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| Mutual Fund Name | Issue Open | Issue Close | Entry Load | Exit Load | Min Amount | Apply | Theme |
| DSP BlackRock World Mining Fund | 23-Nov-09 | 18-Dec-09 | 0 | 1% within 1 year | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Fund of Fund scheme that would invest in BlackRock Global Funds - World Mining Fund(BGF-WGF) which invests in equity securities of mining and metals companies globally who are in the production of base metals and industrial minerals such as iron ore and coal. BGF-WGF is one of the largest funds in its category in the world and has a long term performance track record. We believe its a great opportunity for an individual investor to diversify its investment globally and in the ever demanding sector. |
| Fidelity India Value Fund | 16-Nov-09 | 15-Dec-09 | 0 | 1% within 1 year | 5000 | No | Open ended Equity Diversified mutual fund that would invest primarily into undervalued equities. Fidelity India Value Fund will invest both in the Indian as well as in the international market. Investment style like this where the money is put on undervalued stocks takes lot of time to reap money. Hence it could be a good investment for 2-3 years horizon. Today with so much dynamics in this globalized world, I would say- Go for something else and not this one |
| Axis Equity Fund | 11-Nov-09 | 08-Dec-09 | 0 | 1% within 1 year | 5000 | Yes | Open ended Equity Diversified mutual fund that would primarily invest in growing companies. Also the fund has the option to invest in derivatives, up to 40% into the overseas financial market and into their own mutual funds. Basically this is one fund that has all the options open to them. |
| IDFC Tax Advantage Fund (ELSS) | 01-Dec-08 | 17-Dec-08 | 2.25 | 0 | 500 | Yes | Open-Ended Equity Linked Saving Scheme that would primarily invest in large cap stocks. IDFC Tax Advantage is a good NFO for taxing purpose. We are expecting definitely better than average results due to its Investment Manager�s prior experience. |
| Benchmark Mutual Fund S&P; CNX 500 | 17-Nov-08 | 15-Dec-08 | 0 | Variable | 10000 | Yes | Open ended index fund that would do investments in securities which are constituents of S&P; CNX 500 Index in the same proportion as in the Index. It would be a low cost fund with returns inline to the index. Good alternative in the current global meltdown |
| UTI Wealth Builder Fund-Series II | 21-Oct-08 | 19-Nov-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 12 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity oriented scheme that would invest in a diversified portfolio of large cap equity, Gold ETFs, Debt & Derivatives. A new combination of everything that would balance out the risk significantly and should give substantial positive returns. |
| Birla Sun Life Commodity Equities | 15-Sep-08 | 14-Oct-08 | 2.5 | 1% with 12 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest in stocks of commodity companies and overseas mutual fund with similar schemes. Birla Sun Life is a good fund house to bet on and the theme is also good based on the current market situations. |
| Principal Emerging BlueChip Fund | 22-Sep-08 | 10-Oct-08 | 2.5 | 1% with 12 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest in equities of Mid Cap & Small Cap companies. Principal has performed well in the past and the theme is also good based on the current market situations. |
| Bharti AXA Equity Fund | 04-Sep-08 | 01-Oct-08 | 2.5 | 1% with 6 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest all across in the Indian equities of all sizes large, mid cap and small cap. Bharti AXA group has not proven much in the Indian Mutual fund arena. I would skip this one. |
| Escorts Power and Energy Fund | 25-Aug-08 | 23-Sep-08 | 2.25 | 1% with 12 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest in the companies engaged in the Power or Energy Sector. Nice theme but poor performance of Escorts group. |
| IDFC Strategic Sector (50-50) Equity Fund | 28-Aug-08 | 18-Sep-08 | 2.25 | 1% with 12 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest half of the fund in a diversified equity fund and half will be an opportunistic sector fund. IDFC is a good fund house to bet on and the theme is also good based on the current market situations. |
| JP Morgan India Alpha | 31-Jul-08 | 29-Aug-08 | 2.25 | 1% with 12 months | 5000 | Yes | An interval scheme that would do buying and selling of equity and equity-linked Securities including derivatives to achieve maximum return of the investments. JP Morgan is a good fund house and one can invest here for long term period. |
| JM Multi Strategy Fund | 31-Jul-08 | 29-Aug-08 | 2.25 | 1% with 12 months | 5000 | No | The investment objective of the Scheme is to provide capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity related securities using a combination of strategies. My strategy is to ignore this for now. |
| Sahara Banking and Financial Services | 28-Jul-08 | 26-Aug-08 | 2.25 | 0 | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity diversified mutual fund that would invest in companies in the banking and financial services. Good investment sector but Sahara Mutual Fund Group has not delivered yet. Go for ICICI similar fund which is also available now. |
| ING Optimix Global Commodities | 29-Jul-08 | 25-Aug-08 | 2.5 | 0 | 5000 | No | Open Ended Fund of Fund scheme that would primarily invest in global mutual funds that have invested in commodity related securities. Good investment sector but ING Mutual Fund Group has not delivered yet. Also FoF gives an average performance. |
| ICICI Pru Banking & Financial Services | 09-Jul-08 | 07-Aug-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity diversified mutual fund that would invest in companies in the banking and financial services. It is the right time to get into this sector and ICICI Prudential Mutual fund has delivered in the past. |
| Escorts Leading Sectors Fund | 03-Jul-08 | 01-Aug-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 12 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended mutual fund that would invest in companies from leading sectors. Nothing great to talk about it. There are other listed mutual funds that you can look into. |
| ING Latin America Equity Fund | 19-Jun-08 | 10-Jul-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Open-Ended fund of fund scheme that would primarily invest in ING Latin America Investment Fund. Generally FoF schemes returns are average and secondly when Indian secondary market has declined so much then why would I go all the way to Latin America? |
| Lotus India Banking Fund | 19-May-08 | 17-Jun-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Lotus India Banking Fund is an open-ended growth fund that would invest in portfolio of companies engaged in the business of banking and financial services. It�s a mediocre fund house on a banking sector. I would prefer Reliance Banking ETF today. |
| Reliance Banking Exchange Traded Fund | 12-May-08 | 30-May-08 | 2.25 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | Reliance Banking Exchange Traded Fund, is an open-ended, exchange listed, index linked scheme. It will deliver returns exactly like the Bank Index with very low expenses. One can expect an average return of 25-30% from this scheme. |
| Sahara Power & Natural Resources Fund | 28-Apr-08 | 27-May-08 | 2.25 | Variable | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest in the companies engaged in the business of generation, transmission, distribution, discovery, processing etc of Power or any other Natural Resources. Nice theme but poor performance of Sahara group. |
| Sundaram Entertainment Opportunities Fund | 24-Apr-08 | 20-May-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Diversified scheme that would primarily invest in companies in the entertainment business. Historically this kind of theme has not delivered well. Even though the Sundaram fund house is good, I would prefer to skip this new fund offer. |
| AIG World Gold Fund | 15-Apr-08 | 14-May-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 12 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Fund that would primarily invest in the AIG PB Equity Gold Fund. Keeping in mind the current uncertainty in the Indian Stock Market and the performance of the existing gold funds, suggests investing. |
| Sundaram Financial Services Opportunities | 17-Apr-08 | 14-May-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Fund that would primarily invest in the companies related in the banking and financial services. Sundaram Fund House delivered well in the past. Post the current correction; it�s the banking sector Mutual Funds that have topped the return. |
| ICICI Prudential Focused Equity Fund | 08-Apr-08 | 07-May-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Fund from a reputed fund house that is focusing on a selective 20 large cap companies from the top 200 in terms of market capitalization. In the long term the market will go nowhere but up only. Hence this fund should give good results. |
| DSP-ML Natural Resources and New Energy Fund | 03-Mar-08 | 27-Mar-08 | 2.25 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified Sectoral Fund that would invest in companies principally engaged in the discovery, development, production or distribution of natural resources and alternative energy. Energy is the sector to be in for the next few years. |
| JM Tax Gain Fund | 24-Dec-07 | 25-Mar-08 | 2.25 | 0 | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Linked Savings Scheme Fund that would invest in equities to provide some tax benefits to investors. For me, this is neither the best Scheme now nor the Fund house. I will skip this one. |
| UTI-Long Term Advantage Fund - S2 | 19-Dec-07 | 19-Mar-08 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | 10 years Close Ended ELSS Tax Saving Fund that would invest in equities of companies across large, mid and small market capitalization. One can invest in this mutual fund for tax saving and long term capital appreciation. |
| Tata Growing Economies Infrastructure Fund | 18-Feb-08 | 18-Mar-08 | 3 | 1% within 1 year | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Scheme that would invest in equities of companies in infrastructure & other related sectors in the growing economies of the world & in India. One can apply in this Reliable Fund house with proven results. |
| Reliance Equity Linked Saving Fund | 18-Dec-07 | 17-Mar-08 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 10 years Close Ended Equity Linked Savings Scheme that will invest predominantly in equities for capital gains and income tax benefit. There are proven existing ELSS tax savings funds with lock-in of just 3 years and not 10 years. |
| AIG Short Term Fund | 29-Feb-08 | 04-Mar-08 | 0 | 0.25% within 15 days | 1000 | No | Open Ended Debt Fund that would generate income from a portfolio constituted of short to medium term debt and money market securities. One can avoid this issue and rather invest in bank deposits if they want safe and secure investments. |
| LIC Infrastructure Fund | 04-Feb-08 | 04-Mar-08 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3-year close ended equity diversified fund that would predominantly invest in companies involved in the infrastructure sector and debt and money market securities. One can avoid this issue and rather invest in existing Mutual funds of this sector. |
| SBI TAX Advantage Fund | 03-Dec-07 | 03-Mar-08 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | 10 years Close Ended ELSS Tax Saving Fund that would invest in equities of companies across large, mid and small market capitalization. One can invest in this mutual fund for tax saving and long term capital appreciation. |
| HSBC Small Cap Fund | 19-Jan-08 | 03-Mar-08 | 0 | Variable | 10000 | Yes | 3 years Close Ended Equity Diversified Small Cap fund from a good fund house HSBC that would primarily invest in small cap companies. One can invest in this fund with a long term capital appreciation goal. |
| Lotus India AGILE Tax Fund | 15-Nov-07 | 15-Feb-08 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 10 years Close Ended Equity Linked Saving Scheme (ELSS) that would invest in companies based on some mathematical formulae. Lotus fund house has not yet delivered so well that I would park in my money with them for the next 10 years. |
| JM Core 11 Fund | 14-Jan-08 | 15-Feb-08 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest in equities. There is nothing unique in this scheme. So why should one lock its money for 3 years period? Rather buy proven Mutual Funds from the existing ones. |
| AIG Infra and Economic Reform Fund | 10-Jan-08 | 31-Jan-08 | 2.25 | 1% within 1 year | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would invest in companies involved in economic development of India as a result of potential investments in infrastructure and unfolding economic reforms. There are many other proven existing Infra Funds available. |
| Reliance Natural Resources Fund | 01-Jan-08 | 30-Jan-08 | 2.25 | 0 | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified Sectoral Fund by Reliance Anil Group that would invest in companies principally engaged in the discovery, development, production, or distribution of natural resources. Energy is the sector to be in for the next few years. |
| Sahara CLASSIC Fund | 18-Dec-07 | 16-Jan-08 | 1 | 3% within 12 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Debt fund that would invest in debt schemes and some portion in equity related instruments. Excuse me! Did I say Sahara? Sahara for whom? I will ignore this fund/group for now. |
| Birla Sun Life Special Situations Fund | 17-Dec-07 | 15-Jan-08 | 2.25 | 0.5% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that would take the contrarian call and the special situations/opportunities. Birla Sun Life�s existing schemes has performed well and in today�s market schemes like this should fetch better return. |
| Kotak Indo World Infrastructure Fund | 27-Nov-07 | 28-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended equity fund that will invest in Indian and International infrastructure companies. Spreading your fund in international infra sector is good but then appreciating rupee is an issue. Also, Kotak is an average fund house. |
| UTI Infrastructure Advantage Fund | 12-Nov-07 | 24-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | 3 years Close Ended equity fund that will invest in the companies engaged in the infrastructure growth of the Indian economy. The Fund manager has delivered awesome results in a similar scheme of this Fund House. |
| DBS Chola Small Cap Fund | 20-Nov-07 | 20-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended equity fund that will invest in the small cap companies. For me, this is neither the best Scheme now nor the Fund house. I will skip this one. |
| Franklin Asian Equity Fund | 19-Nov-07 | 18-Dec-07 | 2.25 | 0.5 % with 12 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that will invest in Asian companies (excl Japan) and the domestic market. Franklin is a fund house with good track record. Indian Rupee appreciation is a bit of concern here. Long term investment should be fruitful. |
| JM Agri & Infra Fund | 19-Nov-07 | 18-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended equity fund that will invest in companies that focus on agriculture and infrastructure development of India. It is a great theme and a wonderful opportunity today but this fund house has not delivered in any of their existing schemes. |
| ICICI Prudential Real Estate Securities | 15-Nov-07 | 14-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years closed ended Debt fund that will invest in debt securities from the real estate sector. Return of Debt funds are typically around 7-8% per annum. Do you want this kind of return? |
| ING Global Real Estate Fund | 20-Nov-07 | 14-Dec-07 | 2.75 | 1.5% within 12 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Fund of Fund in the Global Real Estate Sector that will invest in the real estate sector all across the globe. One concern with any Global fund today is the appreciating Indian Rupee. Expect average returns from this fund. |
| LIC Top 100 Fund | 15-Nov-07 | 14-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended fund that will invest in the companies of CNX 100 Index. LIC Fund house has not given any outstanding results yet in their existing funds. I believe there are better schemes and fund houses to invest my money into. |
| Sundaram BNP Paribas Energy Opportunities | 12-Nov-07 | 11-Dec-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | 3 year closed-end equity fund that will invest in shares of energy and energy related companies. It will be converted into an open ended fund after three years. Great Fund House with a good Fund Manager and definitely Energy is the call of the time. |
| JPMorgan India Smaller Companies Fund | 09-Nov-07 | 30-Nov-07 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity based fund by a practically new fund house in India that would focus on small caps. Small Cap shares are typically very risky and volatile. If I am to invest in small caps MF then the existing ones like Sundaram SMILE is my choice. |
| Lotus India AGILE Fund | 25-Oct-07 | 23-Nov-07 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Lotus India Agile Fund is Open-Ended Quant-based fund that will pick 11 stocks based on mathematical formula. It could be a good long term hold. But I am not very comfortable with this methodology or the number of stocks. I will skip this one for now. |
| Sahara R.E.A.L. Fund | 05-Oct-07 | 02-Nov-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended Fund that would primarily invest in companies of Retailing, Entertainment & Media, Auto & auto ancillaries and Logistics Sector. Theme is quite good but the group is yet to deliver any good results when compared to its peers. |
| Reliance Gold ETF | 15-Oct-07 | 01-Nov-07 | 1 | Nil | 5000 | No | Open Ended Gold Fund which would provide returns closely to the return provided by the price of gold through investment in physical gold. Gold Funds have not delivered as compared to other equity funds. Hence avoiding it. |
| DWS Money Plus Advantage | 15-Oct-07 | 01-Nov-07 | 0 | 0.1% within 3 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Debt Scheme that generate regular income by investing primarily in the investment grade fixed income securities and money market instruments. Low risk and return equivalent to bank deposit schemes or so. Hence, avoiding it. |
| Lotus India Infrastructure Fund | 25-Sep-07 | 24-Oct-07 | 0 | 0% unless one exits before maturity | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended Fund that would invest in companies that are engaged in the area of infrastructure. I would rather opt for existing Infrastructure funds like Tata or ICICI Prudential infrastructure funds based on their awesome past performance. |
| Tata Indo Global Infrastructure Fund | 03-Sep-07 | 16-Oct-07 | 0 | Variable | 10000 | Yes | 3 years Close Ended Fund that would invest primarily in equity companies engaged in infrastructure and infrastructure related sectors, which are incorporated or have their area of primary activity, in India and other parts of the world. |
| Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund | 17-Sep-07 | 16-Oct-07 | 2.5 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified Fund � Plan A would exclusively invest in international stocks. Plan B would invest in a blend of domestic and international stocks. Both of the plans should be equally good and the fund house reputation is excellent. |
| ABN AMRO China India Fund | 03-Sep-07 | 01-Oct-07 | 2.5 | 1% within 12 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Fund that would primarily invest in equity & equity related securities of India and China and some in debt & money market instruments. ABN AMRO results have not been the among the best of the mutual fund houses. |
| Fidelity India Growth Fund | 03-Sep-07 | 26-Sep-07 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Fund that would primarily invest in growth oriented companies in Indian and International markets without any sector or cap bias. One can invest in this fund with a long term capital appreciation goal. |
| ICICI Pru Indo Asia Equity Fund | 23-Aug-07 | 21-Sep-07 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Diversified Equity Scheme will be initially investing in share classes of IOF -Asian equity fund & thereafter will invest in listed shares, securities in Asia. Emerging Asian markets have performed much better than Indian market, if not at par. |
| LICMF Systematic Asset Allocation Fund | 16-Aug-07 | 14-Sep-07 | 2.25 | Nil | 5000 | No | 3 year Close ended Hybrid Fund investing initially into debt and money instruments. Later the money would be moved into the equities. Returns from this fund would be low atleast in the first year or so. |
| Lotus India Equity Fund | 16-Aug-07 | 07-Sep-07 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity based fund that would invest on 15-30 individual stocks at any time which would cover 5 to 10 different sectors. Keeping in mind the current stock market it should be a good long term buy to generate capital growth. |
| DBS Chola Infrastructure fund | 07-Aug-07 | 06-Sep-07 | 0 | 2% within 12 months | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended Fund that would invest in companies that are engaged in the area of infrastructure. I would rather opt for existing Infrastructure funds like Tata or ICICI Prudential infrastructure funds based on their awesome past performance. |
| HSBC Dynamic Fund | 03-Aug-07 | 30-Aug-07 | 2.5 | 1% within 12 months | 10000 | No | Open Ended Fund that would invest its funds in both equity and debt markets based on the market view. This allocation shall be steadily monitored and as and when the market movements demand, a switch would be made. Expect mediocre returns from it. |
| DWS Strategic Global Themes Fund | 31-Jul-07 | 28-Aug-07 | 2.75 | 0.5% within 1 year | 5000 | No | Open Ended Fund of Fund that will invest in DWS Strategic Global Themes Fund. Why would one invest now in overseas market when indian market itself is at its boom? Also similar funds have not given any good returns. |
| Escorts Infrastructure Fund | 26-Jul-07 | 24-Aug-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | Yes | 5 year Close ended fund that will primarily invest in companies in the infrastructure sector. This is a promising sector and its peer funds have given good results. One can get into this or similar fund of other fund house. |
| Kotak Global Emerging Market Fund | 25-Jul-07 | 24-Aug-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | No | 3 years Close ended fund of fund that will invest primarily in overseas mutual funds. Why would one invest now in overseas market when indian market itself is at its boom? Moreover, fund of funds are expensive but less risky. |
| DSP Merrill Lynch World Gold Fund | 25-Jul-07 | 23-Aug-07 | 2.25 | 0.5% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Fund of Fund that will primarily invest in Merrill Lynch International Investment Funds- World Global Fund. Gold funds typically does not give good returns as compared to equity diversified funds. |
| JM Contra Fund | 16-Jul-07 | 14-Aug-07 | 2.25 | 1% within 6 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Equity Diversified fund that refers to buying into fundamentally sound stocks that have been overlooked by the market. Existing contra funds of other Fund houses have not given returns as compared to other schemes. |
| Sundaram BNP Paribas Capital Protection Oriented Fund | 09-Jul-07 | 07-Aug-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | No | Closed Ended Hybrid Debt oriented scheme with capital protection feature. It will seek income and minimise risk of capital loss by investing in fixed income securities. It should give returns more than a Bank FD. |
| Sundaram BNP Paribas Global Advantage | 16-Jul-07 | 31-Jul-07 | 2.75 | 1.5 within 12 months | 5000 | No | Open Ended Fund of Fund that will primarily invest in mutual fund and exchange-traded funds listed on overseas stock exchange. Why would one invest now in overseas market when indian market itself is at its boom? |
| UTI-India Lifestyle Fund | 02-Jul-07 | 30-Jul-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 Year close-ended equity oriented scheme with automatic conversion into an Open-ended scheme upon maturity. They are quite late in the party. |
| SBI Short Horizon Fund | 19-Jul-07 | 26-Jul-07 | 0 | 0.5% within 6 months | 10000 | No | Open Ended Debt fund with two options of Liquid or Short Term. There are various sub-options like Dividend - daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Typically should give return equivalent to a Fixed Deposit in a bank. |
| Lotus India Growth Fund | 09-Jul-07 | 19-Jul-07 | 2.25 | 1% | 5000 | No | Its a new mutual fund group and I would prefer to see its performance results before betting on it. |
| Reliance Equity Advantage Fund | 12-Jun-07 | 10-Jul-07 | 2.25 | 1% if exits within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified Fund. Reliance is a good fund house and this NFO should deliver good returns like their previous other funds. |
| Birla Sun Life Capital Protection Oriented Fund | 20-Jun-07 | 06-Jul-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 year & 5 year Closed Ended Hybrid Debt Fund. It should deliver returns roughly equal to a bank fixed deposit only. |
| Franklin India High Growth Companies Fund | 31-May-07 | 29-Jun-07 | 2.25 | 0.5% - first 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Diversified MF that will invest in Indian companies/sectors with high growth rates or potential |
| Tata SIP Fund - Scheme II | 10-May-07 | 14-Jun-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3 Years Close Ended Equity Diversifed MF that will invest its fund in SIP form every month |
| HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities | 07-May-07 | 08-Jun-07 | 0 | 0% | 5000 | Yes | Overall HDFC is a good fund and have proven track record. This is Mid - Cap to Small Cap fund. Should give good returns over a period of time. |
| SBI Infrastructure Fund | 11-May-07 | 08-Jun-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | Yes | 3 years Close ended fund. SBI Fund house has given very good returns in their other products. Infrastructure sector is on the boom. |
| AIG India Equity Fund | 03-May-07 | 31-May-07 | 2.25 | 1% for within 1 year | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Scheme by AIG India. Its their maiden fund in india. Good Fund Managers to invest with. |
| DSPML Micro Cap Fund | 04-May-07 | 25-May-07 | 0 | 0 - 4% | 10000 | No | 3 year Close Ended Fund will invest in companies that are not in top 300. Traditionally small caps funds has never given good returns, so avoid. |
| Birla Sun Life Long Term Advantage Fund | 09-Apr-07 | 18-May-07 | 0 | Variable if exits within 3 years | 5000 | No | 3 year close ended fund that will convert to open ended. It will invest in small & mid cap companies. |
| JP Morgan India Equity Fund | 19-Apr-07 | 18-May-07 | 2.25 | 1 % within 6 months | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Equity Scheme by JP Morgan. Its their maiden fund in india. Good Fund House to invest in. |
| DWS Capital Protection Oriented | 10-Apr-07 | 03-May-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | No | 3 year close ended fund that will invest in fixed income securities. This is very low risk fund. Do not expect high returns. |
| DSP-ML Strategic Bond Fund | 23-Apr-07 | 03-May-07 | 0 | 0 % | 5000 | No | Open Ended Income fund. It should return around the bank fixed deposit return. Does not seem interesting to me. |
| Fidelity International Opportunities | 09-Apr-07 | 30-Apr-07 | 2.25 | 1% | 5000 | No | Open ended scheme; fund will do bottom-up stock picking from undervalued companies in Indian and international markets. Does not seem lucrative. |
| Lotus India Arbitrage Fund | 10-Apr-07 | 20-Apr-07 | 0 | 2 % | 5000 | Yes | Open Ended Scheme; Fund will utilize arbitrage opportunities emerging out of pricing mismatch between the cash market and the derivatives market. |
| JM Small & Mid-cap Fund | 09-Mar-07 | 07-Apr-07 | 2.25 | 1% | 5000 | No | JM's portfolio of MF's have not delivered as compared to other MF groups. |
| ABN AMRO Sustainable Development Fund | 05-Mar-07 | 05-Apr-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | Yes | Close Ended-3 years. Will invest in companies that would give a good financial return without compromising on the social good. Experienced in this. |
| OptiMix Multi Manager Equity Fund | 07-Mar-07 | 05-Apr-07 | 2.5 | 0% | 5000 | No | Too many investment managers would manage this equity based fund. Overall, this is not a good performing group. |
| JM Equity Tax Saver-Series I | 28-Dec-06 | 29-Mar-07 | 0 | 0 | 500 | No | Close Ended ELSS - 3 years lock-in. There are many other proven ELSS schemes. |
| DBS Chola Hedged Equity Fund | 01-Mar-07 | 23-Mar-07 | 2.25 | 0.5 % | 0 | No | Will Hedge index and derivatives. Returns will be very low even if the market does well, however they will be safer if market tanks. |
| UTI Long Term Advantage Fund | 21-Dec-06 | 20-Mar-07 | 0 | 0 | 500 | No | Close Ended ELSS - 3 years lock-in & total 10 years fund. There are many other proven ELSS schemes. |
| Lotus India Mid Cap Fund | 15-Feb-07 | 15-Mar-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | Close Ended - 3 years; Invest in mid-cap companies. There are major other old funds where you can invest your money for better and proven results. |
| Lotus India Contra Fund | 15-Feb-07 | 15-Mar-07 | 2.25 | 1% - < 6 months, 0.6 % - < 1 year | 5000 | No | Open Ended Contrarian fund; there are many other proven funds in the contraian sector. Better avoid this. |
| Kotak Emerging Equity Scheme | 12-Feb-07 | 12-Mar-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | Close Ended - 3 years; Focussing on small cap. Kotak group has underperformed in their previous schemes. Would avoid and get into other groups. |
| Optimix RetireInvest Series I | 07-Dec-06 | 06-Mar-07 | 0 | 0 | 500 | No | Close Ended ELSS - 3 years lock-in. There are many other proven ELSS schemes. |
| Taurus INFRA-TIPS | 05-Feb-07 | 05-Mar-07 | 1 | 2% - 6 months, 1.5% - 6 months to 1 year and so on | 1000 | Yes | Fund will invest in infrastructure sector. Good booming sector. Major investment in equity and a small part in ADR/GDR. |
| StanChart Tax Saver Fund | 20-Nov-06 | 23-Feb-07 | 0 | 0 | 500 | No | Close Ended ELSS - 3 years lock-in & total 10 years fund. There are many other proven ELSS schemes. |
| HSBC Unique Opportunities | 02-Feb-07 | 22-Feb-07 | 0 | Variable | 10000 | Yes | Closed Ended - 3 years; Good performing group; Dynamic fund & and the fund will be event driven. |
| Principal PNB Long Term Equity Fund | 24-Jan-07 | 21-Feb-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3years Close Ended ELSS scheme from a overall weak group. I believe there are far better opportunities in the ELSS schemes. |
| Tata SIP Fund | 15-Jan-07 | 15-Feb-07 | 0 | Variable | 5000 | No | 3year Close Ended with once a month exit and final conversion option into another fund. Fund will invest into equity SIP wise and keep balance in debt |
| Sundaram BNP Paribas Equity Multiplier Fund | 10-Jan-07 | 31-Jan-07 | 0 | 4% to 0% | 5000 | No | Close ended converting to open ended - No Unique Selling Proposition. Total fund size limited to 500 Cr |
| UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme- Series I | 26-Dec-06 | 25-Jan-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | No | 3 or 5 year scheme; Close ended with no interim exit option. Rather do Bank FD than enter in this. |
| Kotak Wealth Builder Series I | 02-Jan-07 | 25-Jan-07 | 0 | 0 | 5000 | No | 3 years Close Ended - Debt Scheme. Prefer Bank FD over this one. |
| Sundaram BNP Paribas Select Small Cap | 10-Jan-07 | 24-Jan-07 | 0 | 3% to 0.5% | 5000 | Yes | Sundaram Select MidCap is a superhit and it is on the similar lines. Its a 5 year lock-in with max 10% withdrawal every year. Total fund size - 300Cr |
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