11 new fund offers in two weeks: what launched since 19 Oct

The list

Our NFO feed holds 11 new fund offers, dated between 19 October and 2 November 2026. Here they are, by launch date:

By type

Only one of the eleven is an actively managed pure-equity scheme, the Choice Large & Mid Cap Fund. Seven of the eleven follow an index, a metal, or a basket of other funds rather than relying on stock selection: the two index funds, the two ETFs and the three fund-of-funds. Two of the three FoFs are multi-asset "Omni" structures that invest in other funds; the third is the Invesco silver FoF, which feeds the Invesco silver ETF launched the same day.

Three launches tied to one metal or sector index

• Silver. Invesco launched both a silver ETF and a fund-of-fund that invests in it on 27 October. Silver in our data was ₹153.39 a gram on 2 November, 54.7% below its January peak of ₹338.55; the study is in gold and silver below January peaks.
• Energy. The Edelweiss Nifty Energy ETF tracks an index that had a P/E of 13.55 on 2 November.
• Real estate. Kotak's Nifty Realty Index Fund tracks an index whose P/E on 2 November was 34.09, according to NSE's published ratio, with a dividend yield of 0.51%.

A new fund tracking a narrow index brings that index's valuation along. A fund can only be as cheap or as expensive as what it holds. That is worth knowing before the launch, and unrelated to whether the NFO sells well.

Questions that apply to any NFO

The site's guide, should you invest in an NFO, covers the general case. For this list, the practical checks are:

1. Is there an existing fund that does the same thing? For index funds and ETFs on a popular index, almost always yes, with a track record and a known tracking difference. For the Nifty Realty and Nifty Energy indices, the answer depends on what is already listed; the screener shows the existing options.
2. What is the expense ratio? An NFO's TER is not known until it is disclosed after launch. For index products, cost is most of the story.
3. What does the scheme invest in? A fund-of-funds adds a second layer of cost on top of the underlying funds' expenses; check how the scheme document describes that.
4. What is the exit load and lock-in? A fixed maturity plan such as Kotak's Series 336 has a fixed term; money is meant to stay until maturity.
5. Does it fit a goal? A narrow sector or metal product is usually a small satellite, not a core holding.

Reading the mix

Eleven launches in fifteen days is a small sample, and a feed built on announcements will miss some. The mix does suggest that, in this stretch, fund houses leaned on index, ETF and fund-of-funds structures more than on new actively managed equity strategies. That is a description of this list, not of the industry; the insights page on NFOs, category flows and AMC share explains how the wider view is built.

NFO feed contents and index ratios as of 2 November 2026. Launch listing is not a recommendation to invest in any scheme.