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Mutual Funds AUM Report - AUM up by 7.32%

06 May 2008 | 11:21 AUM up by 7.32% Assets under management (AUM) registered an impressive rise of 7.32% to Rs 5.67 lakh crore in April 2008 compared with Rs 5.28 lakh crore in March 2008. AUM of fund of funds (FoFs) was Rs 3759.02 crore in April 2008. It has been the highest monthly gain in AUM since October 2007. Of the 33 mutual funds 26 registered a rise in AUM in April 2008 over March 2008 and rest 7 showed a decline in their AUM. There were 17 fund houses with AUM above Rs 10000 crore. Fifteen of them had a net inflow in April 2008 compared with March 2008. The top three funds witnessing a rise in the AUM included Mirae Mutual Fund (95.18%), Canara Robeco Mutual Fund (30.35%) and AIG Global Investment Group Mutual Fund (21.71%). Reliance Mutual Fund continued its run as the largest fund house with Rs 96386.40 crore of AUM in April 2008 a rise of 5.99% over March 2008. It registered net inflow of Rs 5448.46 crore in April 2008 over March 2008. AUM of ICICI Prudential Mutual...

Lotus India MF files offer document with Sebi

30 Apr 2008 | 11:56 Lotus India MF files offer document with Sebi Name of Fund: Lotus India Fixed Maturity Plan 1 Month Series IX to XI Scheme: It is a close-ended debt scheme. Objective: The investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate income by investing in a portfolio of debt and money market instruments normally maturing in line with the duration of the scheme. Investment Options: Investors will have a choice of two options viz. growth option and dividend re-investment facility.Tenure of the schemes: 30 days from the date of allotment of the Scheme (including thedate of allotment). Asset Allocation: The scheme will invest 0-85% in money market instruments including reverse repo. 0-50% in Government Securities issued by the Central Government and/or State Government (s). 15-100% in debt instruments such as bonds and debentures. 0-50% in securitized debt. Investment in fixed income Derivatives Upto 50% of the net asset of the scheme. None of the schemes intend ...

ABN Amro MF files offer document - Interval Fund - Series 2

03 May 2008 | 12:03 ABN Amro MF files offer document ame of Fund: ABN Amro Interval Fund - Series 2 Scheme: It is a debt-oriented fund Face Value: Rs. 10 per unit. Investment Option: The scheme offers three plans viz. half yearly plan, quarterly plan and monthly plan. The half yearly plan will have two sub plans i.e. Plan A and B. The quarterly plan will have two sub plans i.e. Plan M and N. The monthly plan will have Plan C. Each series will have two sub options i.e. growth and dividend. Minimum Investment Amount: The minimum application amount for the scheme is Rs. 10000 and in multiple of Re 1 thereafter. Targeted amount: Rs 1 crore under each plan. Objective: The primary objective of the scheme, series and the plans launched hereunder would be to seek to generate steady returns through investments made in a basket of fixed income securities, with a provision to offer liquidity at periodic interval. Entry Load: The fund will charge no entry load as the scheme is of c...

Lotus India MF files offer document - Fixed Maturity Plan 3 Months Series 33- 35

03 May 2008 | 12:19 Lotus India MF files offer document Name of Fund: Lotus India Fixed Maturity Plan 3 Months Series 33- 35 Scheme: It is a close-ended debt scheme. Objective: The investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate income by investing in a portfolio of debt and money market instruments normally maturing in line with the duration of the scheme. Plans: Lotus India FMP 3 months Series 33 - 35 has two plans regular plan and institutional plan Investment Options: The investors will have a choice of two options viz. growth option and dividend re-investment facility. Tenure of the schemes: 90 days from the date of allotment of the scheme (including the date of allotment). Asset Allocation: The scheme will invest 0-85% in money market instruments including reverse repo. 0-50% in Government Securities issued by the Central Government and/or State Government. About 15-100% of the investment will be in debt instruments such as bonds and debentures. 0-50% in sec...

Tata MF files offer document - Tata Fixed Horizon Fund Series 18

03 May 2008 | 11:02 Tata MF files offer document Name of Fund: Tata Fixed Horizon Fund Series 18 Scheme: It is a close-ended debt scheme with 4 sub option of A, B, C, D with a maturity of 13 months from the date of allotment. Objective: The investment objective of the schemes is to generate income and / or capital appreciation by investing in wide range of debt and money market instruments. Plans: Each scheme has two plans regular plan and institutional plan and each plan has two options growth option and dividend option. The dividend option offers dividend payout or dividend re-investment facility. Asset Allocation: The fund will invest up to 100% in debt and money market instruments and securitised debt. The investment in securitised debt will be up to 50% of the scheme. Face Value: Rs 10 Entry Load: There will not be any entry load charged on sub option of the scheme. Exit Load: Under scheme A and B there will be an exit load of 0.25% for the investment redemption ma...

110 Equity mutual funds outperformed Sensex

11 Apr 2008 | 19:16 110 Equity mutual funds outperformed Sensex Equity mutual funds as a class posted an average return of 17.19%, underperforming the Sensex return of 19.00%, over the one-year period ended 10 April 2008. Of the 259 equity schemes, 132 exceeded the category average of 17.19% in the one-year period, while 110 outperformed the Sensex that is posted returns of 19.00%. The topper was Reliance Diversified Power Sector (G) with 76.70% return. In the equity category, the diversified category and tax planning underperformed the Sensex, giving a category average of 18.41%; and 18.84% respectively. In the equity diversified category, out of the 144 schemes, 69 exceeded the category average of 18.41%, while 65 outperformed the Sensex return of 19.00%, over the one-year period ended 10 April 2008. Stan Chart Premier Equity Fund with growth option ranked the first position, with 51.08% return, followed by Reliance Regular Savings Fund - Equity (G) with 51.06% return. DWS ...
30 Apr 2008 | 12:02 Lotus India MF files another offer document Name of Fund: Lotus India Fixed Maturity Plan 3 Months Series XXXIII to XXXV Scheme: It is a close-ended debt scheme. Objective: The investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate income by investing in a portfolio of debt and money market instruments normally maturing in line with the duration of the scheme. Investment Options: Investors will have a choice of two options viz. growth option and dividend re-investment facility. Tenure of the schemes: 90 days from the date of allotment of the scheme (including the date of allotment). Asset Allocation: The scheme will invest 0-85% in money market instruments including reverse repo. 0-50% in Government Securities issued by the Central Government and/or State Government (s). 15-100% in debt instruments such as bonds and debentures. 0-50% in securitized debt. Investment in fixed income Derivatives Upto 50% of the net asset of the scheme. None of the sche...