NIFTY BeES

NIFTY BeES (Nifty Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme) is India's first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), launched in January 2002 by Nippon India Mutual Fund (formerly Benchmark Mutual Fund), designed to track the performance of the Nifty 50 Index — India's benchmark index of the 50 largest and most liquid companies listed on the NSE. Like all ETFs, NIFTY BeES units are listed and traded on the NSE during market hours at real-time prices, combining the diversification benefits of an index mutual fund with the intraday tradability of a stock. NIFTY BeES holds the same 50 stocks as the Nifty 50 in identical proportions, providing investors with a low-cost, passive, fully diversified exposure to India's large-cap equity market. For investors on Ventura Securities — from beginners seeking simple index exposure to sophisticated traders using ETFs for tactical allocation or hedging — NIFTY BeES represents one of the most cost-effective and liquid vehicles for gaining broad Indian equity market exposure, with expense ratios significantly lower than actively managed large-cap funds.