This month sees the only two ETFs offering exposure to India’s $2trn bond market go head-to-head as a shift in index inclusion rules is set to be a boon for Legal & General Investment Management’s (LGIM) and DWS’s India government bond candidates.
The first ETF to capture the market was the L&G India INR Government Bond UCITS ETF (TIGR), which launched in October 2021, followed 11 months later by the Xtrackers India Government Bond UCITS ETF (XIGB).
The arrival of the two products came after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the Fully Accessible Route (FAR) scheme in March 2020, enabling overseas investors to access Indian sovereign bonds without restrictions...
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