Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday proposed to drastically reduce the trading lot size of privately placed infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) to Rs 25 lakh in a bid to boost investors' participation and increase liquidity of such investment vehicles. The current trading lot for secondary market trading for privately placed InvITs is set at Rs 1 crore. Further, if the InvIT invests at least 80 per cent of its asset value in completed and revenue-generating assets, then the trading lot is Rs 2 crore. In its consultation paper, Sebi has proposed "to reduce the trading lot size for the purpose of trading units of privately placed InvITs on designated stock exchanges from Rs 1 crore/ Rs 2 crore to Rs 25 lakh". The proposal will help in increasing the liquidity of privately placed InvIT units by allowing a broader base of investors to participate in the market and promote diversification of investment portfolios, enabling investors to better manage risk. Additionally, the regulato
