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EPFO set to hike proportion of exchange traded fund investments

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will on 7 July take a decision on increasing investments in stock markets through exchange traded funds

An ETF trades like an individual stock in the market and is generally a basket of various securities such as shares, bonds, commodities and indices. Photo: iStockPremium
An ETF trades like an individual stock in the market and is generally a basket of various securities such as shares, bonds, commodities and indices. Photo: iStock

New Delhi: Retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will on 7 July take a decision on increasing investments in stock markets through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as they have started giving returns, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Tuesday.

“A report will be presented before the Central Board of Trustee (CBT) on ETF investments of the EPFO on 7 July. Now the report is positive. We will decide quantum of percentage increase. According to the percentage (increase), the amount of investment will also increase," Dattatreya said at an event here on occupational safety.

In the meeting, there will be a detailed analysis of EPFO investments in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), which will be presented before the CBT headed by the Labour Minister.

An ETF trades like an individual stock in the market and is generally a basket of various securities such as shares, bonds, commodities and indices.

The EPFO had started investing in ETFs last August. It had started by investing 5% of its investible deposits in ETFs last fiscal. Now, there is a move to increase the proportion of such investments this fiscal.

The minister said: “The EPFO trustees will take a decision regarding increase in proportion of its investment ETFs after consultations with stakeholders."

He further said, “After deliberating on the analysis of the report, as Chairman I will discuss it with other members of the CBT about increase in percentage of ETF investments. Last year, It was 5%. It can go up to 15% as per Finance Ministry investment pattern."

Earlier, the minister had said, “As on 31 March 2016 the amount invested was 6,577 crore which gave a return of 6,601 crore, which is up by 0.37%. As on 30 April 2016 the amount invested was 6,674 crore and this gave a return of 6,786 crore which is up by 1.68%."

The proposal will go to the law department and then to the Cabinet for approval. The minister also spoke about introducing a new provision for having safety auditors for ensuring Occupational Safety and Health in the Factories Act.

“The proposal regarding safety auditors will soon go for vetting by Law Ministry and then it will go to the Cabinet." A senior Labour Ministry official said that the tripartite consultations for introducing the concept of safety auditors were completed as there were two rounds of discussion on that.

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Published: 28 Jun 2016, 04:54 PM IST
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