The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi)’s latest proposal to ease norms for mutual fund (MF) holdings in demat form, if implemented, could lead to more demat holdings and also a gradual rise in volumes, experts said. For MF houses, the implementation of the proposal is expected to help in improving “convenience and may eventually increase volumes,” Prasanna Pathak, deputy chief executive officer at The Wealth Company Mutual Fund, said. He added that asset management companies and registrars could face fewer ad-hoc manual instruction updates as standing instructions will be executed automatically. When it comes to investors, the move can make operations convenient, facilitating direct instructions within depository frameworks, Nikita Sony, investment manager at ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company, said.