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Invest in ESRI ETF from India
Indian and foreign residents can buy BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Emerging SRI S-Series 5% Capped UCITS ETF Capitalisation (ESRI) units directly through Paasa.
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ESRI at a glance
- Price
- $203.05+$0.45 (0.22%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.31%
- Day range
- $201.85 – $203.15
- Assets
- $284.1M
- Domicile
- Luxembourg
- Holdings
- —
- Launched
- 2016
- Dividends
- —
- 1 month
- -0.76%
- 6 months
- +21.60%
- YTD
- +17.67%
- 1 year
- +20.55%
- 5 years
- +27.16%
Price change, excluding dividends.
Where the money is invested
Sectors
- Technology37.4%
- Financial Services18.6%
- Consumer Cyclical11.2%
- Industrials7.7%
- Communication Services7.1%
- Healthcare6.2%
Countries
- Taiwan31.8%
- South Korea17.4%
- China16.9%
- India7.8%
- South Africa5.4%
- Mexico2.7%
How to invest in ESRI from India
Step 1
Open your Paasa account
KYC takes a few minutes: PAN, Aadhaar and address proof. Your brokerage account is opened in your own name with Interactive Brokers.
Step 2
Add funds from your Indian bank account
Remit up to $250,000 a year under the RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme. Your bank converts the rupees to US dollars at its rate on the day you remit.
Step 3
Search ESRI and buy
Find the fund by its ticker, ESRI, on XETRA, and place your order.
Why invest in ESRI from India
What ESRI holds
This sub-fund aims to closely mirror the performance of the MSCI Emerging SRI S-Series 5% Capped (NTR) index (Bloomberg: M7CXESC Index). Its objective is to capture all market movements while maintaining a tracking error against the index below 1%.
Outside US estate tax
ESRI is domiciled in Luxembourg, not the US, so it is not a US-situs asset and US estate tax does not apply to it.
Hold a dollar asset
ESRI is priced in US dollars, so a weaker rupee adds to what it's worth in rupees. The rupee depreciated over 85% against the dollar between 2010 and 2025.
Paasa handles the paperwork
Investing abroad brings paperwork with it: remittance filings, capital gains reporting, foreign asset disclosure. Paasa prepares all of it for you. Your India-ready tax reports arrive at year end, ready to file.
Why ESRI's UCITS structure matters for Indian investors
ESRI is domiciled in Luxembourg, not the US, so it is not a US-situs asset and US estate tax does not apply to it.
Capital gains are taxed in India the same way as on a US-listed ETF.
Frequently asked questions
Can I buy ESRI from India?
Yes. Indian residents can buy BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Emerging SRI S-Series 5% Capped UCITS ETF Capitalisation (ESRI) through Paasa. It is listed on XETRA and trades in US dollars. Your money leaves India under the RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme, and the units are held in your own name at Interactive Brokers.
What is the expense ratio of ESRI?
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Emerging SRI S-Series 5% Capped UCITS ETF Capitalisation has an expense ratio of 0.31% a year, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you. The fund manages about $284.1M.
Is ESRI a UCITS ETF, and why does that matter for Indian investors?
Yes. BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Emerging SRI S-Series 5% Capped UCITS ETF Capitalisation is a UCITS fund domiciled in Luxembourg. Because it is domiciled outside the US, it is not a US-situs asset, so US estate tax does not apply to it.
What tax do I pay in India when I sell ESRI?
In India, gains on foreign ETF units held for more than 24 months are long-term and taxed at 12.5% without indexation, and gains on units held for 24 months or less are short-term and taxed at your income-tax slab rate. Both are worked out in rupees at the USD/INR rate on the day you bought and the day you sold, so the currency move is part of the gain. Paasa's capital-gains statement gives you the figures for your return.