real time like an individual stock. MEANING : EXCHANGE TRADED FUND(Etfs) A security that tracks an index, a commodity or a basket of assets like an index fund, but trades like a stock on an exchange. ETFs experience price changes throughout the day as they are bought and sold. Because it trades like a stock, an ETF does not have its net asset value (NAV) calculated every day like a mutual fund does. By owning an ETF, you get the diversification of an index fund as well as the ability to sell short, buy on margin and purchase as little as one share. Another advantage is that the expense ratios for most ETFs are lower than those of the average mutual fund. When buying and selling ETFs, you have to pay the same commission to your broker that you'd pay on any regular order. Etfs: EVOLUTION AND RECENT TRENDS The first ETF in India, the NIFTY BEES (Nifty Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme) based on Nifty 50 was launched inDecember 2001 by Benchmark Mutual Fund. It is bought and sold like any other stock on NSE and has all characteristicsof an index fund. As of March 2013, there were 35 ETFs listed on NSE. The ETF based on Sensex is SPICE (SensexPrudential ICICI Exchange Traded Fund) which was launched by -Prudential ICICI. Growth in Gold ETFs have seen a rising trend as shown in Following Figure however other ETFs have seen a decline in activity from 2007 to 2011.