NEW DELHI: To facilitate acceptance of subscriptions for Further Fund Offer of CPSE ETFs , BSE has introduced an online mechanism for investment and subscription of exchange-traded fund on its Internet-based book building system (iBBS) platform.The facility, which will be provided through the iBBS platform, will be made available to trading members registered with mutual fund industry body Amfi The exchange will conduct a mock session for BiMF (BSE iBBS Platform for Mutual Fund) module on the iBBS platform on January 16-17. "The exchange is in receipt of the Sebi approval for providing stock exchange mechanism similar to the Sovereign Gold Bond mechanism through the iBBS platform to trading members... for subscription of FFO of CPSE ETF. The BiMF module on the iBBS platform can be accessed through Internet and leased line," BSE said in a notice.The issue size of FFO, which will open on January 17 and close on January 20, is Rs 4,500 crore with a greenshoe option of Rs 1,500 crore.The FFO is open to all categories of investors, including anchor, retail, retirement funds, QIBs, non-institutional investors and foreign portfolio investors (FPIs). An upfront discount of 5 per cent is being offered to all categories of investors.Central Public Sector Enterprises ETF, which functions like a mutual fund scheme, comprises scrips of 10 PSUs -- ONGC IOC , GAIL (India), Oil India , PFC, Bharat Electronics , REC, Engineers India and Container Corporation of India The government had launched its first CPSE ETF in March 2014, taking the ETF route to disinvestment for the first time. It had raised Rs 3,000 crore through the ETF then.Last week, NSE had said it has introduced an online facility for the investment and subscription of exchange traded fund on its e-IPO platform.

Source: Economic Times January 15, 2017 06:18 UTC