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Capital markets regulator Sebi on Thursday launched adjustments to the strategy utilized by mutual fund schemes to find out the worth of bodily gold and silver holdings, requiring the adoption of polled spot prices launched by acknowledged inventory exchanges.

Under the revised framework, the spot prices used to settle bodily delivered bullion by-product contracts will function the reference for valuing such belongings. This replaces the sooner system that relied on benchmark-linked pricing.

According to a Sebi round, the brand new guidelines will come into drive from April 1, 2026. “It has been decided that with effect from April 01, 2026…the mutual funds shall value physical gold and silver by using the polled spot prices published by the recognized stock exchanges which are used for settlement of physically delivered gold and silver derivatives contracts,” Sebi acknowledged.

At current, alternate traded funds investing in gold and silver decide the worth of their holdings utilizing the London Bullion Market Association’s AM fixing prices. These worldwide benchmarks are then adjusted for alternate rates, freight bills, import duties, taxes and different costs to derive home prices.

The revised method, launched in keeping with the Sebi (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 2026, is meant to align valuations extra intently with native market realities whereas enhancing consistency and transparency.

The Association of Mutual Funds in India, working along with Sebi, will lay down a standardized framework for implementing the brand new valuation system.