Peerless Equity Fund
Peerless Mutual Fund has brought the first pre-dominant equity mutual fund scheme called the Peerless Equity Fund. This is the sixth scheme from the fund house.
Investment Objective
Peerless Equity Fund will be a multi-cap diversified equity fund and its portfolio will have an optimal blend of large, mid and small cap stocks. The primary investment objective is to generate long term capital appreciation by investing in an actively managed portfolio predominantly consisting of equity and equity related securities diversified over various sectors.
Asset Allocation Pattern
The scheme will invest between 80 to 100% in equity and equity related securities and up to 20% in debt and money market securities. Up to 50% of the net assets would be put in Derivatives for the purpose of hedging, portfolio balancing and such other purposes as may be required from time to time.
Investment Strategy
The investments would not have any industry, sector or market capitalization bias. The strategy would be to invest in stocks and sectors that seem attractive, exhibit strong growth or have the potential for strong growth in the medium to long term. The fund manager would follow a strategy which will be a combination of top-down and bottom-up approach.
Systematic Investment Plan
Monthly SIP
Minimum 12 Instalments (including first cheque) of Rs. 500 or in multiples of Rs. 100
Quarterly SIP
Minimum 4 Instalments (including first cheque) of Rs. 1000 or in multiples of Rs. 100
Half-yearly SIP
Minimum 2 Instalments (including first cheque) of Rs. 2000 or in multiples of Rs. 100
Default SIP Options
Monthly SIP with the default date of 7th of every month / quarter / half-year
SIP Dates
1, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25th of every month
Fund Manager
Mr. Kaushik Dani will be the fund manager for the scheme. He is a commerce graduate and an MBA in finance with more than 13 years of experience. Prior to this, he has worked with K. R. Choksey Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd., Birla SunLife, Sharekhan, SG Asia Securities (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd.
Mr. Kaushik Dani also manages the equity investments for Peerless Income Plus and Peerless MF Child.
Fund House
Peerless Mutual Fund is a recent entrant in the industry. It launched its first fund in February 2010. The fund house has an Average Assets Under Management (AAUM) of Rs. 5890 crores as of July 2011.
Basic Details
NFO Opens: September 7, 2011
NFO Closes: September 21, 2011
NFO Price: Rs.10
Options: Growth and Dividend (pay out and re-investment)
Minimum Application Amount: Rs.1000
Exit Load: 1% if redeemed/switched-out on or before 1 year and NIL on or after 1 year
Benchmark: S&P CNX Nifty
Fund Managers: Mr. Kaushik Dani and Mr. Ganti N. Murthy
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