Nifty Reits and InvITs Index

Nifty Reits and InvITs Index
 

News: Recently, India's first-ever Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) Index was launched by National Stock Exchange Indices Ltd, a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India.
 

About:
 The index aims to track the performance of Reits and InvITs that are publicly listed and traded on the NSE.
 The weights of securities within the index are based on their free-float market capitalization, subject to a security cap of 33% each and an aggregate weight of top-3 securities capped at 72%.
 The index has a base date of 1 July 2019 and a base value of 1,000.
 The index will be reviewed and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
 

Top Constituents:
 The top constituents of the Nifty Reits & InvITs index include Embassy Office Parks Reit, Powergrid Infrastructure Investment, Mindspace Business Parks Reit, and India Grid Trust.
 The index has 57.5% weight to Real estate, 35.6% to power, and 6.8% to services.
 

About Infrastructure Investment Trust:
 An InvITs is a collective Investment Scheme similar to a mutual fund, which enables direct investment of money from individual and institutional investors in infrastructure projects to earn a small portion of the income as a return.
 InvITs are listed on exchanges just like stocks — through Initial Public Offering (IPO).
 InvITs are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014.
 

About Real estate investment trust:
 REIT refers to an entity created with the sole purpose of channeling investible funds into operating, owning or financing income-producing real estate.
 REITs are modeled on the lines of mutual funds and provide investors with an extremely liquid way to get a stake in real estate.
 It is a type of security that provides all types of investors, big or small, with an outlet for regular income, portfolio diversification, and long-term capital appreciation. Like any other security, REITs can enlist themselves on a stock exchange.
 In India, the REIT were introduced by the SEBI in 2007.