The Indian PASSIVE fund space has a problem now – hyper ACTIVEness. The explosion in the no. of passive fund options launched by AMCs has made the erstwhile quiet corner of passive investing into something of a noisy park. And while having options is a good thing, this extreme activeness in the passive space is confusing investors.
My column in Economic Times Wealth (Edition 18-24 May 2026 edition) titled Passive Investing has a Noise Problem, discusses this and talks about which passive options are worth considering and which ones are best ignored. You can read the same via this link or in the image below:
I also maintain my view (voiced many times earlier) that for most investors, it’s best to take a middle path and build a portfolio with allocation to both passive and active components.