Bengaluru, June 16 -- The real estate and infrastructure investment trusts are poised to double their assets under management to over Rs.20 trillion by 2030, as domestic institutions tap only a fraction of their allowed exposure to the asset class, according to a report by Avendus Capital.

Mutual funds (MFs) and insurance companies alone are projected to deploy Rs.4.6 trillion and Rs.3.2 trillion, respectively, into Reits and InvITs over the next five years, with pension funds adding another Rs.2.2 trillion, the investment bank said on Monday. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) have so far used just 7.5% of their regulatory headroom for these instruments, leaving an untapped pool of Rs.7 trillion.

The market, which is in its ninth ...