The growth will happen in the asset management market, as the Indian population is richer and economy would continue to grow.
Despite strong AUM growth, MFs lag behind other popular investment avenues. MFs received only 6 per cent of total household savings in 2021-2022.
Benchmark AMC's scheme is called silver BeES and each unit issued under the scheme will be equal to price of 100 grams of silver. The entry load for the fund will be 2.25 per cent during the new fund offering (NFO).
One can short-sell an ETF or buy on margin or even purchase one unit, which is not possible with index-funds/conventional MFs.