Globally, total commodity asset under management has crossed USD 300 billion and India’s contribution to this is anything but negligible. In most parts of the world commodity derivative indices are traded by institutional investors, however, India is just getting started.
Despite the fact that commodity derivative markets have been functioning now for decades, most retail investors have maintained arms-length from this asset class. Gold and silver have been the only two commodities Indians have heavily invested into owing to a deep-rooted cultural practice.
