Sundaram Select Focus launched in July 2002 is a concentrated Large Cap fund with a 13 year track record. The fund is a portfolio of Bluechips that invests in few themes and not more than 50 stocks at any point in time.
Top 10 Holdings as on June 30th 2015 carry more than 40% weightage and consist of the following stocks:-
| HDFC Bank - 7.4% | Infosys - 6.8% |
| Reliance Industries - 6.4% | ICICI Bank - 5.4% |
| TCS - 4.9% | Larsen & Toubro - 4.6% |
| State Bank of India - 3.8% | Axis Bank - 3.6% |
| HDFC - 3.2% | Bharti Airtel - 2.4% |
The illustration below shows the outperformance of Sundaram Select Focus vis-a-vis its Benchmark (CNX Nifty) since launch.
A Fund Performance - Key Highlights
- Sundaram Select Focus Delivered an Annualised return of 21.7% since launch, Vs. its benchmark (CNX Nifty) 18.2% since launch.
- An Investment of Rs. 10,000 at launch is now Rs 1.26 Lakhs.
- As SIP of Rs 1000 a month since inception is worth Rs 4,83,179 giving a CAGR of 16.3% while its benchmark (CNX Nifty) delivered 14.6%
- Declared a cumulative dividend of 315% (Rs 31.5 per unit in total) since inception on the face value of Rs 10 per unit.
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The fund's ability to ride out prolonged bear phases is yet to be tested
IDBI Top 100, a large-cap-oriented fund, has a short track record of just over three years.
But during this period, the fund has been nimble on its feet, be it stock choices or sector preferences. Over the three-year period, it has earned a return of about 25 per cent, beating its category average by a margin of 6 percentage points.
It has also outperformed its benchmark, the CNX 100 index, by a comfortable margin over one and three-year timeframes. Investors in the fund can continue to hold their units.
Performance and strategy
A 'Top 100' tag normally means that a fund would predominantly invest in the top 100 stocks by market capitalisation. In other words, it has a mandate to focus on large-cap stocks (stocks with market capitalisation of ₹10,000 crore and above). IDBI Top 100 has remained faithful to large-caps to a 'T'.
Since its launch in May 2012, the fund has always stuck to large-cap stocks, barring investment in the Tata Global Beverages stock for a brief while in 2013-14. Its returns over the one and three-year periods are better than peers, such as UTI Top 100, ICICI Pru Top 100 and DSPBR Top 100, even as these funds tend to take a bit of mid-cap exposure to give a boost to returns.
The superior performance is possibly because the fund has made up for the low-risk strategy by remaining fully invested in equities. The fund has not taken refuge substantially in cash or debt in choppy markets. Equity holdings have predominantly been over 95 per cent.
However, the fund's mettle in riding out prolonged bearish phases is yet to be tested.
The fund's sector and stock choices, again, reflect the balance it tries to achieve between risk and return.
Its top sectors so far have been a blend of cyclicals and defensives — banks, auto, pharma and consumer non-durables. Stakes in pharma, for example, went up during the 2013 volatility and holdings in auto moved up in 2014. Even in the in-favour auto space, it has churned stocks quite well, rightly reducing stakes in Hero MotoCorp and exiting Bajaj Auto which have grim outlooks or cutting down on richly valued stocks such as Bosch. It has also pruned exposure to software in the last six months.
It normally holds a portfolio of about 40 stocks with stakes in any one stock rarely exceeding 5-6 per cent. The fund's modus operandi shows that it suits investors who don't fancy a high-risk, high-return proposition.
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The fund house has also decided to revise the exit load of Birla Sun Life Enhanced Arbitrage Fund to 0.50% if redeemed within 30 days from the date of allotment.
Presently it is 0.50% if redeeemed with 90 days from the date of allotment. The change will be effective from August 3, 2015.
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In a category where most funds pride themselves on actively managing both duration and credit, this fund takes a more passive approach to earn higher yields. It relies mainly on accrual rather than duration calls to make its returns. Having said this, the fund's view on interest rates is bullish and it expects benign global demand conditions and lower prices of crude oil and commodities to support lower inflation. It believes there is scope for a further fall in interest rates.
This is a consistent performer in the income category, beating both its benchmark and category in eight of the last ten years. The underperformance has mainly come during the most bullish phases in the rate cycle and reflects the fund's low portfolio maturity. Average maturity has fluctuated a bit over the years, moving up from under one year until mid-2014 to about three-four years now. However, this could be a function of new inflows rather than active duration bets by the manager.
While the fund's returns since launch are muted at 7.6 per cent, the five-year record, at 9.5 per cent, is among the best in the category. Asset size is a constraint as the fund's average assets have hovered between R20 crore and R200 crore in the last three years. Fluctuating size can force unnecessary churn in the portfolio, which can be difficult to deal with in the less-liquid corporate bond segment. While portfolio yield to maturity is high at 10.2 per cent (April 2015), the small size translates into a not-so-economical expense ratio of 1.38 per cent.
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Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has announced dividend under the following schemes:
| Scheme | Dividend (R/unit) |
| Birla SL New Millennium-D | 2 |
| Birla SL Enhanced Arbitrage -D | 0.067 |
| Birla SL Enhanced Arbitrage Direct-D | 0.067 |
The record date has been fixed as July 31, 2015.
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International funds can help you diversify your portfolio & shield against poor performance of Indian companies, markets or the rupee
You can acquire international exposure in three ways: First, by buying funds that invest 65 per cent of their portfolios in Indian stocks and the rest globally. In this case you will enjoy the tax breaks available to domestic equity funds.Templeton India Equity Income or Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund are the funds that follow this approach.
Second, you can invest in a feeder fund playing on a region or currency that you think will deliver good returns. We are recommending US equity funds at this juncture because of the high-quality stocks available in the US market as well as dollar strength. Franklin US Equities Fund and ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund are good options. But remember that such funds are not eligible for the tax benefits of domestic equity funds.
Third, funds playing on a theme such as energy, agriculture or commodities, such as DSP BlackRock World Energy Fund orBlackRock Agriculture Fund or L&T Global Real Assets Fund are also an option. But invest in them only if you have special knowledge about the theme.
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