ICICI Prudential MF unveils Multiple Yield Fund – Plan C

Mutual Funds

oi-Monika Nihalani

By Monika Nihalani

Published: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 13:08 [IST]

ICICI Prudential launches New Fund Offer (NFO) on July 29, 2011, namely, ICICI Prudential Multiple Yield Fund - Plan C. It's a close-ended fund.

The NFO opens on July 29, 2011 and closes on August 12, 2011.

The tenure of the scheme is 1100 Days. The issue price offered for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit and the scheme is proposed to be listed on NSE.

Allotment of units will be completed within 5 working days from the closure of the NFO closing date.

The minimum application amount is Rs 5,000 and after that additional investment can be made of Rs. 10. Same will be applicable for switch-ins made during the NFO period as well.

The fund targets to raise a minimum subscription of Rs 5 crore under the scheme during the NFO period.

The investors will be provided with the two options: Cumulative and Dividend. Dividend option offers the facility of dividend payout. Dividend option will have half yearly dividend frequency. Investor needs to choose any of the option while investing, if he is not specifying the same at the time of investing, it will be implied that investor has opted for Cumulative option.

Investment Objective:
The scheme will invest a portion in good quality debt/money market instruments and fixed income securities and a portion in equity and equity related securities. The prime objective of investment is to generate returns and secondary objective of the investment is to generate long-term capital and provide capital appreciation.

However, no guaranteed returns are assured under the scheme.

Allocation of funds:
The scheme will allocate upto 70% to 100% of assets in money market instruments, short and medium term debt securities and securitiesed debt with low to medium risk profile. It would allocate balance upto 30% of assets in equity and equity related securities with medium to high risk profile.

Fund Managers:
Mrinal Singh will be the Fund Manager of this scheme.

Mrinal is BE (Mech) and PGDM from SPJIMR, Mumbai. He holds overall experience of 8 years of which 1 year as Equity Analyst.

He manages some other schemes such as ICICI Prudential Advisor Series, ICICI Prudential Discovery Fund, ICICI Prudential Technology Fund, etc.

Basic Details:
NFO Opens: July 29, 2011
NFO Closes: August 12, 2011
NFO Price: Rs 10 per unit
Options: Cumulative and Dividend
Minimum Application Amount: Rs 5,000 per application and additional Rs. 10, thereafter
Exit Load: Nil
Benchmark: Crisil MIP Blended Index
Fund Manager: Mrinal Singh

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