KNOW ABOUT THE NEW INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT -------INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST InvITs
Invits are like mutual funds here a sponsor raises capital and invest in infrastructure assets such as road , highways , power transmission lines
Invit as a viable investment opportunity depends upon how much you understand the instrumentThe returns of invits depends on two things1. Utilisation of the asset underlying in invits2. Addition of new assets to the portfolio
Which are the publicly listed invits?IndigridPowergridIRB
returns that invits generateas of august 2021india grid invits has generated return of 56%IRB has generated return of 83%Powergrid has generated return of 20%
Experts say there can be invits post tax returns of 7-9% which can help you beat inflation
If the invits underlying assets
Becomes zero or less in value due to depreciation
and if the invits does not add new assets it could be a bad news for investors
Taxation on invits
Short term capital gains tax 15%
Long term capital gains tax 10%