New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The upcoming listing of NSE on 24 September is set to bring a new listed stock into India's capital-market ecosystem. But for mutual fund investors, the listing could also have a knock-on effect on schemes that already hold its listed rival, BSE.

BSE is currently held across index funds, ETFs, sectoral/ thematic schemes, as well as diversified active equity funds. The key question for investors is whether fund portfolios could see a reshuffle once NSE starts trading.

Several funds tracking the Nifty Capital Markets index currently have sizeable allocations to BSE. The top holdings include:

However, the upcoming NSE listing does not automatically mean these Nifty-linked funds will replace BSE with NSE.

Harsh Vard...