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ABN AMRO MUTUAL FUND OFFER DOCUMENT
Offer of Units at Rs. 10 each plus applicable entry load
during the New Fund Offer Period, and at NAV based prices thereafter
This Offer Document sets forth concisely the information
about the Scheme that a prospective investor ought to know before investing.
This Offer Document should be retained for future reference. The particulars of
the Scheme has been prepared in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, as amended till date, and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Units being offered for the
public subscription have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and
Exchange Board of India nor has the Securities and Exchange Board of India
certified the accuracy or adequacy of this Offer Document. This Offer Document will remain effective till a
'material change' (other than a change in Fundamental Attributes and within the
purview of this Offer Document) occurs and thereafter the changes shall be
filed with Securities and Exchange Board of India and circulated to the Unitholders or as may be
publicly notified by advertisements in the newspapers subject to applicable
regulations. Investors may also like to ascertain about any further
changes after the date of this Offer Document from the Mutual Fund / it's
Investor Service Centres / distributors. This Offer Document is
dated ________________, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NOTICE Investing in mutual
fund schemes involves certain risks and considerations associated generally
with making investments in securities. The value of the Scheme’s investments
may be affected generally by factors affecting financial markets, such as price
and volume, volatility in interest rates, currency exchange rates, changes in
regulatory and administrative policies of the Government or any other
appropriate authority (including tax laws) or other political and economic
developments. Consequently, there can be no assurance that the Scheme offered
in this Offer Document would achieve the stated objectives. The NAV of the
Units of the Scheme may fluctuate and can go up or down. Past performance of
the schemes managed by the Sponsors or their affiliates or the Asset Management
Company is not indicative of the future performance of the Scheme nor will the
performance of the Scheme, following the commencement of the operations, be
indicative of the Scheme’s future performance. Prospective investors
are advised to review this Offer Document carefully and in its entirety and
consult their legal, tax and financial advisors to determine possible legal,
tax and financial or any other consequences of subscribing to, purchasing or
holding Units under the Scheme, before making an application to subscribe or
purchase the Units. The ABN AMRO Mutual
Fund (the Fund) and the ABN AMRO Asset Management Company Limited (the AMC),
have not authorized any person to give any information or make any
representations, either oral or written, not stated in this Offer Document in
connection with issue of Units under the Scheme. Prospective investors are
accordingly advised not to rely upon any information or representations not
incorporated in this Offer Document. Any subscription, purchase or sale made by
any person on the basis of statements or representations which are not
contained in this Offer Document or which are inconsistent with the information
contained herein shall be solely at the risk of the investor. Unitholders / investors
are requested to read and understand the Offer Document, Key Information
Memorandum and risk factors furnished with the scheme in which they seek to
make investments or in which they have invested. Unitholders / Investors are
urged not to rely upon or be mislead by any oral promises or statements made by
the distributors / intermediaries of the Mutual Fund and it is brought to the
special attention of investors that the AMC / Mutual Fund will not be liable
for mis-statement or communication by agents / distributors which are not
previously expressly authorized / approved by the AMC / Mutual Fund. The AMC, Trust and the
Mutual Fund shall not be responsible for any claims made by the Unitholders /
Investors based on such oral promises made by the distributors /
intermediaries. STANDARD RISK
FACTORS ·
Mutual Funds and securities investments are subject to
market risks and there can be no assurance or guarantee that the Scheme
objectives will be achieved. ·
As with any investment in securities, the NAV of Units
issued under the Scheme may go up or down depending on the various factors and
forces affecting the capital markets. The
various factors which impact the value of the Scheme’s investments include, but
are not limited to, fluctuations in the equity and bond markets, fluctuations
in interest rates, prevailing political and economic environment, changes in
government policy, factors specific to the issuer of the securities, tax laws,
liquidity of the underlying instruments, settlement periods, trading volumes
etc. ·
Past performance of the Sponsors and its affiliates /
Mutual Fund / AMC does not indicate the future performance of the Scheme of the
Mutual Fund. ·
ABN AMRO China Equity Fund is the name of the Scheme and
does not in any manner indicate either the quality of the Scheme or its future
prospects and returns. ·
The Sponsor is not liable or responsible for any loss or
shortfall resulting from the operations of the Scheme. ·
Investors should study this Offer Document carefully in
its entirety before investing and retain the Offer Document for future
references. ·
Unitholders in the
Scheme are not being offered any guaranteed / assured returns. SCHEME SPECIFIC RISK FACTORS AND
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Equity or Equity related Securities: ·
The scheme intends to invest
primarily in Chinese equity and equity related instruments. Thus risks
applicable to equity investments and overseas investments are applicable to the
scheme. ·
Since the Fund intends to invest primarily in China, there is a
country risk including events such as introduction of extraordinary exchange
controls, economic deterioration, bi-lateral conflict leading to immobilization
of the overseas financial assets, political uncertainty, prevailing laws and policy
matters including prevalent tax laws of the respective jurisdiction for
execution of trades or otherwise applicable for investments in China and the
jurisdiction through which settlement of such transactions will take place ·
Concentration risk: As the portfolio will primarily invest
in stocks of ·
Equity instruments by nature
are volatile and prone to price fluctuations on a daily basis due to both macro
and micro factors. Trading volumes, settlement periods and transfer procedures
may restrict the liquidity of these investments. Different segments of
financial markets have different settlement periods and such periods may be
extended significantly by unforeseen circumstances. The inability of the Scheme
to make intended securities’ purchases due to settlement problems could cause
the Scheme to miss certain investment opportunities. ·
To the extent the assets of the
scheme are invested in overseas financial assets, there may be risks associated
with currency movements, restrictions on repatriation and transaction
procedures in overseas market. Further, the repatriation of capital to ·
As the Fund will invest in
securities which are denominated in foreign currencies (e.g. US Dollars,
HK Dollars), fluctuations in the exchange rates of these
foreign currencies may have an impact on the income and value of the fund. The
investment manager in ·
As the portfolio may invest in
stocks in multiple currencies, the portfolio shall be exposed to the political,
economic and social risks with respect to each country. ·
The fund will be exposed to
settlement risk, as different countries have different settlement periods. ·
Investors in the scheme may be
subject to additional disclosure requirements in overseas jurisdictions as
beneficial owners of the scheme’s assets. ·
The Scheme may also use various
derivative products (including currency hedges) from time to time, as would be
available and permitted by SEBI and RBI, in an attempt to protect the value of
the portfolio and enhance Unitholders’ interest. ·
Investments in equity and equity related securities
involve a degree of risks and investors should not invest in the Scheme unless
they can afford to take the risk of losing their investment. ·
As the Scheme is proposing to invest a part of its net
assets in foreign securities, the liquidation of such securities shall be
subjected to the liquidity / settlement issues of the County of investment/
settlement. Non-business days of Country of investment/ settlement may impact
the liquidity of the scheme investments. ·
It may be noted that if rupee appreciates, it will lead to
reduction in yield to investor. Potential Risks of investment in Ø
Global monetary tightening Global
monetary tightening will reduce the global liquidity, which in turn will impact
the capital flows into emerging markets like Ø
Sharp reduction in US GDP growth As Ø
Heightened geo-political tensions Heightened
geo -political tensions will increase political tensions among various
countries, which could impact the global GDP growth. This will impact the
growth of Ø
Continuation of rising oil and commodity prices As Ø
Corporate margin pressure and rising labour costs in The rising
labour costs will reduce corporate profits, which in turn impact the earnings
reported by companies thus influence the stock prices. Ø
Downside surprises in the external demand from the Ø
Chinese Government may adopt some monetary policy
tightening measures like rise the reserve requirements and official interest
rates increase. Ø
External pressures (Political pressure from Debt Instruments: Subject to the stated investment objective, the Scheme proposes to invest
in debt and related instruments. ·
Price-Risk or Interest Rate Risk: As with all debt
securities, changes in interest rates may affect the NAV of the Scheme as the
prices of securities increase as interest rates decline and decrease as
interest rates rise. Prices of long term securities generally fluctuate more in
response to interest rate changes than do short-term securities. Indian debt
markets can be volatile leading to the possibility of price movements up or
down in fixed income securities and thereby to possible movements in the NAV.
In the case of floating rate instruments, an additional risk could be due to
the change in the spreads of floating rate instruments. If the spreads on
floating rate papers rise, then there could be a price loss on these
instruments. Secondly in the case of fixed rate instruments that have been
swapped for floating rates, any adverse movement in the fixed rate yields
vis-à-vis swap rates could result in losses. However, floating rate debt
instruments, which have periodical interest rate, reset, carry a lower interest
rate risk as compared to fixed rate debt instruments. In a falling interest
rate scenario the returns on floating rate debt instruments may not be better
than those on fixed rate debt instruments. ·
Liquidity or Marketability Risk: This refers to the ease
with which a security can be sold at or near to its valuation yield-to-maturity
(YTM). The primary measure of liquidity risk is the spread between the bid
price and the offer price quoted by a dealer. Liquidity risk is today
characteristic of the Indian fixed income market. ·
Credit Risk: Credit risk or default risk refers to the risk that
an issuer of a fixed income security may default (i.e. will be unable to make
timely principal and interest payments on the security). Because of this risk,
corporate debentures are sold at a yield above those offered on Government
Securities, which are sovereign obligations. Normally, the value of a fixed
income security will fluctuate depending upon the changes in the perceived
level of credit risk as well as any actual event of default. The greater the
credit risk, the greater the yield required for someone to be compensated for
the increased risk. ·
Reinvestment Risk: This risk refers to the interest
rate levels at which cash flows received from the securities in the Scheme are
reinvested. The additional income from reinvestment is the “interest on
interest” component. The risk is that the rate at which interim cash flows can
be reinvested may be lower than that originally assumed. ·
The floating rate segment of the domestic debt market is
not very developed. Currently, majority of the issuance of floating rate papers
is linked to NSE MIBOR. As the floating rate segment develops further, more
benchmark rates for floating papers may be available in future. The fewer
number of benchmark rates could result in limited diversification of the
benchmark risk. Different types of securities in
which the scheme would invest as given in the Offer Document carry different
levels and types of risk. Accordingly the scheme’s risk may increase or
decrease depending upon its investment pattern. E.g. corporate bonds carry a
higher amount of risk than Government Securities. Further even among corporate
bonds, bonds which are AAA rated are comparatively less risky than bonds which
are AA rated. ·
Investments in money market instruments would involve a
moderate credit risk i.e. risk of an issuer's liability to meet the principal
payments. Additionally, money market securities, while fairly liquid, lack a
well-developed secondary market, which may restrict the selling ability of the
Scheme and may lead to the Scheme incurring losses till the security is finally
sold. ·
Money market instruments may also be subject to price
volatility due to factors such as changes in interest rates, general level of
market liquidity and market perception of credit worthiness of the issuer of
such instruments. The AMC endeavours to manage such risk by the use of inhouse
credit analysis. ·
The NAV of the Scheme's Units, to the extent that the
Scheme is invested in money market instruments, will be affected by the changes
in the level of interest rates. When interest rates in the market rise, the value
of a portfolio of money market instruments can be expected to decline. ·
Risk associated with Securitised Debt: Scheme
may invest in domestic securitized debt such as asset backed securities (ABS)
or mortgage backed securities (MBS). Asset Backed Securities (ABS) are
securitized debts where the underlying assets are receivables arising from
automobile loans, personal loans, loans against consumer durables, etc.
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) are securitized debts where the underlying
assets are receivables arising from loans backed by mortgage of residential /
commercial properties. ABS/MBS instruments reflect the undivided interest in
the underlying pool of assets and do not represent the obligation of the issuer
of ABS/MBS or the originator of the underlying receivables. The ABS/MBS holders
have a limited recourse to the extent of credit enhancement provided. If the
delinquencies and credit losses in the underlying pool exceed the credit
enhancement provided, ABS/MBS holders will suffer credit losses. ABS/MBS are
also normally exposed to a higher level of reinvestment risk as compared to the
normal corporate or sovereign debt. Following are some of the types of loans
that are amortised : ·
Auto Loans (cars / commercial vehicles /two vehicles) ·
Residential Mortgages or Housing Loans ·
Consumer Durable Loans ·
Personal Loans and Credit Cards The main
risks pertaining to each of the asset classes above are described below: Auto
Loans (cars / commercial vehicles /two vehicles) ·
The underlying assets (cars etc) are susceptible to
depreciation in value whereas the loans are given at high loan to value ratios.
Thus, after a few months, the value of asset becomes lower than the loan
outstanding. The borrowers, therefore, may sometimes tend to default on loans
and allow the vehicle to be repossessed. ·
These loans are also subject to model risk. ie if a
particular automobile model does not become popular, loans given for financing
that model have a much higher likelihood of turning bad. In such cases, loss on
sale of repossession vehicles is higher than usual. ·
Commercial vehicle loans are susceptible to the
cyclicality in the economy. In a downturn in economy, freight rates drop
leading to higher defaults in commercial vehicle loans. Further, the second
hand prices of these vehicles also decline in such economic environment. Housing
Loans ·
Housing loans in Consumer
Durable Loans ·
The underlying security for such loans is easily
transferable without the bank’s knowledge and hence repossession is difficult. ·
The underlying security for such loans is also susceptible
to quick depreciation in value. This gives the borrowers a high incentive to
default. Personal
Loans and Credit Cards ·
These are unsecured loans. In case of a default, the bank
has no security to fall back on. ·
The lender has no control over how the borrower has used
the borrowed money. Further,
all the above categories of loans have the following common risks: ·
All the above loans are retail, relatively small value
loans. There is a possibility that the borrower takes different loans using the
same income proof and thus the income is not sufficient to meet the debt
service obligations of all these loans. ·
In In retail loans, the risks due to
frauds are high. ·
Derivatives Risk The Scheme may also use various derivative and hedging
products from time to time, as would be available and permitted by SEBI, in an
attempt to protect the value of the portfolio As and
when the Scheme(s) deals in the derivatives market there are risk factors and
issues concerning the use of derivatives that investors should understand.
Derivative products are specialised instruments that require investment
techniques and risk analysis different from those associated with stocks and
bonds. The use of a derivative requires an understanding not only of the
underlying instrument but also of the derivative itself. Derivatives require
the maintenance of adequate controls to monitor the transactions entered into,
the ability to assess the risk that a derivative adds to the portfolio and the
ability to forecast price or interest rate movements correctly. There is the
possibility that a loss may be sustained by the portfolio as a result of the
failure of another party (usually referred to as the "counter party")
to comply with the terms of the derivatives contract. Other risks in using
derivatives include the risk of mispricing or improper valuation of derivatives
and the inability of derivatives to correlate perfectly with underlying assets,
rates and indices. Thus, derivatives are highly leveraged instruments. Even a
small price movement in the underlying instrument could have a large impact on
their value. Also, the market for derivative instruments is nascent in Derivative products are leveraged instruments and can provide
disproportionate gains as well as disproportionate losses to the investor.
Execution of such strategies depends upon the ability of the fund manager to
identify such opportunities. Identification and execution of the strategies to
be pursued by the fund manager involve uncertainty and decision of fund manager
may not always be profitable. No assurance can be given that the fund manager
will be able to identify or execute such strategies. The risks associated
with the use of derivatives are different from or possibly greater than, the
risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional
investments. Securitised Debt:
Securitised debt papers carry credit risk of the Obligors and are dependent on
the servicing of the PTC / Contributions etc. However these are offset suitably
by appropriate pool selection as well as credit enhancements specified by
Rating Agencies. In cases where the underlying facilities are linked to
benchmark rates, the Securitised debt papers may be adversely impacted by
adverse movements in benchmark rates. However this risk is mitigated to an
extent by appropriate credit enhancement specified by rating agencies.
Securitised debt papers also carry the risks of prepayment by the obligors. In
case of prepayments of securities debt papers, it may result in reduced actual
duration as compared to the expected duration of the paper at the time of
purchase, which may adversely impact the portfolio yield. These papers also
carry risk associated with the collection agent who is responsible for
collection of receivables and depositing them. The Investment teams evaluate
the risks associated with such investments before making an investment
decision. The underlying assets
in the case of investment in Securitised debt could be mortgages or other
assets like credit card receivables, automobile / vehicle / personal /
commercial / corporate loans and any other receivables / loans / debt. The risks associated
with the underlying assets can be described as under: Credit card
receivables are unsecured. Automobile / vehicle loan receivables are usually
secured by the underlying automobile / vehicle and sometimes by a guarantor.
Mortgages are secured by the underlying property. Personal loans are usually
unsecured. Corporate loans could be unsecured or secured by a charge on fixed
assets / receivables of the company or a letter of comfort from the parent
company or a guarantee from a bank / financial institution. As a rule of thumb,
underlying assets which are secured by a physical asset / guarantor are
perceived to be less risky than those which are unsecured. By virtue of this,
the risk and therefore the yield in descending order of magnitude would be
credit card receivables, personal loans, vehicle /automobile loans, mortgages
and corporate loans assuming the same rating. ·
ADRs /
GDRs : It is the AMC’s belief that investment in ADRs / GDRs offers new
investment and portfolio diversification opportunities into multi-market and
multi-currency products. However, such investments also entail additional
risks. Such investment opportunities may be pursued by the AMC provided they are considered appropriate in terms of the
overall investment objectives of the Scheme. Since the Scheme would invest only
partially in ADRs / GDRs, there may not be readily available and widely
accepted benchmarks to measure performance of the Scheme. To manage risks
associated with foreign currency and interest rate exposure, the Fund may use
derivatives for efficient portfolio management including hedging and in
accordance with conditions as may be stipulated by SEBI / RBI from time to time. ·
Offshore Investments : Will be made subject to any / all
approvals, conditions thereof as may be stipulated by SEBI/RBI and provided such
investments do not result in expenses to the Fund in excess of the ceiling on
expenses prescribed by and consistent with costs and expenses attendant to
international investing. The Fund may, where necessary, appoint other
intermediaries of repute as advisors, custodian/sub-custodians etc. for
managing and administering such investments. The appointment of such
intermediaries shall be in accordance with the applicable requirements of SEBI
and within the permissible ceiling of expenses. The fees and expenses would
illustratively include, besides the investment management fees, custody fees
and costs, fees of appointed advisors and sub-managers, transaction costs and
overseas regulatory costs To the extent that the assets of
the Scheme will be invested in ADRs/GDRs denominated in foreign currencies, the
Indian Rupee equivalent of the net assets, distributions and income may be
adversely affected by changes in the value of certain Foreign currencies
relative to the Indian Rupee. The repatriation of capital to Special Considerations ·
Suspicious Transaction Reporting: If after due diligence,
the AMC believes that the transaction is suspicious in nature as regards money
laundering, the AMC shall report any suspicious transactions to competent
authorities under the PMLA and rules / guidelines issued thereunder by SEBI and
RBI, furnish any such information in connection therewith to such authorities
and take any other actions as may be required for the purposes of fulfilling
its obligations under the PMLA without obtaining the prior approval of the
investor / Unit Holder / a person making the payment on behalf of the investor. ·
As per SEBI
circular dated December 12, 2003 and June 14, 2005 ref SEBI / IMD / CIR No.10 /
22701 /03 and SEBI/IMD/CIR/No.1/42529/05 respectively and AMFI Communication having
ref. no. 35/MEM-COR/55/04-05 dated December 31, 2004, each scheme and
individual plan(s) under the schemes should have a minimum of 20 investors and
no single investor should count for more than 25% of the corpus of such
Scheme/Plan. In case of non-fulfilment with former condition in a three months
time period or the end of succeeding calendar quarter, whichever is earlier
from the close of the New Fund Offer (NFO) of the Scheme or on an ongoing basis
for each calendar quarter, the Schemes/plans shall be wound up by following the
guidelines prescribed by SEBI and the Investor’s units would be redeemed at
applicable NAV. As per SEBI circular
dated Further, the aforesaid
SEBI circulars would be applicable at the Portfolio level. ·
It may be noted that the Scheme would be predominately
investing in the Chinese Equities & Equity related securities and not in
Domestic Companies; hence it does not fall in the purview of definition of
“Equity Oriented Fund” of Income Tax Act. Therefore, Investors will not be
entitled for the tax benefits of Equity Oriented Fund, as for taxation purpose;
the Scheme will be treated as a Debt Scheme. ·
The tax benefits described in this Offer Document are as
available under the prevailing taxation laws. Investors / Unit Holders should
be aware that the relevant fiscal rules or their interpretation may change. As
is the case with any investment, there can be no guarantee that the tax position
or the proposed tax position prevailing at the time of an investment in the
Scheme will endure indefinitely. In view of the individual nature of tax
consequences, each Unit Holder is advised to consult his / her / their own
professional tax advisor. From time to time and subject to the
Regulations, funds managed by the affiliates / associates of the Sponsor may
invest either directly or indirectly in the Scheme. The funds managed by these
affiliates / associates may acquire a substantial portion of the Scheme's Units
and collectively constitute a major investment in the Scheme. Accordingly,
Redemption of Units held by such funds may have an adverse impact on the value
of the Units of the Scheme because of the timing of any such Redemption and may
affect the ability of other Unit Holders to redeem their respective Units.
DEFINITIONS
In this Offer Document, the
following words and expressions shall have the meaning specified herein, unless
the context otherwise requires:
Interpretation
For all purposes of this Offer
Document, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires: ·
All references to the masculine shall include the feminine
and all references, to the singular shall include the plural and vice-versa. ·
All references to "Euros" refer to the currency of some Member States of the European Union, "dollars"
or "$" refer to United States Dollars, “HKD” refers to Hong Kong
Dollars and "Re" / "Rs" refers to Indian Rupee(s). A
"crore" means "ten million" and a "lakh" means a
"hundred thousand". Words and Expressions used and not
defined in this Offer Document shall have the same meaning as in the SEBI
Regulations. DUE DILIGENCE BY THE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
A Due Diligence
Certificate duly signed by the Head - Compliance & Risk Management of ABN
AMRO Asset Management ( It is
confirmed that: (i)
The draft Offer Document forwarded to SEBI is in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds)
Regulations, 1996 and the guidelines and directives issued by SEBI from time to
time. (ii)
All legal requirements connected with the launching of the
Scheme as also the guidelines, instructions, etc. issued by the Government of
India and any other competent authority in this behalf, have been duly complied
with. (iii)
The disclosures made in this Offer Document are true, fair
and adequate to enable the investors to make a well-informed decision regarding
investments in the proposed Scheme. (iv)
The intermediaries named in this Offer Document are
registered with SEBI and till date such registrations are valid. Place : Mumbai Signed : sd
/ - Date : Designation
: Head - Compliance & Risk Management SECTION I
SUMMARY OF THE SCHEME - ABN AMRO China Equity Fund -An
Open-Ended Equity Scheme investing in Chinese
Equities with no
assured returns
CONSTITUTION OF THE MUTUAL
FUND
THE MUTUAL FUND
ABN AMRO Mutual Fund
has been constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Trusts Act, 1882, by the Sponsor, as per the terms of the Trust Deed dated The
office of the Mutual Fund is at 101, 10th Floor, Sakhar Bhavan,
Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. The
Mutual Fund has been formed with the purpose of pooling capital from the public
for collective investment in securities / any other property for the purpose of
providing facilities for participation by persons as beneficiaries in such
properties / investments and in the profits / income arising therefrom beyond
this contribution. THE SPONSOR
Consequent to receipt of no-objection letter
received from SEBI (its letter no. IMD/SB/46021/05 dated AAAM Asia holds 75% of the
paid-up equity share capital of the AMC. In view of the same details of AAAM
Asia are being provided hereunder Given
below is a brief summary of AAAM Asia's financials in the last three years as
on December 31:
Notes: (1)
Free Reserves are Other Reserves of the Sponsor and do not
include Share premium account, Revaluation reserves and Other Reserves
prescribed by law. (2)
Net-worth means aggregate of Equity Capital and all
Reserves of the Sponsor. AAAM Asia was incorporated in AAAM Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO Holding N.V.,
incorporated in the ABN
AMRO Bank N.V. in 2004 had contributed an amount of Rs. 1,00,000 (Rupees One
Lakh Only) to the corpus of the Mutual Fund. AAAM Asia is not liable or responsible for
any loss or shortfall resulting from the operations of the Schemes. THE TRUSTEE
ABN
AMRO Trustee ( The registered office
of the Trustee is situated at 101, 10th
Floor, Sakhar Bhavan, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. TRUSTEE - FEES AND EXPENSES
Pursuant to the Trust Deed constituting the Mutual Fund,
the Trustee in addition to reimbursement of all costs, charges and expenses
incurred in or about the administration and execution of the Mutual Fund, is
entitled to receive a fee computed at a rate specified in the individual Scheme
offer document, subject to a maximum of Rs. 10,00,000 (Rupees Ten Lakhs) per
annum. The Trustee may charge further fees as permitted from time to time under
the Trust Deed and the SEBI Regulations. SUMMARY OF THE SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST DEED
The
Trust Deed dated ·
It shall be the
responsibility of the Trustee in carrying out its responsibilities to maintain
arms’ length relationship with other companies or institutions or financial
intermediaries or any body corporate with which the Trustee may be associated. ·
It shall be the duty of the Trustee to take into its
custody or under their control all the property of the Schemes of the Mutual
Fund and hold these in trust for the Unitholders. The Trustee shall be
accountable for and be the custodian of the funds and property of the Schemes
and shall hold the same for the benefit of the Unitholders in accordance with
the SEBI regulations and the provisions of the Trust Deed. ·
It shall be the duty of the
Trustee to act in the interest of the Unitholders. ·
It shall be the duty of the
Trustee to provide or cause to provide information to the Unitholders and SEBI
as may be required by SEBI from time to time ·
The Trustee shall supervise
the collection of any income due to be paid to the Scheme of the Mutual Fund
and for claiming any repayment of tax and holding any income received in trust
for the Unitholders in accordance with the Trust Deed and the SEBI Regulations. ·
The Trustee shall not
acquire any asset out of the Mutual Fund which involves the assumption of any
liability which is unlimited or which results in encumbrance of the Mutual Fund
in any way. ·
It shall be the duty of the
Trustee to take reasonable care to ensure that the funds under the Schemes
floated by and managed by the AMC are in accordance with the Trust Deed and the
SEBI Regulations. ·
The Sponsor or the
Trustee shall be entitled by one or more Deed/s supplemental to the Trust Deed
to amend, modify, alter or add to the provisions of the Trust Deed in such
manner and to such extent as they may consider expedient for any purpose,
provided that: (i)
no such amendment, modification, alteration or addition
shall be made without the approval of the Unitholders and SEBI; (ii)
no such modification, alteration or addition shall impose
upon any Unitholder any obligation to make any further payment in respect of
his Units or to accept any liability in respect thereof. ·
Where the SEBI Regulations provide for seeking the
approval of the Unitholders for any purpose,
the Trustee may adopt any of the following procedures: (i) Seeking approval by
postal ballot or (ii) Approval of the Unitholders
present and voting at a meeting to be specifically convened by the Trustee for
the purpose. For this purpose, the
Trustees shall give 21 days notice to the Unitholders and the Trustees may lay
down guidelines for the actual conduct and accomplishment of the voting at the
meeting and announcement of the results. ·
The number of Directors of
the Board shall not be less than 4 (or such other number as specified by SEBI
from time to time). Subject to the provisions of the SEBI Regulations, at least
two thirds of the Directors of the Board shall be independent Directors and
shall not be associated with the Sponsor or be associated with the Sponsor in
any manner whatsoever. ·
A Director shall not participate in the meetings of the
Trustee or in any decision making process for any investments in which he may
be interested. ·
It shall be the duty of each
Director to furnish to the Trustee, the particulars of any interest which he
may have in any other company or institution or financial intermediaries or any
corporate body by virtue of his position as Director, partner or with which he
may be associated in any other capacity. ·
The Board shall meet atleast once every two calendar
months and atleast six meetings of the Board shall be held in every year. The
quorum for such meeting shall be 2(two) Directors of the Board or 1/3 Directors
which ever is higher. The quorum for the meetings of the Board shall always
include the presence of atleast one Independent Director. ·
The Trustee shall have power
to dismiss the Asset Management Company under specific events only with the
approval of SEBI in accordance with the SEBI Regulations. ·
The Trustee shall appoint a
Custodian and enter into a custodian agreement on behalf of the Mutual Fund
with the Custodian in accordance with the SEBI Regulations and shall be
responsible for the supervision of its activities in relation to the Mutual
Fund. ·
The unit holders of the
Scheme would have beneficial interest in the trust property to the extent of
individual holding in respective schemes only. RIGHTS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE UNDER
THE SEBI REGULATIONS
Under the SEBI
Regulations, the Trustee has, inter-alia, the following rights, duties and
responsibilities: ·
The Trustee shall have a
right to obtain from the Asset Management Company such information as is
considered necessary by the Trustee. ·
The Trustee shall
ensure before the launch of any scheme that the Asset Management Company has- (a)
systems in place
for its back office, dealing room and accounting; (b)
appointed all key
personnel including fund manager(s) for the Scheme and submitted their bio-data
which shall contain the educational qualifications, past experience in the
securities market with the Trustee, within 15 days of their appointment; (c)
appointed auditors to
audit its accounts; (d)
appointed a
compliance officer who shall be responsible for monitoring the compliance of
the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, rules and regulations,
notifications, guidelines instructions etc issued by SEBI or the Central
Government and for redressal of investors’ grievances; (e)
appointed
registrars and laid down parameters for their supervision; (f)
prepared a
compliance manual and designed internal control mechanisms including internal
audit systems; (g)
specified norms for
empanelment of brokers and marketing agents. (h) ensured that the Scheme ABN AMRO China Equity Fund
approved by Trustee is a new product offered by the Fund and is not a minor
modification of the existing scheme/fund/product. ·
The Trustee shall ensure that – °
the Asset Management Company has been diligent in
empanelling the brokers, in monitoring securities transactions with brokers and
avoiding undue concentration of business with any broker; °
the Asset Management Company has not given any undue or
unfair advantage to any associates or dealt with any of the associates of the
Asset Management Company in any manner detrimental to interest of the
Unitholders; °
the transactions entered into by the Asset Management
Company are in accordance with the SEBI Regulations and the scheme; °
the Asset Management Company has been managing the Mutual
Fund schemes independently of other activities and have taken adequate steps to
ensure that the interest of investors of one scheme are not being compromised
with those of any other scheme or of other activities of the Asset Management
Company; and °
all the activities of the Asset Management Company are in
accordance with the provisions of the SEBI Regulations. ·
Where the Trustee have reason to believe that the conduct
of business of the Mutual Fund is not in accordance with the SEBI Regulations
and the scheme they shall forthwith take such remedial steps as are necessary
by them and shall immediately inform SEBI of the violation and the action taken
by them. ·
The Trustee shall take steps to ensure that the
transactions of the Mutual Fund are in accordance with the provisions of the
Trust Deed. ·
The Trustee shall be responsible for the calculation of
any income due to be paid to the Mutual Fund and also of any income received in
the Mutual Fund for the holders of the Units of any scheme in accordance with
the SEBI Regulations and the Trust Deed. ·
The Trustee shall obtain the consent of the Unitholders; °
whenever required to do so by SEBI in the interest of the
Unitholders; or °
whenever required to do so on the requisition made by
three-fourths of the Unitholders of any scheme; or °
when the majority of the Board of Directors of the Trustee
decide to wind up or prematurely redeem the Units. ·
The Trustee shall ensure that no change in the fundamental
attributes of any scheme or the trust or fees and expenses payable or any other
change which would modify the scheme and affects the interest of Unitholders,
shall be carried out unless: °
a written communication about the proposed change is sent
to each Unitholder and an advertisement is given in one English daily newspaper
having nationwide circulation as well as in a newspaper published in the
language of the region where the Head Office of the Mutual Fund is situated;
and °
the Unitholders are given an option to exit at the
prevailing Net Asset Value without any exit load. ·
The Trustee shall quarterly review all transactions
carried out between the Mutual Fund, Asset Management Company and its
associates. ·
Each trustee shall file the details of his transactions of
dealing in securities with the Mutual Fund on a quarterly basis. ·
The trustees shall call for the details of transactions in
securities by the key personnel of the asset management company in his own name
or on behalf of the asset management company and shall report to the Board, as
and when required. ·
The Trustee shall quarterly review the net worth of the Asset Management
Company and in case of any shortfall, ensure that the Asset Management Company
make up for the shortfall as per clause (f) of sub-regulation (1) of SEBI
Regulation 21. ·
The Trustee shall periodically review all service
contracts such as custody arrangements, transfer agency of the securities and
satisfy itself that such contracts are executed in the interest of the
Unitholders. ·
The Trustee shall ensure that there is no conflict of
interest between the manner of deployment of its networth by the Asset
Management Company and the interest of the Unitholders. ·
The Trustee shall periodically review the investor
complaints received and the redressal of the same by the Asset Management
Company. ·
The Trustee shall abide by the Code of Conduct as
specified in the Fifth Schedule to the SEBI Regulations. ·
The Trustee shall exercise due diligence as under; A.
General Due Diligence: i. The Trustee shall be
discerning in the appointment of the Directors on the Board of the Asset
Management Company. ii. Trustee shall review
the desirability of continuance of the Asset Management Company if substantial
irregularities are observed in any of the schemes and shall not allow the Asset
Management Company to float new schemes. iii. The Trustee shall
ensure that the trust property is properly protected, held and administered by
proper persons and by a proper number of such persons. iv. The Trustee shall ensure
that all service providers are holding appropriate registrations from SEBI or
concerned regulatory authority. v. The Trustees shall
arrange for test checks of service contracts. vi. Trustees shall
immediately report to SEBI of any special developments in the Mutual Fund. B.
Specific Due Diligence: The
Trustee shall: i. obtain internal audit
reports at regular intervals from independent auditors appointed by the
Trustee. ii. obtain compliance
certificates at regular intervals from the Asset Management Company. iii. hold meeting of Trustee
more frequently. iv. consider the reports of
the independent auditor and compliance reports of Asset Management Company at
the meetings of Trustee for appropriate action. v. maintain records of the
decisions of the Trustee at their meetings and of the minutes of the meetings. vi. prescribe and adhere to
a code of ethics by the Trustee, Asset Management Company and its personnel. vii. communicate in writing
to the Asset Management Company of the deficiencies and checking on the
rectification of deficiencies. ·
The independent Directors of the Trustee or Asset
Management Company shall pay specific attention to the following, as may be
applicable, namely: i. the Investment
Management Agreement and the compensation paid under the agreement. ii. service contracts with
affiliates - whether the Asset Management Company has charged higher fees than
outside contractors for the same services. iii. selection of the Asset
Management Company's independent Directors iv. securities transactions
involving affiliates to the extent such transactions are permitted. v. selecting and
nominating individuals to fill independent Directors vacancies. vi. code of ethics must be
designed to prevent fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative practices by insiders
in connection with personal securities transactions. vii. the reasonableness of
fees paid to Sponsor, Asset Management Company and any others for services
provided. viii principal underwriting contracts and their renewals. ix. any service contract with the associates of
the Asset Management Company. ·
Notwithstanding anything contained in the SEBI Regulations
18 (1) to 18 (25), the Trustee shall not be held liable for acts done in good
faith if they have exercised adequate due diligence honestly. The supervisory
role of the Trustee will be discharged by reviewing the information and the
operations of the Mutual Fund based on the periodic reports submitted at the
meetings of the Trustee and by reviewing the reports submitted by the Internal
Auditor. The Trustee will also conduct a detailed review of annual accounts of
the Scheme of the Mutual Fund. Presently the Board of Directors of Trustee is
required to hold a meeting at least once in 2 calendar months and at least 6
such meetings are required to be held every year. During financial year 2006-2007
the Trustee had held 6 Board Meetings and during
the current financial year the Trustee has held 4 Board Meeting till the date
of this document. The Board of Directors
of the Trustee has constituted an Audit Committee, comprising 4 independent
Directors and 2 Associate Directors of the Board of Directors of the Trustee,
pursuant to the SEBI circular MFD/CIR/ The Trustee may require or give
verification of identity or other details regarding any subscription or related
information from / of the Unitholders as may be required under any law, which
may result in delay in dealing with the applications, Units, benefits,
distribution, etc. DIRECTORS OF THE TRUSTEE
The Board of Directors of
ABN AMRO Trustee (
· * Associate Director i.e. Director associated
with the Sponsor. · ** List of Commiittee
Memberships
THE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Limited is a company
incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, on November 4, 2003, having its
registered office at 101, 10th
Floor, Sakhar Bhavan, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. ABN AMRO Asset
Management (India) Limited is appointed as the Investment Manager to the Mutual
Fund vide the Investment Management Agreement dated April 15, 2004. Out of the paid-up equity share capital of the AMC
of Rs. 30.36 crores, 75% is held by ABN AMRO Asset Management (Asia) Limited,
24.99% is held by Mr. J R Desai and the balance by resident individual
shareholders. Mr. Desai is the Chairman of Tropicana
Enterprises (P) Limited, a company which is into distributing & marketing
of a range of electronic products. The details of ABN AMRO Asset Management ( SEBI
approved the AMC to act as the Asset Management Company of the Mutual Fund vide
its letter No IMD/YK/11091/2004 dated The
AMC will manage the Scheme of the Mutual Fund as mentioned in this Offer
Document, in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Management
Agreement, the Trust Deed, the SEBI Regulations and the objectives of the
Scheme. SEBI vide its letter no.
IMD/SB/42486/2005 dated June 13, 2005 granted no-objection to the AMC for
providing research and non-binding advisory services to
ABN AMRO Asset Management (Asia) Limited - Hongkong, for their offshore India
Equity Fund. The offshore India Equity Fund is a Sub-Fund of ABN AMRO Funds.
ABN AMRO Funds is registered pursuant to Part I of the Luxembourg Law of AMC has received an approval from
SEBI vide SEBI’s letter no. IMD/SP/67987 dated In accordance with the SEBI
Regulations, an asset management company, subject to certain conditions, is
also permitted to undertake activities in the nature of portfolio management
services, management and advisory services to offshore funds, pension funds,
provident funds, venture capital funds, management of insurance funds,
financial consultancy and exchange of research on commercial basis and such
other activities as may be permitted by SEBI from time to time. The AMC may
undertake any or all of these activities after satisfying itself that there is
no potential conflict of interest. ASSET
MANAGEMENT FEES
As per the
Investment Management Agreement and the SEBI Regulations, the AMC is entitled
to an Investment Management and Advisory fee at the rate of 1.25% per annum of
the daily average net assets outstanding in each accounting year for the Scheme,
as long as the net assets do not exceed Rs. 100 crore and 1.00% of the excess
amount over Rs. 100 crore, where net assets so calculated exceed Rs. 100 crore.
Provided
further, the AMC may charge such other Investment Management and Advisory Fee as
SEBI may prescribe / permit from time to time. DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
The
Duties and Responsibilities of the AMC shall be consistent with the SEBI
Regulations and the Investment Management Agreement. The AMC shall discharge
such duties and responsibilities as provided for under the SEBI Regulations and
the Investment Management Agreement. The AMC shall, in the course of managing
the affairs of the Mutual Fund, inter
alia: ·
Be responsible for formulating and floating one or more
Schemes for the Mutual Fund after approval of the same by SEBI, the Trustee and
managing the funds mobilised under various Schemes, in accordance with the
provisions of the Trust Deed, investment guidelines if any laid down by the
Trustee from time to time, the SEBI Regulations, the Offer Document of the
Scheme, the investment objectives of each Scheme and the IMA. Further the AMC
shall exercise due diligence and care in managing and / or taking all its
investment decisions with respect to the funds mobilised under various Schemes
as would be exercised by other persons engaged in the same business. ·
Take all reasonable steps and exercise due diligence to
ensure that the investment of funds pertaining to any scheme is not contrary to
the provisions of the SEBI Regulations and the Trust Deed ·
Provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee, reports on
its performance of duties, as the Trustee may reasonably require, from time to
time. ·
Ensure that adequate instructions are issued to and duly
complied with by the custodian, stock brokers, agents (including registrars and
share transfer agents) for discharging its duties under the SEBI Regulations
and / or the IMA. ·
Provide information to SEBI and the Unitholders as
required under the SEBI Regulations or as otherwise required by SEBI. ·
Submit quarterly reports on March 31, June 30, September
30 and December 31 on the functioning of the Schemes of the Mutual Fund to the
Trustee or at such intervals as may be required by the Trustee or SEBI. ·
Maintain arms’ length relationship with other companies,
or institutions or financial intermediaries or any body corporate with which it
may be associated. ·
Not appoint any person as key personnel who has been found
guilty of any economic offence or involved in violation of securities laws. ·
Be responsible for the acts of commissions or omissions by
its employees or the persons whose services have been procured by the AMC. ·
While utilising any services of or entering into any type
of transactions with the Sponsor or any of the Sponsor’s and / or the AMC’s
associates, employees or their relatives, ensure that the same are permitted
under the SEBI Regulations or by SEBI. If utilisation of such services or
entering into such transactions are permitted, then the AMC shall ensure that
the same are carried out in accordance with the manner provided under the SEBI
Regulations or by SEBI and shall report on the same to the Trustee and / or
SEBI where necessary or required under the SEBI Regulations. ·
Ensure that it does not give any undue or unfair advantage
to any associates or deals with any of the associates of the AMC in any manner
detrimental to the interest of the Unitholders. ·
Notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or
agreement or termination, the AMC or its Directors or other officers shall not
be absolved of liability to the Mutual Fund for their acts of commission or
omissions, while holding such position or office. ·
Keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Mutual Fund at
the AMC’s head office, and at such other places as may be required under any
law or by the Trustee, such books, records and statements expressed in such
currencies as may be necessary to give a proper and complete record of all
transactions carried out by the AMC for or on behalf of the Mutual Fund and such
other books, records and statements as may be required by any law or the
Trustee and shall permit the employees, authorised agents and auditors of the
Trustee, to inspect such books, records, and statements at all reasonable times
and on request of the Trustee, furnish true copies thereof. ·
Not take up any activity that is in contravention of the
SEBI Regulations. ·
Not acquire any of the assets out of the scheme property
which involves the assumption of any liability which is unlimited or which may
result in encumbrance of the scheme property in any way. ·
Abide by the Code of Conduct as specified in the Fifth
Schedule to the SEBI Regulations. ·
At all time act in the best interest of the Mutual Fund. ·
The AMC shall - °
not act as a Trustee of any mutual fund; °
not undertake any other business activities except
activities in the nature of portfolio management services, management and
advisory services to offshore funds, pension funds, provident funds, venture
capital funds, management of insurance funds, financial consultancy and
exchange of research on commercial basis if any of such activities are not in
conflict with the activities of the Mutual Fund. Provided that the AMC
may itself or through its subsidiaries undertake such activities if it
satisfies SEBI that the key personnel of the AMC, the systems, back office,
bank and securities accounts are segregated activity wise and there exist
systems to prohibit access to inside information of various activities. Provided further that
the AMC shall meet capital adequacy requirements, if any, separately for each
such activity and obtain separate approval, if necessary under the relevant
regulations. ·
The Chief Executive Officer (whatever his designation may
be) of the asset management company shall ensure that the mutual fund complies
with all the provisions of these regulations and the guidelines or circulars
issued in relation thereto from time to time and that the investments made by
the fund managers are in the interest of the unitholders and shall also be responsible
for the overall risk management function of the mutual fund. Explanation:
For the purpose of this sub-regulation, the words ‘these regulations’ shall
mean and include the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds)
Regulations, 1996 as amended from time to time. (MFD/CIR.No 04/11488 /2003,
dated ·
An asset management company shall not through any broker
associated with the sponsor, purchase or sell securities, which is average of
5% or more of the aggregate purchases and sale of securities made by the mutual
fund in all its schemes. Provided that for the purpose of this
sub-regulation, aggregate purchase and sale of securities shall exclude sale
and distribution of units issued by the mutual fund. Provided further that the aforesaid limit of 5%
shall apply for a block of any three months. An asset management company shall not purchase or
sell securities through any broker [other than a broker referred to in clause
(a) of sub-regulation (7)] which is average of 5% or more of the aggregate
purchases and sale of securities made by the mutual fund in all its schemes,
unless the asset management company has recorded in writing the justification
for exceeding the limit of 5% and reports of all such investments are sent to
the trustees on a quarterly basis. Provided that the aforesaid limit shall apply for
a block of three months. ·
In case any company has invested more than 5 per cent of
the net asset value of a scheme, the investment made by that scheme or by any
other scheme of the same mutual fund in that company or its subsidiaries shall
be brought to the notice of the trustees by the asset management company and be
disclosed in the half yearly and annual accounts of the respective schemes with
justification for such investment [provided the latter investment has been made
within one year of the date of the former investment calculated on either
side.] ·
The asset management company shall file with the trustees
and the Board - (a) detailed bio-data of all its
directors alongwith their interest in other companies within fifteen days of
their appointment; and (b) any change in the interests of
directors every six months. (c) a quarterly report to the trustees giving details and adequate
justification about the purchase and sale of the securities of the group
companies of the sponsor or the asset management company as the case may be, by
the mutual fund during the said quarter. Each director of the Asset
Management Company shall file the details of his transactions of dealing in
securities with the trustees on a quarterly basis in accordance with guidelines
issued by the Board."
(MFD/CIR/9/230/2001 DATED DIRECTORS
OF THE AMC
The Board of Directors of the ABN AMRO
Asset Management (
· *Associate Directors i.e. Directors associated with the
Sponsor. · ** List of Committee Memeberships is stated below.
KEY PERSONNEL OF THE AMC AND
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Presently the AMC has one dedicated portfolio analyst for debt segment
and a total of eight employees (including analysts) in the investment
management department. Presently all the key personnel are based at the
registered office of the AMC. The Fund Managers for the Scheme will be as follows:
For experience and
qualification of Fund Managers please see the table of Key Personnel above. INVESTOR
RELATIONS OFFICER
Ms. Monaz Elavia - Manager – Service Delivery and Quality
Assurance ABN AMRO Asset Management ( Brady House, 2nd Floor,
14, Near Phone: 66185500 Fax: 66185540 E-mail : assetmanagement@in.abnamro.com STATUTORY AUDITORS FOR THE MUTUAL FUND
CUSTODIAN & FUND ACCOUNTANT
Deutsche Bank A G, has been appointed as Custodian and Fund Accountant for
the Scheme. The Custodian has been registered with SEBI under registration no.:
IN/CUS/03. The Trustee and the AMC have entered into a Custodian Agreement with
the Custodian and the salient features of the said Agreement include
obligations of the Custodian to: (a)
Provide post-trading and custodial services to the Mutual
Fund. (b)
Collect and receive any income and other payments and
distribution made by the issuer of securities. (c)
Provide detailed management information and other reports
as required by the AMC. (d)
Maintain confidentiality of the transactions. (e)
Be responsible for the loss or damage to the assets
belonging to the Scheme due to negligence on its part or on the part of its
approved agents. (f)
Segregate assets of each Scheme. (g)
The Custodian shall not assign, transfer or lend the
property held by it on behalf of the Mutual Fund except with the prior written
permission of the AMC. The Custodian will be entitled to remuneration for its
services in accordance with the terms of the Custodian Agreement. The Trustee
has the right to change the Custodian. Deutsche Bank A G,
Mumbai also provides fund accounting, NAV calculation and other related
services. The Fund Accountant is entitled to remuneration for its services in
accordance with the terms of the Fund Accounting Agreement. The AMC have the
right to change the Fund Accountant, if necessary. Deutsche Bank A G has
agreed to act as the Global Custodian for the Scheme. REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
Computer Age Management
Services (P) Limited, A&B, Lakshmi Bhawan, 609, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600
006 (CAMS) has been appointed as Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Scheme.
The Registrar and Transfer Agent is registered with SEBI under registration
number INR000002813. As Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Scheme, CAMS will
handle all back office transaction processing activities. The AMC and the
Trustee have satisfied themselves that the Registrar and Transfer Agent has
adequate capacity to discharge responsibilities with regard to processing of
applications and despatching Unit certificates to Unitholders within the time
limit prescribed in the SEBI Regulations and also has sufficient capacity to
handle investor complaints. The Registrar and
Transfer Agent will be entitled to remuneration for its services in accordance
with the terms of the Registrar and Transfer Agent Agreement(s). COLLECTING BANKERS
The Collecting Banker
to the New Fund Offer is ABN AMRO Bank N.V (SEBI Registration No. INBI00000034)
Application for the New
Fund Offer / Continuous Offer will be accepted at the Collection centres / ISCs
as may be designated by the AMC from time to time. The AMC may from time to
time appoint such other banks registered
with SEBI as collecting bankers. SECTION II
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE & POLICY
TYPE
OF SCHEME
ABN AMRO China Equity Fund is an Open Ended Equity Scheme investing in Chinese
Equities INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
To provide long term capital appreciation by
investing primarily in Chinese equity and equity related instruments. The fund
may also invest a limited proportion in debt and money market instruments. In
addition, the fund may invest a portion of the net assets in Indian securities. However, there can be no assurance that the
investment objective of the Scheme will be realized. The Scheme/
Plans launched there under do not guarantee/indicate any returns. The Scheme
offers Regular Plan and Institutional Plan. The said Plans offer Growth Option
and Dividend Option. The Dividend Option offers Dividend Payout and Dividend
Re-investment facilities. INVESTMENT
PATTERN
Under normal
circumstances, the asset allocation under the Scheme would be as follows:
$ Exposure to Equity
Derivatives could be upto 100% of the net assets. Exposure to overseas
derivatives traded on recognised stock exchanges (overseas) will be only for
hedging and portfolio balancing with underlying securities. * Investment in
Securitised Debt could be upto 35% of the net assets The Scheme may take
exposure to Debt and currency derivatives within limits permissible by SEBI
& RBI. The exposure of the
Scheme to the Foreign Securities could be up to 100% of the net assets of the
Scheme. Investments in foreign
securities shall always be as per the Policy for Offshore Investments provided
in this Offer Document. It may be noted that
asset allocation limit will be subjected to available investment limit in
foreign securities and hence the Fund Manager may be constrained to invest the
balance portion in Indian Securities till AMC obtains SEBI approval for upward
revision of limit applicable for Foreign Securities investment. In such
situations, till SEBI approval is obtained, changes to the above asset
allocation will not be considered as change in Fundamental attributes of the
Scheme. Investors may note that securities, which provide higher
returns, typically display higher volatility. Accordingly, the investment
portfolio of the Scheme would reflect moderate to high volatility in its equity
and equity related investments and low to moderate volatility in its debt and
money market investments. For investments in ADRs / GDRs, the Fund Manager would
consider the premium / discount to the underlying stock and the possibility of
the discount narrowing or the premium expanding, liquidity management of the
portfolio, secondary and primary offerings of ADRs / GDRs. The Scheme may review the above pattern of investments
based on views on the equity and debt markets and liquidity needs and the
portfolio shall be reviewed and rebalanced on a regular basis. However, at all
times the portfolio will adhere to the overall investment objective of the
Scheme. The AMC may review the above investment pattern based on
its views on the equity markets and liquidity or liability needs. Pending deployment of funds of the Scheme in securities in
terms of investment objective of the the Scheme, the Mutual Fund may invest the
funds of the Scheme in short term deposits of scheduled commercial banks
subject to restrictions laid down by the SEBI Regulations from time to time
(refer Investment Restriction on page no.__). Investments in short term
deposits will be in compliance with SEBI Circular on short term deposits dated Portfolio
rebalancing strategy The AMC retains the option to alter the asset allocation depending on
liquidity considerations or on account of high levels of subscriptions or
redemptions relative to the fund size, or upon considerations that optimise
returns of the Scheme through investment opportunities or upon various
defensive considerations including market conditions, market opportunities,
applicable regulations and political and economic factors. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
ABN AMRO China Equity Fund may invest in the
equity and equity related securities through direct investment in equity and
equity related instruments as permitted by SEBI. The Scheme can also invest in various Indian fixed
income securities. The Scheme can actively move its assets between equity and
fixed income securities depending on its view on these markets. The fund may
invest upto 100% of its corpus in Chinese equity securities, upto 35% in Indian Equity and
Equity Related Securities and/or upto 35% of it corpus
in debt securities and money market instruments in The assets that fund can invest in : Overseas Securites · ADRs/ GDRs issued by
Indian or foreign companies · Equity of overseas
companies listed on recognized stock exchanges overseas · Initial and follow on
public offerings for listing at recognized stock exchanges overseas · Foreign debt securities
in the countries with fully convertible currencies, short term as well as long
term debt instruments with rating not below investment grade by
accredited/registered credit rating agencies · Money market
instruments rated not below investment grade · Repos in the form of
investment, where the counterparty is rated not below investment grade; repos
should not however, involve any borrowing of funds by mutual funds · Government securities
where the countries are rated not below investment grade · Derivatives traded on
recognized stock exchanges overseas only for hedging and portfolio balancing
with underlying as securities · Short term deposits
with banks overseas where the issuer is rated not below investment grade ·
Units/securities issued by overseas mutual funds or unit
trusts registered with overseas regulators and investing in (a) aforesaid
securities, (b) Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) listed in recognized
stock exchanges overseas or (c) unlisted overseas securities (not exceeding 10%
of their net assets). Indian Securities ·
Equity and equity
related securities including convertible bonds and debentures and warrants
carrying the right to obtain equity shares. ·
Derivative
instruments permitted by SEBI / RBI. ·
Securities issued /
guaranteed by the Central, State and local governments (including but not
limited to coupon bearing bonds, zero coupon bonds and treasury bills). ·
Debt obligations of
domestic government agencies and statutory bodies, which may or may not carry a
Central / State Government guarantee. ·
Corporate debt (of
both public and private sector undertakings). ·
Debt obligations of
banks (both public and private sector) and financial institutions. ·
Money market
instruments as may be permitted by SEBI / RBI from time to time including Certificate
of Deposits (CDs), Commercial Papers (CPs), Bills of Exchange / Promissory
Notes, Collateralised Lending and Borrowing Obligations (CBLO), Reverse
repurchase obligations (reverse repo) in securities. ·
Deposits (including
Overnight Deposits) with Banks in ·
Floating rate debt
instruments. ·
The non-convertible
part of convertible securities. ·
Any other domestic
fixed income securities. ·
Securitised Debt
and Pass through, Pay through or other Participation Certificates representing
interest in a pool of assets including receivables. ·
Any other
instruments as may be permitted by SEBI / RBI/ other Regulatory Authority from
time to time. The Indian securities
mentioned above could be listed, unlisted, privately placed, secured,
unsecured, rated or unrated and of any maturity. The securities may be acquired through Initial
Public Offerings (IPOs), secondary market operations and private placement,
rights offers or negotiated deals. CHANGE IN INVESTMENT PATTERN
Subject to the SEBI Regulations, the asset allocation pattern indicated
above may change from time to time, depending on liquidity considerations or on
account of high levels of repurchase or redemptions relative to fund size, or
upon considerations that optimise returns of the Scheme through investment
opportunities or upon various defensive considerations including market
conditions, market opportunities, applicable regulations and political and
economic factors. It must be clearly understood that the percentages stated
above are only indicative and not absolute. These proportions may vary
substantially depending upon the perception of the AMC, the intention being at
all times to seek to protect the interests of the Unitholders. Such changes in
the investment pattern will be for short term and only for defensive
considerations. TERMS OF THE PLANS OFFERED UNDER THE SCHEME
(a)
Liquidity
The Scheme will offer
for (i) Redemption of Units Accordingly, the Units
can be redeemed (i.e. sold back to the Mutual Fund) on or Switched out (i.e. to
another scheme of the Mutual Fund or Option(s) offered within the Scheme, if
any) every Business Day, at the Applicable NAV subject to applicable Load, if
any. In case an investor has
purchased Units on more than one Business Day (either under the New Fund Offer
Period or through subsequent purchases) the Units purchased first (i.e. those
Units which have been held for the longest period of time), will be deemed to
have been redeemed first i.e. on a First-in-First-Out basis. It may, however, be
noted that in the event of death of the Unitholder, the nominee/legal heir (as the
case may be), subject to production of requisite documentary evidence, will be
able to redeem the investment. (ii) Redemption
Price The Redemption / Switch
out will be at NAV based prices subject to a Load, if any. Please refer to
"Redemption Price" on page __ and "Load structure" on page
__. (iii) Payment of
Redemption Proceeds As per the SEBI
Regulations, the Mutual Fund shall despatch Redemption proceeds within 10
Business Days from the date of acceptance of the Redemption request. However, under normal circumstances, the
Mutual Fund will endeavour to despatch the Redemption proceeds within 4
Business Days from the date of acceptance of the Redemption request.
(b)
Listing Being Open-Ended Scheme under which (c) Fees
and Expenses (i) Initial Issue Expenses In accordance with the
guidelines issued by SEBI, ABN AMRO China Equity Fund, being an open-ended
Scheme would meet the sales, marketing and other such expenses connected with
Sales and distribution of the Scheme from the entry load, if any and not
through initial issue expenses. The details of the initial
issue expenses of the Scheme have been stated under section titled “Initial
Issue Expenses” on page ___. (ii) Annual Scheme Recurring Expenses The details of
recurring expenses of the Scheme, on an annual basis, have been stated under
section titled “Annual Scheme Recurring Expenses” on page ___. As per the SEBI
Regulations, the maximum recurring expenses including the investment management
and advisory fee that can be charged to the Scheme shall be subject to a
percentage limit of average daily net assets as in the table below:
Subject to the SEBI
Regulations and this Offer Document, expenses over and above the prescribed
ceiling shall be borne by the AMC. (iii) Load
Entry Load: Upto 2.5% in case of
investments below Rs. 5 crores. Nil in
case of investments of Rs. 5 Crores & above Exit load: 1% if redeemed /
switched out within 6 months from date of investment. Nil, if redeemed / switched out
after 6 months from date of investment. ·
After New Fund Offer: Entry Load: Upto 2.5% in case of
investments below Rs. 5 crores. Nil in
case of investments of Rs. 5 Crores & above Exit load: 1% if redeemed /
switched out within 6 months from date
of investment. Nil, if redeemed / switched out
after 6 months from date of investment.
It may be noted that no load will
be charged in case of switches between equity Schemes of ABN AMRO Mutual Fund. No entry/exit load will be charged in case of investment made by Fund-of-
Funds Schemes launched by Mutual Funds in ABN AMRO China Equity Fund. The load structure is subject to
change from time to time and such changes shall be implemented prospectively. The Mutual Fund shall ensure that the Redemption Price is
not lower than 93% of the NAV and the Sale Price is not higher than 107% of the
NAV, provided that the difference between the Redemption Price and Sale Price
of the Unit shall not exceed the permissible limit of 7% of the Sale Price, as
provided for under the SEBI Regulations. For Units purchased
during the New Fund Offer Period and after the closure of the New Fund Offer
Period, please refer to the section titled "Load Structure & Recurring
Expenses" on page ___ for further details. The Trustee / AMC has a right
to impose or modify the Load structure with prospective effect and to introduce
an Entry and / or Exit Load and / or any other Load or a combination thereof,
subject to the maximum limits as prescribed under the SEBI Regulations. CHANGES IN FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTES
Subject to Regulation 18(15A), the
Trustee shall ensure that no change in the fundamental attributes of the Scheme
or the trust or fees and expenses payable or any other change which would
modify the Scheme and affect the interest of Unitholders, shall be carried out
unless: ·
a written communication about the proposed change is sent
to each Unitholder and an advertisement is given in one English daily newspaper
having nation-wide circulation as well as in a newspaper published in the
language of the region where the Head Office of the Mutual Fund is situated;
and ·
the Unitholders are given an option to exit at the
prevailing Net Asset Value without any Exit Load. Explanation:
In terms of the SEBI Regulations and circular dated i) Type
of Scheme ·
Open ended ·
Equity Fund investing
predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Chinese marketwith no
assured returns. ii)
Investment Objectives ·
Main Objectives – Growth ·
Investment pattern – As stated earlier, tentative asset
allocation equity/debt/money market instruments with minimum and maximum asset
allocation, while retaining the option to alter the asset allocation for a
short term period on defensive considerations. iii)
Terms of Issue ·
As stated earlier, liquidity provisions such as listing,
repurchase, redemption ·
As stated earlier, aggregate fees and expenses charged to
the Scheme BENCHMARK
INDEX
The Benchmark Index for
the Scheme is FTSE The index is
published in HKD and will be converted to INR for comparison with the fund. The Board of
Trustee/ AMC may review the benchmark selection process from time to time, and
make suitable changes as to use of the benchmark, or related to composition of
the benchmark, whenever it deems necessary Performance
comparisons for the Scheme will be made vis-à-vis the respective Benchmark.
However, the Scheme’s performance may not be strictly comparable with the
performance of the respective Benchmarks due to the inherent differences in the
construction of the portfolios. The Trustee / AMC reserve the right to change
the Benchmarks for evaluation of performance of the Scheme from time to time in
conformity with the investment objectives and appropriateness of the Benchmarks
subject to the SEBI Regulations, and other prevailing guidelines, if any. INVESTMENT APPROACH & RISK
CONTROL
ABN AMRO China Equity Fund may invest directly in
Chinese equity and equity related securities as permitted by SEBI. The Fund seeks to genetrate high total return from
an actively managed portfolio of Transferable Equities of companies that are
domiciled in, or derive a significant part of their revenues or profits or have
a significant part of their assets in The Fund's Investment Manager looks for companies
that may benefit from the anticipated high long-term growth of the Chinese
economy. It examines individual securities, basing buy and sell decisions on
such factors as a company's financial strength, competitive position,
profitability, growth prospects and quality of management. In setting
allocations and choosing securities, the Investment Manager aims to gain broad
exposure to different industries and companies, in order to reduce risk, while
also favoring those investments that appear more attractive in terms of growth
potential. Direct investments in Chinese & Indian companies may involve
specific risks. The fund is diversified, actively managed fund and
invests in equities of the fast growing Chinese economy by using top
down/bottom up approaches in capturing stock opportunity. The investment philosophy is based on the following
beliefs: Chinese Equities ·
Investing in Chinese equities
allows you to participate in the growth in one of the fastest growing major
economies of the world. ·
Chinese equities allows you to
take advantage of the superior growth of fast emerging economies in the world
driven by structural change and reforms, enormous consumption growth led by
positive demographics. ·
Investing in buoyancy of ·
Investing in a country which is
a major player in global manufacturing and infrastructure. ·
Besides participation in a fast
growing emerging market, investment in Chinese equity brings the added benefit
of reducing risks through diversification. Risk Summary All investments involve risks; there is no assurance
that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The value of the Fund's
NAV will go up and down and you could incur significant losses, especially in
the short term. Below are some of the factors that could negatively affect the
Fund's performance: ·
Emerging Markets Risk: Market risks can be greater in certain countries in particular those with
such characteristics as political instability, lack of complete or reliable
information, market irregularities or high taxation. · Equity
market Risks Prices of equities fluctuate
daily and can be influenced by many factors, such as political and economic
news, corporate earnings reports, demographic trends and catastrophic events. ·
Exchange Rate Risk: The investments in overseas securities are
subjected to risks due to foreign currency movements and foreign currency crises
due to stronger correlation between currency movements of emerging countries’
currencies. Currently the fund is not permitted by regulations to hedge the
currency risk. However if future regulations permit currency hedges, the fund
manager may choose to hedge currency risk in the fund. Market outlook: ABN AMRO China Equity Fund may invest
directly in Chinese equity related securities and balance in Indian securities
as permitted by SEBI. The investment philosophy in case of Chinese Instruments
is based on the following beliefs: o Investing
predominantly in Chinese equities allows you to participate in economy having
growing importance in Global GDP. o Investing
in Chinese equities allows you to take advantage of the superior growth of fast
emerging economy in the world driven by structural change and reforms, enormous
consumption growth led by positive demographics. o Investing
in buoyancy of o Investing
in country, which is major player in global manufacturing and services. o Besides,
participation in markets of fast growing emerging economies with added benefit
of reducing local risks through diversification. o Formulating
a discipline by paying a reasonable price for a quality company via price
target/sector allocation. Source: ABN AMRO Asset Management Real GDP growth in US$ billion
Source: ABN AMRO Bank, CEIC, IMF.
Data runs from 1970-2005 FDI flows to emerging markets US$bn, sum of flows to 28 biggest
markets
Source: EIU, May 2006
Investments in the
Scheme of Mutual Funds The Scheme may invest in another scheme managed by the AMC or in the
schemes of any other mutual funds, provided it is in conformity with the
investment objectives of the Scheme and in terms of the prevailing the SEBI
Regulations. As per the SEBI Regulations, no investment management fees will be
charged for such investments and the aggregate inter scheme investment made by
all schemes in the schemes of the Mutual Fund or in the schemes under the
management of any other asset Management Company shall not exceed 5% of the net
asset value of the Mutual Fund. However such restriction is not applicable to
investment in mutual funds in foreign countries made in accordance with SEBI
circulars/guidelines issued in this regard from time to time. TRADING IN DERIVATIVES
The Scheme intends to use derivatives for the purposes,
that may be permitted by SEBI Mutual Fund Regulations from time to time. SEBI
has vide its Circular SEBI/MFD/CIR No.03/158/03 dated June 10, 2003, Circular
DNDP/CIR-29/2005 dated September 14, 2005, Circular DNDP/CIR-30/2006 dated
January 20, 2006 & Circular DNDP/CIR-31/2006 dated September 22, 2006 specified the guidelines pertaining to
trading by Mutual Fund in Exchange Traded Derivatives. Accordingly, the Scheme
may use derivative instruments viz. Interest Rate Swaps, Forward Rate
Agreements, Equity Index Options or
such other derivative instruments as may be introduced from time to time as
permitted under the SEBI Regulations and guidelines. The
following information provides a basic idea as to the objective & nature of
the derivative instruments proposed to be used by the Fund and the benefits and
risks attached therewith. Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) and
Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) Benefits Bond
markets in IRS All swaps are financial contracts,
which involve exchange (swap) of a set of payments owned by one party for
another set of payments owned by another party, usually through an intermediary
(market maker). An IRS can be defined as a contract between two parties
(Counter Parties) to exchange, on particular dates in the future, one series of
cash flows, (fixed interest) for another series of cashflows (variable or
floating interest) in the same currency and on the same principal for an agreed
period of time. The exchange of cash flows need not occur on the same date. FRA A FRA is an agreement between two
counter parties to pay or to receive the difference between an agreed fixed
rate (the FRA rate) and the interest rate prevailing on a stipulated future
date, based on a notional amount, for an agreed period. In short, in a FRA,
interest rate is fixed now for a future period. The special feature of FRAs is
that the only payment is the difference between the FRA rate and the Reference
rate and hence are single settlement contracts. As in the case of IRS, notional
amounts are not exchanged. The Scheme will use derivative
instruments for the purpose of hedging and portfolio balancing. Hedging does
not mean maximisation of returns but only reduction of systematic or market
risk inherent in the investment. Illustrations Basic Structure of a
Swap Assume that the Scheme has a Rs.
20 crore floating rate investment linked to MIBOR (Mumbai Inter Bank Offered
Rate). Hence, the Scheme is currently running an interest rate risk and stands
to lose if the interest rate moves down. To hedge this interest rate risk, the
Scheme can enter into a 6 month MIBOR swap. Through this swap, the Scheme will
receive a fixed predetermined rate (assume 12%) and pays the "benchmark
rate" (MIBOR), which is fixed by the National Stock Exchange of India
Limited (NSE) or any other agency such as Reuters. This swap would effectively
lock-in the rate of 12% for the next 6 months, eliminating the daily interest
rate risk. This usually is routed through an intermediary who runs a book and
matches deals between various counterparties. The steps will be as follows - ·
Assuming the swap is for Rs. 20 crore ·
On ·
On a daily basis, the benchmark rate fixed by NSE will be
tracked by them. ·
On °
The Scheme is entitled to receive interest on Rs. 20 crore
at 12% for 184 days i.e. Rs.1.21 crore, (this amount is known at the time the
swap was concluded) and will pay the compounded benchmark rate. °
The counterparty is entitled to receive daily compounded
call rate for 184 days and pay 12% fixed. °
On °
Effectively the Scheme earns interest at the rate of 12%
p.a. for six months without lending money for 6 months fixed, while the
counterparty pays interest @ 12% p.a. for 6 months on Rs. 20 crore, without
borrowing for 6 months fixed. The
above example illustrates the benefits and risks of using derivatives for
hedging and optimizing the investment portfolio. Swaps have their own drawbacks
like credit risk, settlement risk. However, these risks are substantially
reduced as the amount involved is interest streams and not principal. The Scheme may use index options, or any other
similar derivative instruments that are permissible or may be permissible in
future under applicable regulations, as would be commensurate with the
investment objective of the Scheme, in an attempt to protect the value of the
portfolio and enhance Unitholders interest. The fund manager will employ a
combination of the following strategies apart from investments in equity and
equity related instruments.
Theoretically, therefore, the
pricing of Nifty Index futures should be equal to the pricing of the synthetic
index created by futures on the underlying stocks. However, due to market
imperfections, the index futures may not exactly correspond to the synthetic
index futures. The Nifty Index futures normally trades at a discount to the
synthetic Index due to large volumes of stock hedging being done using the
Nifty Index futures giving rise to arbitrage opportunities. The fund manager shall aim to
capture such arbitrage opportunities by taking long positions in the Nifty
Index futures and short positions in the synthetic index. The strategy is
attractive if this price differential (post all costs) is higher than the
investor’s cost-of-capital. Objective of the
Strategy The objective of the strategy is
to lock-in the arbitrage gains. Risks
Associated with this Strategy
The Plans under the scheme would
look for market opportunities between the spot and the futures market. The cash
futures arbitrage strategy can be employed when the price of the futures
exceeds the price of the underlying stock. The Plans will first buy the
stocks in cash market and then sell in the futures market to lock the spread
known as arbitrage return. Buying the stock in cash market
and selling the futures results into a hedge where the Plans have locked in a
spread and is not affected by the price movement of cash market and futures
market The arbitrage position can be continued till expiry of the future
contracts. The future contracts are settled based on the last half an hour’s
weighted average trade of the cash market. Thus there is a convergence between
the cash market and the futures market on expiry. This convergence helps the
Plans under the Scheme to generate the arbitrage return locked in earlier.
However, the position could even be closed earlier in case the price
differential is realized before expiry or better opportunities are available in
other stocks The strategy is attractive if this price differential (post all
costs) is higher than the investor’s cost-of-capital. Objective
of the Strategy The objective of the strategy is
to lock-in the arbitrage gains. Risk
Associated with this Strategy
Objective
of the Strategy The objective of the strategy is
to generate alpha by superior stock selection and removing market risks by hedging
with appropriate index. Risk
Associated with this Strategy
Objective
of the Strategy The objective of the strategy is
to earn the option premium. Risk
Associated with this Strategy
Objective
of the Strategy The objective of the strategy is
to earn the option premium. Risk
Associated with this Strategy
Objective
of the Strategy The objective of the strategy is
to earn low volatility consistent returns. Risk
Associated with this Strategy
The following section describes some of the
more common equity derivatives transactions along with their benefits: 1.
Basic Structure of a Stock Index Future The Stock Index
futures are instruments designed to give exposure to the equity markets
indices. The Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE) and The National Stock Exchange (NSE)
have recently started trading in index futures of 1, 2 and 3 month maturities.
The pricing of an index future is the function of the underlying index and
short term interest rates. Example using
hypothetical figures: 1 month S & P CNX
NIFTY Future Say, Fund buys 1,000
futures contracts, each contract value is 200 times futures index price Purchase Date : Spot Index : 2000.00 Future Price : 2010.00 Say, Date
of Expiry : Say, Margin : 10% Assuming the exchange
imposes total margin of 10%, the Investment Manager will be required to provide
total margin of approx. Rs.40, 200,000 (i.e.10% * 2010 * 1000 * 200) through
eligible securities and cash. Date of Expiry Assuming on the date
of expiry, i.e. 2025,the net impact
will be a profit of Rs 30,00,000 for the fund i.e. (2025– 2010)*1000*200 Futures price = Closing spot price = 2025.00 Profits for the
Fund = (2025.00–2010.00) * 1000*200 =
Rs. 30,00,000 Please note that the
above example is given for illustration purposes only. Some assumptions have been
made for the sake of simplicity. The net impact for the
Fund will be in terms of the difference of the closing price of the index and
cost price. Thus, it is clear from the example that the profit or loss for the
Fund will be the difference of the closing price (which can be higher or lower
than the purchase price) and the purchase price. The risks associated with
index futures are similar to those associated with equity investments.
Additional risks could be on account of illiquidity and potential mis–pricing
of the futures. 2.
Basic Structure of an Equity Option An option gives a
person the right but does not cast the obligation to buy or sell something. An
option is a contract between two parties wherein the buyer receives a privilege
for which he pays a fee (premium) and the seller accepts an obligation for
which he receives a fee. The premium is the price negotiated and set when the
option is bought or sold. A person who buys an option is said to be long in the
option. A person who sells (or writes) an option is said to be short in the
option. 87. In Example using
hypothetical figures: Market type : N Instrument Type :
OPTSTK Underlying : XYZ Ltd. (XYZ) Purchase date : Expiry date : Option Type : Put Option (Purchased) Strike Price : Rs. 5,750.00 Spot Price : Rs. 5,800.00 Premium : Rs. 200.00 No. of Contracts : 50 Say, the Fund
purchases on Date of Exercise As these are American
style options, they can be exercised on or before the exercise date i.e. Premium expense = Rs.200 * 50 * 100 = Rs. 10,00,000 Option Exercised
at = Rs.5,500 Profits for the
Fund = (5,750.00–5,500.00) * 50*100 =
Rs. 12,50,000 Net
Profit = Rs. 12,50,000
– Rs. 10,00,000 = Rs. 2,50,000 In the above example,
the Investment Manager hedged the market risk on 5000 shares of XYZ Ltd. by
purchasing Put Options. Please note that the
above example is given for illustration purposes only. Some assumptions have
been made for the sake of simplicity. Certain factors like margins have been
ignored. The purchase of Put Options does not increase the market risk in the
fund as the risk is already in the fund's portfolio on account of the
underlying asset position (in this example XYZ Ltd. shares). The premium paid
for the option is treated as an expense and added to the holding cost of the
relevant security. Additional risks could be on account of illiquidity and
potential mis–pricing of the options. Valuation of Derivative Products
· The traded derivatives shall be
valued at market price in conformity with the stipulations of sub clauses (i)
to (v) of clause 1 of the Eighth Schedule to the Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, as amended from time to time. · The valuation of untraded
derivatives shall be done in accordance with the valuation method for untraded
investments prescribed in sub clauses (i) and (ii) of clause 2 of the Eighth
Schedule to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds)
Regulations, 1996 as amended from time to time. POLICY ON OFFSHORE INVESTMENTS BY
THE SCHEME
As per circular SEBI/IMD/CIR No.7/104753/07 dated ·
ADRs/ GDRs issued by Indian or foreign companies ·
Equity of overseas companies listed on recognized stock
exchanges overseas ·
Initial and follow on public offerings for listing at
recognized stock exchanges overseas ·
Foreign debt securities in the countries with fully
convertible currencies, short term as well as long term debt instruments with
rating not below investment grade by accredited/registered credit rating
agencies ·
Money market instruments rated not below investment grade ·
Repos in the form of investment, where the counterparty is
rated not below investment grade; repos should not however, involve any
borrowing of funds by mutual funds ·
Government securities where the countries are rated not
below investment grade ·
Derivatives traded on recognized stock exchanges overseas
only for hedging and portfolio balancing with underlying as securities ·
Short term deposits with banks overseas where the issuer
is rated not below investment grade ·
Units/securities issued by overseas mutual funds or unit
trusts registered with overseas regulators and investing in (a) aforesaid
securities, (b) Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) listed in recognized
stock exchanges overseas or (c) unlisted overseas securities (not exceeding 10%
of their net assets). The investment by
individual Mutual Fund in the above securities is subject to a maximum of US
$300 million in the above securities. With respect to Overseas Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs),
individual Mutual Fund investment is subject to a maximum of US $ 50 million
per mutual fund. Presently, we have obtained approval from SEBI for
investments in Foreign Securities and Overseas ETFs vide SEBI letter dated
The Sponsors of ABN AMRO Mutual Fund i.e. AAAM Asia specializes in the Asian
markets for both investment funds' advisory and discretionary mandates. It also
promotes ABN AMRO's global products in the Asian region to both institutional
investors and private clients. AAAM Asia is the Asian asset management centre
for ABN AMRO's global asset management business, hence, have adequate
experience of investing in foreign securities. The AMC may appoint AAAM Asia / other financial advisors/
service providers for providing advisory services/ any other kind of services
with respect to investments in foreign securities from time to time. The Fund has appointed a dedicated Fund Manager for making
investments in foreign securities & Overseas Exchange Traded Funds. Subject to the approval of the RBI / SEBI and conditions as may be
prescribed by them, the Mutual Fund may open one or more foreign currency
accounts abroad either directly, or through the custodian/sub-custodian, to
facilitate investments and to enter into/deal in forward currency contracts,
currency futures, interest rate futures/swaps, currency options for the purpose
of hedging the risks of assets of a portfolio or for its efficient management. Benefits of International Investing: ·
Diversification of risk Investing in Foreign Securities allows the investor to move away from a
single country, single currency and single market format. ·
Wider choice of
investment opportunities The Foreign markets allow investors access to a choice of investment
avenues / instruments. These markets are also typically more liquid than
domestic markets. The Mutual Fund may,
where necessary appoint intermediaries as sub-managers, sub-custodians, etc.
for managing and administering such investments. The appointment of such
intermediaries shall be in accordance with the applicable requirements of SEBI
and within the permissible ceilings of expenses. INVESTMENT
DECISIONS
The Board of Directors
of the AMC has constituted an Investment Committee of the AMC. This Committee
will clearly lay down the various policies and processes covering Investments
for the Scheme in light of the SEBI Regulations and will oversee implementation
of the investment process. The Fund has appointed a dedicated Fund Manager for making investments in
overseas securities and also has entered into advisory agreement with ABN AMRO
Asset Management ( The Investment Committee will
periodically review the performance of the Scheme and general market outlook. The Investment Committee will report to the
Board of Directors of the AMC. Periodic presentations will be made to the Board of
Directors of the AMC and Trustee Company to review and monitor the performance
of the Scheme against the Benchmark chosen for the Scheme. The Fund Manager shall
ensure that the funds of the Scheme are invested to achieve the investment
objectives of the Scheme and in the interest of the Unitholders. All investment
decisions shall be recorded PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio turnover is defined as lesser of purchases
or sales as a percentage of the average corpus of the Scheme during a specified
period of time. The Scheme being an open-ended Scheme, it is expected that
there would be a number of subscriptions and redemptions on a daily basis.
Consequently, it is difficult to estimate with any reasonable measure of
accuracy, the likely turnover in the portfolio(s). Active asset allocation
would impact portfolio turnover. Pursuant to the SEBI Regulations the cost of investments acquired or
purchased shall include brokerage, stamp charges and any charge customarily
included in the broker's bought note. INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
· A Scheme of the Mutual
Fund shall not invest more than 10 percent of its NAV in equity shares or
equity related instruments of any company and in listed securities / units of
Venture Capital Funds. · A Scheme shall not
invest more than permissible limit in the unlisted equity shares or equity
related instruments and in unlisted securities. Presently, such investments can
be made upto 5% of its NAV in Indian Equities and no such investments are
allowed in foreign unlisted equity securities . · A Scheme shall not
invest more that 15% of its NAV in debt instruments [irrespective of residual
maturity period (above or below one year)], issued by a single issuer which are
rated not below investment grade by a credit rating agency authorised to carry
out such activity under the SEBI Act. Such investment limit may be extended to
20% of the NAV of the Scheme with the prior approval of the Trustee and the
Board of the AMC/Committee constituted for this purpose. Provided that such limit shall not
be applicable for investments in Government Securities and money market
instruments. Provided further that investment
within such limit can be made in mortgaged backed securitised debt which are
rated not below investment grade by a credit rating agency registered with
SEBI. · A Scheme shall not
invest more than 10% of its NAV in unrated debt instruments [irrespective of
residual maturity period (above or below one year)], issued by a single issuer
and the total investment in such instruments shall not exceed 25% of the NAV of
the Scheme. All such investments shall be made with the prior approval of the
Trustee and the Board of the AMC or a Committee constituted in this behalf. ·
The above
investment limits are applicable to all debt securities which are issued by
public bodies / institutions such as electricity boards, municipal
corporations, state transport corporations, etc., guaranteed by either the
state or central government. · The Mutual Fund under
all its Scheme shall not own more than ten percent of any Company's paid up
capital carrying voting rights. · Transfer of investments
from one Scheme to another Scheme in the same Mutual Fund, shall be allowed
only if:- ° such transfers are done
at the prevailing market price for quoted Securities on spot basis Explanation : spot basis shall have the same meaning as specified by
Stock Exchange for spot transactions ° the Securities so
transferred shall be in conformity with the investment objective of the Scheme
to which such transfer has been made. · A Scheme may invest in
another scheme under the same asset management company or any other mutual fund
without charging any fees, provided that aggregate inter-scheme investment made
by all schemes under the same asset management company or in schemes under the
management of any other asset management shall not exceed 5% of the net asset
value of the Mutual Fund. However, such restriction is not applicable to
investment in mutual funds in foreign countries made in accordance with SEBI
circulars/guidelines issued in this regard from time to time. · The Mutual Fund will
buy and sell securities on the basis of deliveries and will in all cases of
purchase, take delivery of relative securities and in all cases of sale,
deliver the securities and shall in no case put itself in a position whereby it
has to make short sales or carry forward transactions or engage in badla
finance (carry forward). Provided that the Mutual Fund
shall enter into derivative transactions in a recognised stock exchange, in
accordance with the guidelines issued by SEBI. · The Mutual Fund shall
get the securities purchased or transferred in the name of the Mutual Fund on
account of the concerned Scheme, wherever the investments are intended to be of
a long term nature. · Pending deployment of
funds of the Scheme in securities in terms of the investment objective of the
Scheme, the Mutual Fund can invest the funds of the Scheme in short term
deposits of scheduled commercial banks, provided:.
·
A Scheme shall not
make any investments in: °
any unlisted
security of an associate or group company of the Sponsor; or °
any security issued
by way of private placement by an associate or group company of the Sponsor; or °
the listed
securities of group companies of the Sponsor which is in excess of 25% of the
net assets. · The Scheme shall not
make any investment in any fund of funds scheme. ·
No loans for any purpose shall be
advanced by the Scheme. Apart from the
Investment Restrictions prescribed under the SEBI Regulations, internal risk
parameters for limiting exposure to a particular scrip or sector may be
prescribed from time to time to respond to the dynamic market conditions and
market opportunities. The AMC/Trustee may
alter the above Investment Restrictions from time to time to the extent that
changes in the SEBI Regulations may allow and as deemed fit in the general
interest of the Unitholders. COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
The Mutual Fund will value its
investments according to the valuation norms, as specified in Schedule VIII of
the SEBI Regulations, or such norms as may be specified by SEBI from time to
time. NAV of Units under the Scheme
shall be calculated as shown below:
The
AMC will calculate and disclose the first NAV of the Scheme not later than 30
days from the closure of New Fund Offer Period. Subsequently, the NAV of the
Scheme will be disclosed at the close of every Business Day. Separate
NAVs will be calculated and announced for each of the Options under the Plan(s)
of the Scheme. The NAVs will be rounded off upto 4 decimal places for the
Scheme. The Units will be allotted upto 3 decimal places. VALUATION OF THE SCHEME'S ASSETS AND DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
(NAV)
The
NAV of the Units of the Scheme will be computed by dividing the net assets of
the Scheme by the number of Units outstanding on the valuation date. The Mutual
Fund will value its investments according to the valuation norms, as specified
in the Schedule VIII of the SEBI Regulations, or such norms as may be
prescribed by SEBI from time to time. The broad valuation norms pertaining to
the Scheme are detailed below : 1. Traded Securities ·
Traded securities are valued at the last quoted closing
price on the Principal Stock Exchange. ·
When the Securities are traded on more than one recognised
stock exchange, the Securities shall be valued at the last quoted closing price
on the stock exchange where the security is principally traded. The AMC will
select the appropriate stock exchange, but the reasons for the selection would
be recorded in writing. All scrips may be valued at the prices quoted on the
stock exchange where a majority in value of the investments are principally
traded. Once a Stock Exchange has been selected for valuation of a particular
security, reasons for change of the exchange shall be recorded in writing by
the AMC. ·
When on a particular valuation day, a security has not
been traded on the principal stock exchange, the value at which it is traded on
another stock exchange will be used. ·
When a security (other than debt securities) is not traded
on any stock exchange on a particular valuation day, the value at which it was
traded on the principal stock exchange, as the case may be, on the earliest
previous day is used provided such date is not more then 30 days prior to
valuation date. ·
When a debt security (other than Government securities) is
not traded on any stock exchange on a particular valuation day, the value at
which it was traded on the principal stock exchange or any other stock
exchange, as the case may be, on the earliest previous day may be used,
provided such date is not more than 15 days prior to valuation date. ·
When a debt security (other than Government Securities) is
purchased by way of private placement, the value at which it was bought may be
used for a period of 15 days beginning from the date of purchase. 2. Thinly Traded
Securities Thinly
Traded Equity / Equity related securities ·
When trading in an Equity / Equity related securities in a
month is both less than Rs 5 lakhs and the total volume is less than 50,000
shares, it shall be considered as a thinly traded security and valued
accordingly. Further it is clarified that in order to determine whether a
security is thinly traded or not, the volumes traded in all recognised stock
exchanges in ·
Non-Traded / Thinly Traded Equity Securities will be fair valued
as per procedures determined by the AMC and approved by Trustee of the Mutual
Fund, in accordance with the SEBI Regulations and related circulars. ·
In case trading in an equity security is suspended upto 30
days, then the traded price would be considered for valuation of that security.
If an equity security is suspended for more than 30 days, then the AMC /
Trustees will decided the valuation norms to be followed and such norms would
be documented and recorded. Thinly Traded Debt Securities ·
A debt security (other than Government Securities) is
considered as a thinly traded security if on the valuation date, there are no
individual trades in that security in marketable lots (presently Rs 5 crore) on
the principal stock exchange or any other stock exchange. Further it is
clarified that in order to determine whether a security is thinly traded or
not, the volumes traded in all recognised stock exchanges in ·
A thinly traded debt security as defined above would be
valued as per norms set for non-traded debt security. 3. Non- Traded
Securities Equity Securities ·
When a security (other than debt securities) is not traded
on any stock exchange for a period of 30 days prior to the valuation date, the
scrip will be treated as a non traded security Debt Securities ·
When a debt security (other than Government Securities) is
not traded on any stock exchange for a period of 15 days prior to the valuation
date the scrip would be treaded as a non-traded security. Valuation of Non-traded / thinly traded Securities Non
traded / thinly traded securities shall be valued “in good faith” by the AMC on
the basis of valuation principles laid down below : Non-traded
/ Thinly traded equity securities a. Based on the latest
available Balance Sheet, net worth shall be calculated as follows : b. Net Worth per share =
[share capital + reserves (excluding revaluation reserves) – Misc. expenditure
and Debit Balance in P&L A/c] Divided by No. of Paid up Shares. c. Average capitalisation
rate (P/E ratio) for the industry based upon either BSE or NSE data (which
should be followed consistently and changes, if any noted with proper
justification thereof) shall be taken and discounted by 75% i.e. only 25% of
the Industry average P/E shall be taken as capitalisation rate (P/E ratio).
Earnings per share of the latest audited annual accounts will be considered for
this purpose. d. The value as per the
net worth value per share and the capital earning value calculated as above
shall be averaged and further discounted by 10% for ill-liquidity so as to
arrive at the fair value per share. e. In case the EPS is
negative, EPS value for that year shall be taken as zero for arriving at
capitalised earning. f. In case where the
latest balance sheet of the company is not available within nine months from
the close of the year, unless the accounting year is changed, the shares of
such companies shall be valued at zero. g. In case an individual
security accounts for more than 5% of the total assets of the scheme, an
independent valuer shall be appointed for the valuation of the said security.
To determine if a security accounts for more than 5% of the total assets of the
scheme, it should be valued by the procedure above and proportion which it
bears to the total net assets of the scheme to which it belongs would be
compared on the date of valuation Non Traded /Thinly Traded Debt
Securities of Upto 182 Days to Maturity: Non
Traded / Thinly Traded Debt securities / asset backed securities purchased with
residual maturity of upto 182 days are valued at cost (including accrued
interest till the beginning of the day) plus the difference between the
redemption value (inclusive of interest) and cost spread uniformly over the
remaining maturity period of the instrument. Non Traded / Thinly Traded Debt
securities/ asset backed securities purchased with maturity greater than 182
days at the time of purchase, the last valuation price plus accrued interest is
used instead of purchase cost. Non Traded / Thinly
Traded Debt Securities of over 182 days to Maturity For
the purpose of valuation, all Non Traded / Thinly Traded Debt Securities would
be classified into “Investment grade” and “Non Investment grade” securities
based on their credit ratings. The non-investment grade securities would
further be classified as “Performing” and “Non Performing” assets ·
All Non Government investment grade debt securities,
classified as not traded, shall be valued on yield to maturity basis as
described below. ·
All Non Government non investment grade performing debt
securities would be valued at a discount of 25% to the face value ·
All Non Government non investment grade non performing
debt securities would be valued based on the provisioning norms. The approach in
valuation of non traded debt securities is based on the concept of using
spreads over the benchmark rate to arrive at the yields for pricing the non
traded security. The Yields for pricing the non
traded debt security would be arrived at by using the process prescribed in the
SEBI Guidelines for valuation of securities, from time to time. 4. Government
Securities Government
Securities are valued at the prices released by CRISIL, which is currently the
only approved agency suggested by Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). 5. Derivative
Products ·
The traded derivative shall be valued at market price in
conformity with the stipulations of sub clause (i) to (v) of clause 1 of the
Eighth Schedule to the SEBI Regulations. ·
The valuation of untraded derivatives shall be done in
accordance with the valuation method for untraded investments prescribed in sub
clauses (i) and (ii) of clause 2 of the Eighth Schedule to the SEBI
Regulations. 6. Valuation of Securities with Put / Call options The option embedded
securities would be valued as follows: (i) Securities with call option : (a)
The securities with call
option shall be valued at the lower of the value as obtained by valuing the
security to final maturity and valuing the security to call option. (b) In case there are
multiple call options, the lowest value obtained by valuing to the various call
dates and valuing to the maturity date is to be taken as the value of the
instrument. (ii) Securities with Put option (a)
The securities with put
option shall be valued at the higher of the value as obtained by valuing the security
to final maturity and valuing the security to put option (b)
In case there are multiple
put options, the highest value obtained by valuing to the various put dates and
valuing to the maturity date is to be taken as the value of the instruments. (iii) Securities with both Put and Call option on
the same day The
securities with both Put and Call option on the same day would be deemed to
mature on the Put/Call day and would be valued accordingly. 7. Valuation of Foreign Securities: Scheme’s
investments in Foreign Securities will be valued at the last available closing market
price/ last available traded price for the security. The same shall be
converted into the local currency using the relevant reference exchange rate. Reference rate as advised
by RBI/ Bloomberg/ Reuters will
be used for valuation of the portfolio of overseas investment. The
Trustees reserve right to change the source for determining exchange rates. Others ·
While investments in bills purchased under rediscounting
scheme and short term deposits with banks shall be valued at cost plus accrual;
other money market instruments shall be valued at the yield at which they are
currently traded. For this purpose, non-traded instruments, that is instruments
not traded for a period of 7 days, will be valued at cost plus interest accrued
till the beginning of the day plus the difference between the redemption value
and the cost spread uniformly over the remaining maturity period of the
instruments; ·
Where instruments have been bought on 'repo' basis, the
instrument would be valued at the resale price after deduction of applicable
interest upto date of resale. Where an instrument has been sold on a 'repo'
basis, adjustment would be made for the difference between the Redemption price
(after deduction of applicable interest upto date of Redemption) and the value
of the instrument. If the Redemption price exceeds the value, the depreciation
will be provided for and if the Redemption price is lower than the value,
credit will be taken for the appreciation. ·
In respect of convertible debentures and bonds, the
non-convertible and convertible components shall be valued separately. The
non-convertible component would be valued on the same basis as would be
applicable to a debt instrument. The convertible component would be valued on
the same basis as would be applicable to an equity instrument. If, after
conversion, the resultant equity instrument would be traded pari passu with an
existing instrument which is traded, the value of the latter instrument can be
adopted after an appropriate discount for the non-tradability of the instrument
during the period preceding the conversion. While valuing such instruments, the
fact whether the conversion is optional would also be factored in. ·
In respect of warrants to subscribe for shares, attached
to instruments, the warrants would be valued at the value of the share which
would be obtained on exercise of the warrant as reduced by the amount which
would be payable on exercise of the warrant. A discount similar to the discount
to be determined in respect of convertible debentures would be deducted to
account for the period which must elapse before the warrant can be exercised. ·
Until they are traded, the value of the “rights” shares
would be calculated as : Vr = n/m *
(Pex - Pof) where Vr =
Value of rights n = no.
of rights offered m = no.
of original shares held Pex =
Ex-Rights price Pof =
Rights Offer price Where the rights are not treated pari-passu with the existing shares,
suitable adjustments would be made to the value of rights. Where it is decided
not to subscribe for the rights but to renounce them and renunciations are
being traded, the rights would be valued at the renunciation value. ·
Valuation Norms for Unlisted securities Investments in Unlisted
securities shall be valued “in good faith” on the basis of the valuation
principles laid down below till such time these are listed on a Stock Exchange.
(a)
Based on the latest
available audited balance sheet, net worth shall be calculated as lower of (i)
and (ii) below: i. Net worth per share = [share capital plus
free reserves (excluding revaluation reserves) minus Miscellaneous expenditure
not written off or deferred revenue expenditure, intangible assets and
accumulated losses] divided by Number of Paid up Shares. ii. After
taking into account the outstanding warrants and options, Net worth per share
shall again be calculated and shall be = [share capital plus consideration on
exercise of Option/Warrants received/receivable by the Company plus free
reserves(excluding revaluation reserves) minus Miscellaneous expenditure not
written off or deferred revenue expenditure, intangible assets and accumulated
losses] divided by {Number of Paid up Shares plus Number of Shares that would
be obtained on conversion/exercise of Outstanding Warrants and Options} The
lower of (i) and (ii) above shall be used for calculation of net worth per
share and for further calculation in (c) below. (b) Average capitalisation
rate (P/E ratio) for the industry based upon either BSE or NSE data (which should
be followed consistently and changes, if any, noted with proper justification
thereof) shall be taken and discounted by 75% i.e. only 25% of the Industry
average P/E shall be taken as capitalisation rate (P/E ratio). Earnings per
share of the latest audited annual accounts will be considered for this
purpose. (c) The value as per the
net worth value per share and the capital earning value calculated as above
shall be averaged and further discounted by 15% for illiquidity so as to arrive
at the fair value per share. The above methodology
for valuation shall be subject to the following conditions: i. All calculations as aforesaid
shall be based on audited accounts. ii. In case where the
latest balance sheet of the company is not available within nine months from
the close of the year, unless the accounting year is changed, the shares of
such companies shall be valued at zero. iii. If the net worth of the
company is negative, the share would be marked down to zero. iv. In case the EPS is
negative, EPS value for that year shall be taken as zero for arriving at
capitalised earning. v. In case an individual
security accounts for more than 5% of the total assets of the scheme, an
independent valuer shall be appointed for the valuation of the said security.
To determine if a security accounts for more than 5% of the total assets of the
scheme, it should be valued in accordance with the procedure as mentioned above
on the date of valuation. At the discretion of
the AMC and with the approval of the trustees, an unlisted equity share may be
valued at a price lower than the value derived using the aforesaid methodology.
The above methodology
will not be applicable for investment made in the initial public offers of the
companies (IPOs) or firm allotment in public issues where all the regulatory
requirements and formalities pertaining to public issues have been complied
with by the companies and where the Mutual Fund is required to pay just before
the date of public issue. ·
Illiquid Securities : (a)
Aggregate value of “illiquid
securities” of the scheme, which are defined as non-traded, thinly traded and
unlisted equity shares, shall not exceed 15% of the total assets of the scheme
and any illiquid securities held above 15% of the total assets shall be
assigned zero value. (b) All funds shall
disclose as on March 31 and September 30 the scheme-wise total illiquid
securities in value and percentage of the net assets while making disclosures
of half yearly portfolios to the Unitholders. In the list of investments, an
asterisk mark shall also be given against all such investments which are
recognised as illiquid securities. (c) Mutual Funds shall not
be allowed to transfer illiquid securities among their schemes w.e.f. ·
Valuation in respect of Non Performing Assets Valuation in respect of
Non Performing Assets (Debt Securities) will be done in accordance with “SEBI
guidelines for identification and provisioning for NPAs” issued vide circular
dated All expenses and
incomes accrued upto the valuation date shall be considered for computation of
net asset value. For this purpose, major expenses like management fees and
other periodic expenses would be accrued on a day to day basis. The other minor
expenses and income will be accrued on a periodic basis, provided the
non-accrual does not affect the NAV calculations by more than 1%. Any changes in
securities and in the number of Units will be recorded in the books not later
than the first valuation date following the date of transaction. If this is not
possible given the frequency of the Net Asset Value disclosure, the recording
may be delayed upto a period of 7 days following the date of the transaction,
provided that as a result of the non-recording, the Net Asset Value
calculations shall not be affected by more than 1%. In case the Net Asset
Value of a Scheme differs by more than 1 %, due to non - recording of the
transactions, the investors or Scheme as the case may be, shall be paid the
difference in amount as follows:- (i) If the investors
are allotted Units at a price higher than Net Asset Value or are given a price
lower than Net Asset Value at the time of sale of their Units, they shall be
paid the difference in amount by the Scheme. (ii) If the investors
are charged lower Net Asset Value at the time of purchase of their Units or are
given higher Net Asset Value at the time of sale of their Units, the AMC shall
pay the difference in amount to the Scheme. The AMC may recover the difference
from the investors. The valuation
guidelines as outlined above are as per the SEBI Regulations and are subject to
change from time to time in conformity with changes made by SEBI. ACCOUNTING POLICIES & STANDARDS
In accordance with
Regulation 50 read with the Ninth Schedule to the SEBI Regulations, the Scheme
shall follow the accounting policies and standards stated below: ·
All investments will be marked to market and will be
carried in the balance sheet at market value. However, since the unrealised
gain arising out of appreciation on investments cannot be distributed,
provision will be made for exclusion of this item when arriving at
distributable income. ·
Dividend income earned by a scheme should be recognised,
not on the date the dividend is declared, but on the date the share is quoted
on an ex-dividend basis. For investments which are not quoted on the stock exchange,
dividend income must be recognised on the date of declaration. ·
In respect of all interest-bearing investments, income
will be accrued on a day to day basis as it is earned. Therefore when such
investments are purchased, interest paid for the period from the last interest
due date upto the date of purchase shall not be treated as a cost of purchase
but shall be debited to Interest Recoverable Account. Similarly, interest
received at the time of sale for the period from the last interest due date upto
the date of sale shall not be treated as an addition to sale value but shall be
credited to Interest Recoverable Account. ·
In determining the holding cost of investments and the
gains or loss on sale of investments, the "average cost" method shall
be followed. ·
Bonus shares to which the scheme becomes entitled should
be recognised only when the original shares on which the bonus entitlement
accrues are traded on the stock exchange on an ex-bonus basis. Similarly,
rights entitlements should be recognised only when the original shares on which
the right entitlement accrues are traded on the stock exchange on an ex-rights
basis. ·
Transactions for purchase or sale of investments would be
recognised as of the trade date and not as of the settlement date, so that the
effect of all Investments traded during a financial year are recorded and
reflected in the financial statements for that year. When investment
transactions take place outside the stock market, for example, acquisitions
through private placement or purchases or sales through private treaty, the
transaction would be recorded, in the event of a purchase, as of the date on
which the Scheme obtains an enforceable obligation to pay the price or, in the
event of a sale, when the Scheme obtains an enforceable right to collect the
proceeds of sale or an enforceable obligation to deliver the instruments sold. ·
An 'asset' shall be classified as non performing, if the
interest and / or principal amount have not been received or remained
outstanding for one quarter from the day such income / instalment has fallen
due. After the expiry of the 1st quarter from the date the income has fallen
due, there will be no further interest accrual on the asset. In short, from the
beginning of the 2nd calendar quarter there will be no further accrual on
income. ·
Where income receivable on investments has accrued but has
not been received for the period specified in the guidelines issued by SEBI,
provision shall be made by debiting to the revenue account, the income so
accrued in the manner specified by the guidelines issued by SEBI. ·
When Units are sold, the difference between the ·
When Units are sold, an appropriate part of the ·
The cost of investments acquired or purchased would
include, brokerage, stamp charges and any charge customarily included in the
broker's bought note. In respect of privately placed debt instruments any
front-end discount offered shall be reduced from the cost of the investment. ·
Underwriting commission shall be recognised as revenue
only when there is no devolvement on the Scheme. Where there is devolvement on
the Scheme, the full underwriting commission received and not merely the
portion applicable to the devolvement shall be reduced from the cost of the
investment. The
accounting polices and standards outlined above are as per the existing SEBI
Regulations and are subject to changes to be in compliance to reflect the
changes in the SEBI Regulations. All other policies and standards as specified
therein, as well as any additions / modifications thereto as may be specified
by SEBI from time to time shall be adhered to while preparing the books of
accounts and financial statements of the Mutual Fund. UNCLAIMED REDEMPTION / DIVIDEND
AMOUNT
As
per circular no MFD/CIR/9/120/2000, dated November 24, 2000 issued by SEBI, the
unclaimed redemption and dividend amounts shall be deployed by the Mutual Fund
in money market instruments only and the investors who claim these amounts
during a period of three years from the due date shall be paid at the
prevailing Net Asset Value. After a period of three years, this amount will be
transferred to a pool account and the investors can claim the amount at NAV
prevailing at the end of the third year. The income earned on such funds will
be used for the purpose of investor education. The AMC will make a continuous effort
to remind the investors through letters to take their unclaimed amounts.
Further, the investment management fee charged by the AMC for managing
unclaimed amounts shall not exceed 50 basis points. INVESTMENT BY THE AMC IN THE
SCHEME
The AMC may invest in the Scheme in the New Fund Offer Period or
thereafter at any time during the continuous offer period subject to the SEBI
Regulations & circulars issued by SEBI and to the extent permitted by its
Board of Directors from time to time. As per the existing SEBI Regulations, the
AMC will not charge investment management and advisory fee on the investment
made by it in the Scheme. SECTION III
UNITS
& THE NEW FUND OFFER
UNITS ON OFFER - GENERAL INFORMATION
1.
New Fund Offer:
This offer is being made for Subscription
of Units of ABN AMRO China Equity Fund, an Open End Equity Scheme investing in
Chinese Equities. 2.
New Fund Offer Period
The New Fund Offer
Period for the Scheme will commence from _______ and close on _________. 3.
New Fund Offer Price
The New Fund Offer
Price of Units of the Scheme/ Plan(s) will be Rs.10 per Unit plus applicable
entry load. 4.
Extension / Termination of
the New Fund Offer Period
The Trustee reserves
the right to extend the closing date of the New Fund Offer Period for the Scheme
subject to the condition that the subscription list of the New Fund Offer
Period shall not be kept open for more than 30 days. 5.
Minimum Subscription Amount
The minimum
subscription (target) amount for the Scheme is Rs.1 Crore. There is no maximum
target for the size of the Scheme and therefore, subject to the applications
being in accordance with the terms of this offer, full and firm allotment will
be made to all the applicants, subject to the collection of the minimum
subscription amount. In accordance with the
SEBI Regulations, if any of the Plan(s) under the Scheme fails to collect the
above minimum subscription amount, the Mutual Fund and the AMC shall be liable
to refund the subscription amount within a period of 6 weeks from the date of
closure of subscription list to the applicants of the Plan. 6.
Allotment and Refund
All applicants will receive full and firm
allotment of Units, provided the applications are complete in all respects and
are found to be in order, subject to the collection of the minimum subscription
amount. The Trustee / AMC retain the sole and absolute discretion to reject any
application. The process of allotment of Units and mailing of account
statements reflecting the allotments will be completed within 30 days from the
date of closure of the New Fund Offer Period. In accordance with the SEBI Regulations, if any of Plan(s)
under the Scheme fails to collect the minimum subscription amount, the Mutual
Fund and the AMC shall be liable to refund the money to the applicants under
that Plan. In
addition to the above, refund of subscription amount to applicants whose
applications are invalid for any reason whatsoever, will commence after the
allotment process is completed. No
Interest will be payable on any subscription amount refunded within 6 weeks
from the closure of the New Fund Offer Period. Interest on subscription amount
will be payable for amounts refunded later than 6 weeks from the closure of the
New Fund Offer Period at the rate of 15% per annum for the period in excess of
6 weeks and will be charged to the AMC. Refund orders will be marked "A/c.
Payee only" and will be in favour of and be despatched to the sole / first
Applicant, by registered post. MINIMUM
AMOUNT AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR APPLICATION
The
minimum amount and additional amount for the two Plans are as under:
Dividend Option has to
options viz. Dividend Reinvestment
Option and Dividend Payout Option * The minimum application amount for SIP transactions will be Rs. 1,000 There is no upper limit on the
amount for application. The Trustee / AMC reserves the right to change the
minimum amount for application and the additional amount for application from
time to time in the Scheme and these could be different under different plan(s)
/ option(s). INVESTMENT PLANS OFFERED UNDER THE SCHEME
The Scheme offers
investors Regular & Institutional Plan. The said Plans offer Growth Option
and Dividend Option. The Dividend Option offers Dividend Payout and Dividend
Re-investment facilities. ·
Growth Option The
Scheme will not declare any Dividend under this Option. The income attributable
to Units under this Option will continue to remain invested in the Option and
will be reflected in the Net Asset Value of Units under this Option. ·
Dividend Option Under
this Dividend Option, dividend if any, shall be declared by the Trustee from
time to time. Both the Options will be managed
with the same portfolio. Choice
of Plan(s) / Option(s)
Investors should
indicate appropriate Option for which the Subscription is made by indicating
the choice in the appropriate box provided for this purpose in the application
form. In case of valid applications received without indicating any choice of
Option, it will be considered as an option for Growth Option and processed
accordingly. Investors may also opt
to simultaneously invest in any / all Option(s) of the Scheme/ Plan(s) subject
to minimum Subscription requirements under such Option(s). DIVIDENDS
& DISTRIBUTIONS
Under this Scheme, the Trustee may distribute dividend, from time to
time. The Trustee's decision with regard to the rate, timing and frequency of
distribution shall be final. It must be distinctly understood
that the actual declaration of dividend under the Dividend Option and the
frequency thereof will inter-alia, depend on the availability of distributable
profits as computed in accordance with the SEBI Regulations. The Trustee
reserves the right of dividend declaration and the decision of the Trustee in
this regard shall be final. Dividends if declared, will be paid to the
Unitholders appearing in the Register of Unitholder on the Record Date. To the
extent the entire net income and realised gains are not distributed, the same
will remain invested in the Option and will be reflected in the NAV. There is no assurance or guarantee to
Unitholders as to the rate of dividend distribution nor will that dividend be
paid regularly. The Dividends shall be declared subject to the availability of
distributable surplus under the Option. The AMC may announce a book
closure period for the purpose of making the dividend payment. The Trustee at
its sole discretion may declare an interim dividend under the Dividend Option. EFFECT OF DIVIDENDS
The NAV of the
Unitholders in any of the Dividend Option will stand reduced by the amount of
dividend declared. The NAV of the Growth Option will remain unaffected. DIVIDEND RE-INVESTMENT FACILITY
Unitholders opting for
the Dividend Option(s) may choose to reinvest the dividend to be received by
them in additional Units of the respective Option(s) (applicable only in the
Option(s) where this facility is offered). Under this facility, the dividend
due and payable to the Unitholders will be compulsorily and without any further
act by the Unitholders, reinvested in the Scheme (under the respective Dividend
Options), at a price based on the ex-dividend Net Asset Value per Unit. The amount
of dividend re-invested will be net of tax deducted at source, wherever
applicable. The dividends so reinvested shall constitute a constructive payment
of dividends to the Unitholders and a constructive receipt of the same amount
from each Unitholder for reinvestment in Units. On reinvestment of
dividends, the number of Units to the credit of Unitholder will increase to the
extent of the dividend reinvested at the NAV as explained above. There shall
however be no Entry / Sales Load on the dividend so reinvested. FACILITIES
Systematic
Transfer Plan (STP)
The salient features of Systematic Transfer
Plan (STP) under the Scheme are as under: 1. STP is a facility wherein investors can
opt to transfer a fixed amount or capital appreciation amount at regular
intervals from AAFDF, AAFRF, AACF, AAMIP and AAMPS into ABN AMRO China Equity
Fund. 2. STP offers unitholders the following two
facilities: i) Fixed Systematic Transfer Facility (FSTF) ii) Capital Appreciation Systematic
Transfer Facility (CASTF) Both the Facilities will offer transfers at
weekly, monthly and quarterly intervals. Unitholder is free to opt for any of
the above Facilities and also choose the frequency of such transfers. 3. Under the FSTF - An investor can issue a
standing instruction to transfer sums at a Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly
(calendar quarter) intervals to Plans / Options within select Schemes of ABN
AMRO Mutual Fund. The investor has a choice between weekly, monthly and
quarterly FSTF. The Transfer should be 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of a month in
the Weekly FSTF and as the 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of a month in the Monthly
FSTF and as the 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of the first month of quarter (e.g.
1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of January, April, July and October) in a Quarterly
FSTF. Transfers must be for a minimum** amount of Rs. 1,000/- or in multiples
of Re.1/- thereafter in Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly FSTF. An investor will
have to opt for a minimum of 6 installments under Weekly and Monthly STP and 2
installments under Quarterly STP. In FSTF, in case there is no minimum amount
(as specified above) available in the unitholder's account the transfer to the
Transferee Scheme will not happen and the STP request of the unitholder will
stand withdrawn. 4. Under the CASTF - An investor can issue
a standing instruction to transfer the entire capital appreciation from
Transferor Scheme at Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly intervals to designated
Scheme(s) of ABN AMRO Mutual Fund. The investor has a choice between Weekly,
Monthly and Quarterly CASTF. The transfer date should be 1st or 7th or 15th or
25th of a month in the Weekly CASTF and as the 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of a
month in the Monthly CASTF and as the 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of the first
month of Quarter (e.g. 1st, 7th, 15th or 25th of January, April, July and
October) in a quarterly CASTF. Transfers must be for a minimum amount** of Rs.
1,000/- in the multiple of Re 1/- in Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly CASTF. An
investor will have to opt for a minimum of 6 installments under Weekly and
Monthly CASTF or 2 installments under Quarterly CASTF. Please note that no
transfer will take place if there is no minimum appreciation amount and the STP
request of the unitholder will stand withdrawn. The capital appreciation, if
any, will be calculated from the enrolment date of the CASTF under the folio,
till the first transfer date (e.g. if the unit holder has been allotted units
on the 23rd of September and the date of enrolment for monthly CASTF is the 1st
of November and the unit holder has opted for 15th of every month as the
transfer date, capital appreciation, if any, will be calculated from the 1st of
November to the 15th of November (first transfer date). Subsequent capital
appreciation, if any, will be the capital appreciation between the previous
CASTF date (where transfer has been processed) and the next CASTF date. ** In case of AATAP an investor under WSIF or MSIF or QSIF
must invest a minimum of Rs. 500/- and in multiples of Re 500/- thereafter. 5. A request for STP will be treated as a
request for Redemption from / Subscription into the respective Option(s) of the
Scheme(s), at the applicable NAV, subject to applicable Load. 6.
Applicable Load Structure for STP The provisions of Entry
Load and exit load / CDSC, as applicable
to the normal investments as on the date of enrolment will be applicable to
fresh STP investments. STP is available to investors on the commencement of
ongoing STP is available to investors on the commencement of
ongoing Systematic Investment Plan
(SIP)
Under SIP the investor
can for a continuous period of time invest a fixed amount at regular intervals
for purchasing additional Units of the Scheme at the Applicable NAV, subject to
applicable Load. SIP offers investors
the following three facilities: i) Weekly Systematic Investment Facility (WSIF): An investor must invest
a minimum* of Rs.1,000/- and in multiples of Re.1/- thereafter on a weekly
basis by providing in advance a minimum of 6 post-dated cheques, for a block of
6 weeks. ii) Monthly# Systematic Investment Facility (MSIF): An investor must invest
a minimum* of Rs.1,000/- and in multiples of Re.1/- thereafter on a monthly
basis by providing in advance a minimum of 6 post-dated cheques, for a block of
6 months. iii) Quarterly # Systematic Investment Facility (QSIF): An investor must invest
a minimum* of Rs.1,000/- and in multiples of Re.1/- thereafter on a quarterly
basis by providing in advance a minimum of 2 post-dated cheques, for a block of
6 months. # ECS facility
available. * In case of AATAP an
investor under WSIF or MSIF or QSIF must invest a minimum of Rs. 500/- and in
multiples of Re 500/- thereafter. Post-dated cheques for
SIP should be dated 1st, 7th, 15th and 25th of a month under WSIF. For MSIF it
should be either 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of a month or first month of each
quarter under QSIF (e.g. 1st or 7th or 15th or 25th of January, April, July and
October). In case the date falls on a Non-Business Day or falls during a book
closure period, the immediate next Business Day will be considered for the
purpose of determining the applicability of NAV subject to the realization of
cheques. Units will be allotted on the above applicable dates. Applicable Load Structure for SIP The provisions of Entry
Load and exit load / CDSC, as applicable to the normal investments as on the
date of enrolment will be applicable to fresh SIP investments. Separate SIP Enrolment
Forms are required to be filled for WSIF, MSIF and QSIF. The cheques should be
drawn in favour of the respective “Scheme / Plan / Option” and crossed “A/c
Payee Only” and must be payable at the locations where applications are
submitted at the Official Points of Acceptance of Transactions. Unit holders
must write the SIP Enrolment Form number, if any, on the reverse of the cheques
accompanying the SIP Enrolment Forms. Outstation cheques will not be accepted
and applications accompanied by such cheques Returned cheque(s) will
not be presented again for collection. An account statement
will be dispatched by mail or by e-mail (if opted by the Unit holder) to the
Unit holder normally within 3 Business Days from the date of transaction
indicating the new balance to the credit of the Unit holder’s account. Investors have the
right to discontinue the SIP facility at any time by sending a written request
to any of the Official Points of Acceptance of Transactions. Such notice should
be received at least 14 days prior to the due date of the next cheque. On
receipt of such request, the SIP facility will be terminated and the remaining
unutilised post-dated cheque(s) will be returned to the investor. Normally, Account
Statements / Newsletters are sent to each Unit holder by courier / post / email
It is the intent of the AMC to send such communication via e-mail. It may be
noted that ABN AMRO Asset Management ( SIP
is available to investors on the commencement of ongoing Systematic Withdrawal Plan
(SWP)
This facility is
available to Unitholders of the Scheme to enable them to withdraw a fixed or a
variable amount from their investment accounts at periodic intervals. Investors can enrol
themselves for the facility by submitting the duly completed SWP Enrolment Form
at any of the ISC. Please refer the Enrolment Form for detailed terms and
conditions of SWP. The salient features of Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP) under the said
scheme are as under: 1. Under SWP the investors can opt to withdraw (i.e. redeem from the
Scheme) a fixed or a variable amount from their investment accounts at periodic
intervals. 2. SWP offers unitholders the following two facilities: i) Fixed Systematic Withdrawal Facility (FSWF) ii) Capital Appreciation Systematic Withdrawal Facility (CASWF) 3. Under the FSWF an investor can issue a standing instruction to
withdraw sums at a Monthly / Quarterly (calendar quarter) intervals. The
investor has a choice between monthly and quarterly FSWF. The withdrawal shall
be 1st of a month in the Monthly FSWF and 1st of the first month of quarter
(e.g. 1st of January, April, July and October) in a Quarterly FSWF. Withdrawal
must be for a minimum amount of Rs. 1,000/- or in multiples of Re.1/-
thereafter in Monthly FSWF and Rs. 3,000/- and in multiples of Re.1/- in
Quarterly FSWF. An investor will have to opt for a minimum of 6 transactions
under Monthly FSWF and 2 transactions under Quarterly FSWF. If the net asset
value of the Units outstanding on the withdrawal date is insufficient to process
the withdrawal request, then the Mutual Fund will redeem all Units outstanding
and the SWP request will stand withdrawn for further processing. 4. Under the CASWF an investor can issue a standing instruction to
withdraw the entire capital appreciation from the Scheme at Monthly / Quarterly
intervals. The investor has a choice between Monthly and Quarterly CASWF. The
withdrawal date shall be 1st, of a month in the Monthly CASWF and 1st of the
first month of Quarter (e.g. 1st of January, April, July and October) in a
quarterly CASWF. Withdrawal must be for a minimum amount of Rs. 1,000 in
Monthly CASWF and Rs. 3,000/- in Quarterly CASWF. An investor will have to opt
for a minimum of 6 transactions under Monthly CASWF or 2 installments under
Quarterly CASWF. Please note that if there is no minimum appreciation amount on
the withdrawal date, then the Mutual Fund shall process the withdrawal request
for that date and the SWP request of the unit holder will stand withdrawn for
further processing. The capital appreciation, if any, will be calculated from
the enrolment date of the CASWF under the folio, till the withdrawal date (i.e.
the 1st of a month in the Monthly CASWF and 1st of the first month of Quarter
in a quarterly CASWF). Subsequent capital appreciation, if any, will be the
capital appreciation between the previous CASWF date and the next CASWF date. 5. If the withdrawal date under FSWF / CASWF falls on a non-business day
the next Business Day will be considered for this purpose. 6. A request for SWP will be treated as a request for Redemption from the
Scheme, at the applicable NAV, subject to applicable Load. The Trustee / AMC reserves the right to change / modify the terms of the
SIP, STP and SWP. The above load structure will be in force till further notice.
This load structure is subject to change and may be imposed / modified
prospectively from time to time, as may be decided by the Trustee / AMC from
time to time. SWP is available to investors on the commencement of
ongoing Switching Facility
During the New Fund Offer
Period of the Scheme, unitholders of the Fund have the option to switch-in, all
or part of their investment from any other scheme of the Fund to this Scheme.
The switch-out will be effected at the Applicable NAV of the respective
(switch-out) Scheme (subject to applicable cut-off time and applicable load),
on the day of acceptance of the switching request. The switch-in will be
affected at the New Fund Offer Price, plus applicable entry load, if any.
Switch request will be subject to applicable exit load of the relevant scheme. During the New Fund Offer Period, no Entry Load is payable for switch-in from any equity scheme of
the Mutual Fund into the Scheme. All switch
requests during the New Fund Offer Period of the Scheme will have to be
submitted at the Official Points of Acceptance of Transactions. Switch requests
received at any other centres are liable to be rejected. On an on-going basis, the Unitholders have the option to switch all or
part of their investment from the Scheme to any of the other scheme(s) offered by the Mutual Fund, which is
available for investment at that time, subject to applicable Load structure of
the respective schemes. Unitholders also have the option of switching into the
Scheme from any other schemes or switching between various Options of the
Scheme. To affect a switch, a Unitholder must provide clear instructions. A
request for a switch may be specified either in terms of a rupee amount or in
terms of the number of Units of the Scheme from which the switch
is sought. Where a request for a switch is for both, amount and number of
Units, the amount requested will be considered as the definitive request. Such
instructions may be provided in writing and lodged on at any of the Investor
Service Centres / Designated Collection Centres. An Account Statement /
Transaction Confirmation reflecting the new holdings will be despatched to the
Unitholders normally within 3 Business Days of acceptance of the request for
the Scheme. The
switch will be affected by redeeming Units from the Plan(s) / Option(s) of the
Scheme in which the Units are held and investing the net proceeds in the other
Plan(s) / Option(s) of the Scheme, subject to the minimum balance, minimum
application amount and Subscription / Redemption criteria applicable for the
respective Scheme(s). A request for switch will be treated as a request for
Redemption from / Subscription into the respective options / Plans of the Schemes,
at the Applicable NAV, subject to applicable Load, if any. A
switch by NRI / FII Unitholders will be subject to relevant laws, rules, and
regulations at the time of switch. The
AMC reserves the right to charge different (including zero) Load on Applicable
NAV on switchover as compared to the repurchase as the case may be. Switch-out from
the Scheme is available to investors on the
commencement of ongoing Repurchase / Redemption of the Units under the Scheme
after the New Fund Offer Period. Please
refer ___ for procedure of Redemption/ Repurchase of units
WHO CAN INVEST?
1. Resident adult
individuals either singly or jointly (not exceeding three) or on an Anyone or
Survivor basis; 2. Minors through parent /
legal guardian; 3. Karta of Hindu
Undivided Family (HUF); 4. Partnership Firms; 5. Companies, Bodies
Corporate, Public Sector Undertakings, Association of Persons or Bodies of
Individuals (whether incorporated or not) and Societies registered under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860; 6. Banks & Financial
Institutions; 7. Mutual Funds registered
with SEBI; 8. Religious and
Charitable Trusts, Wakfs or endowments of private trusts (subject to receipt of
necessary approvals as required) and Private trusts authorised to invest in
mutual fund schemes under their trust deeds & applicable statutory law; 9. Non-resident Indians
(NRIs)/Persons of Indian Origin residing abroad (PIO) either on repatriation
basis or non-repatriation basis; 10. Foreign Institutional
Investors (FIIs) on repatriation basis; 11. Army, Air Force, Navy
and other paramilitary units and bodies created by such institutions; 12. Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisations; 13. Multilateral Funding
Agencies approved by the Government of India/Reserve Bank of 14. Scheme(s) of ABN AMRO
Mutual Fund subject to the conditions and limits prescribed by the SEBI
Regulations; 15. Trustee, AMC, Sponsor
and their associates may subscribe to Units under this Scheme; 16. Such other
individuals/institutions/body corporate etc., as may be decided by the AMC from
time to time, so long as wherever applicable they are in conformity with the
SEBI Regulations. The Mutual Fund reserves the right to include /
exclude new / existing categories of investors to invest in the Scheme from
time to time, subject to the SEBI Regulations and other prevailing statutory
regulations, if any. Who Cannot Invest? It should be noted that
the following persons cannot invest in the Scheme(s): 1.
Any person who is a
Foreign national. 2.
Overseas Corporate
Bodies (OCBs) shall not be allowed to invest in the Scheme. These would be
firms and societies, which are held directly or indirectly but ultimately to
the extent of at least 60% by NRIs and trusts in which at least 60% of the
beneficial interest is similarly held irrevocably by such persons (OCBs).\ 3.
Non-Resident Indians
residing in the The Fund reserves the
right to include / exclude new / existing categories of investors to invest in
the Scheme from time to time, subject to SEBI Regulations and other prevailing
statutory regulations, if any. Note: 1. RBI has vide Schedule 5
of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person
Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000, granted a general permission to NRIs
/ Persons of Indian Origin residing abroad (PIOs) and FIIs for purchasing/
redeeming Units of the mutual funds subject to conditions stipulated therein. 2.
Returned cheques are liable not to be presented again for
collection, and the accompanying application forms are liable to be rejected.
In case the returned cheques are presented again, the necessary charges are
liable to be debited to the investor. 3.
No request for withdrawal of application made during the
New Fund Offer Period will be entertained. HOW TO APPLY?
1. The application form
for the Sale of Units of the Scheme will be available and accepted at the
office of the Collection Centres / ISCs given in the inside back cover of the
Offer Document. 2. All switch requests during the New Fund Offer Period of the Scheme will
have to be submitted at the Official Points of Acceptance of Transactions. Switch requests
received at any centres are liable to be rejected. The switch will be effected
at the Applicable NAV (subject to applicable cut-off time and applicable load),
for the day of acceptance of the switching request. 3. Applications must be
completed in Block Letters in English. 4. Signatures should be in
English or in any Indian Language. 5. All cheques and bank
drafts must be drawn in favour of the Scheme and crossed "A/c Payee only". For e.g. cheques and bank drafts in
case of ABN AMRO China Equity Fund shall be made in favour of “ABN AMRO China
Equity Fund”. A separate cheque or bank draft must accompany each application.
Investors must use separate application forms for investing simultaneously in
Option(s) of the Scheme subject to the Minimum Application Amounts under each
Option. 6. All cheques and bank
drafts accompanying the application form should contain the application form
number on its reverse. 7. As per the directives issued by SEBI, it is mandatory for applicants to
mention their Bank Account number in their Subscription / Redemption
request. Any application form without these details shall not be
accepted. 8.
In addition to providing the redemption bank mandate, it
is mandatory for applicants to mention their Bank Account number, instrument
number and the Bank name from which the subscription is funded, in their each
Subscription request. 9. It is mandatory for investors making an application for investment to furnish KYC Confirmation and PAN alongwith a copy of a document, evidencing the PAN. PAN requirement with effective
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Particulars |
(Rs.) |
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(I) |
Subscription by the
investor (Rs.) |
100 |
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(II) |
|
10.6 |
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(III) |
Number of units allotted |
9.43 (Rs. 100 / 10.6) |
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(IV) |
Amount available to the Scheme for investment (Rs.) |
94.34 |
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(V) |
NAV on the first day of
computation |
10 |
|
(VI) |
Sale Price on the first date of
NAV computation |
10.6 |
|
(VII) |
Repurchase Price on the first
date of NAV computation |
9.90 |
Assumptions
For
illustrating the impact on NAV, no accruals, appreciation or depreciation on
Investments have been
assumed from
the time of New Fund Offer till the date of computation of NAV.
·
The impact of Entry/Exit
load during the Continuous Offer has not been considered for calculation of
Purchase/ Redemption Price on first date of NAV computation.
·
Amortisation of Annual
Recurring Expenses starts from the date of computation of NAV, which could be
earlier than the first day of declaration of NAV.
The AMC has estimated the annual recurring
expenses under the Scheme as per the table below:
|
Investment Management and Advisory Fee |
1.25% |
|
Additional Fees (If any) |
- |
|
Marketing & Selling expenses including agents
commission |
0.70% |
|
Registrar & Transfer Agent Fees |
0.12% |
|
Audit Fees |
0.01% |
|
Costs of investor communication, Funds transfer, Account
Statement, Dividend, etc. and Statutory advertisement |
0.17% |
|
Custodian Expenses |
0.09% |
|
Other Expenses |
0.11% |
|
Trustee Fees |
0.05% |
|
Total estimated recurring expenses |
2.50% |
The purpose of the
above table is to assist the investor in understanding the various costs and
expenses that an investor in the Scheme will bear directly or indirectly. The
above expenses are subject to change and may increase / decrease as per actual
and / or any change in the SEBI Regulations and the AMC reserves the right to
change (increase/decrease) the expenses charged to each Scheme, subject to the
applicable SEBI Regulations. As per the SEBI Regulations, the maximum recurring
expenses including the investment management and advisory fee that can be
charged to the Scheme shall be subject to a percentage limit of average daily
net assets as given in the table below. Expenses over and above the prescribed
ceiling will be borne by the AMC.
|
First Rs. 100 Crores |
Next Rs. 300 Crores |
Next Rs. 300 Crores |
Over Rs. 700 Crores |
|
2.50% |
2.25% |
2.00% |
1.75% |
As per the Investment Management Agreement and the SEBI
Regulations, the AMC is entitled to an Investment Management and Advisory fee
at the rate of 1.25% per annum of the daily average net assets outstanding in
each accounting year for the Schemes, as long as the net assets do not exceed
Rs. 100 crore and 1.00% of the excess amount over Rs. 100 crore, where net
assets so calculated exceed Rs. 100 crore.
Initial
Issue Expenses of the Past Schemes
Under the SEBI
Regulations, the Mutual Fund is entitled to charge initial issue expenses upto
a maximum of 6% of the initial resources raised under the Scheme. The Mutual
Fund has launched following schemes in the past viz., AAEF, AAMIP, AAFDF,
AAFRF, AACF, AAOF, AADYF, AAMPF, AATAP, AAFTP-1, AAFTP-2:QA, AAFTP-2:TM,
AAFTP-2:QB, AAFLF, AAMMF, AAMMF – 2A, AAMMF – 3, AAFTP-2:QC, AAFTP-2:QD,
AAFTP-2:HYA, AAFTP-2:QPE, AAFTP-3:QPA, AAFTP-3:QPB, AAFTP-3:QPC, AAFTP-3:YP,
AAFTP-3:QPD, AAFTP-3:QPE, AAFTP-3:QPF, AAFTP-3:QPG, AAFTP-3:QPH, AAFTP-4:QPA,
AAFTP-4:QPB, AAFTP-4:QPC, AAFTP-4:QPD, AADAF, AAFTP-4:QPE, AAFTP-4:HYA,
AAFTP-4:16M, AAFTP-4:17M, ,AAFTP-5: QPA, AAFTP-5: 13M, AAFTP-5: 14M, AAFTP-6:
QPB, AAFTP-6: QPC, AAFTP-6: QPD, AAFTP-7: QPA, AAFTP-7: QPB, AAFTP-7: QPC, AAFTP-7:
QPD, AASDF, AAFSTP-A and AAFSTP-B.
The Initial Issue
expenses for AAMIP, AAFDF, AACF, AAMPF, AAFTP-1, AAFTP-2:TM, AAFLF, AAMMF,
AAMMF – 2A, AAMMF – 3, AAFTP-3:YP, AAFTP-4:QPA, AAFTP-4:QPB, AAFTP-4:QPC,
AAFTP-4:QPD, AAFTP-4:QPE, AAFTP-4:HYA, AAFTP-4:16M, AAFTP-4:17M, ,AAFTP-5: QPA,
AAFTP-5: 13M, AAFTP-5: 14M, AAFTP-6: QPB, AAFTP-6: QPC, AAFTP-6: QPD, AAFTP-7:
QPA, AAFTP-7: QPB, AAFTP-7: QPC, AAFTP-7: QPD, AASDF, AAFSTP-A and AAFSTP-B.
were borne by the AMC. In case of AAEF, the entry load collected during the
initial offer period amounting to Rs. 7.58
Crores, was
utilised to meet the Initial Issue expenses incurred on selling, distribution
and marketing expenses of AAEF. The remainder of the total initial issue
expenses was borne by the AMC. The Initial Issue expenses met from the Entry Load collected were
within 6% of the mobilisation. As the initial issue expenses in case of
AAMIP, AAFDF, AACF, AAMPF, AAFTP-1, AAFTP-2:TM, AAFLF, AAMMF, AAMMF – 2A, AAMMF
– 3, AAFTP-3:YP, AAFTP-4: QPA, AAFTP-4:QPB, AAFTP-4:16M, AAFTP-4:17M, ,AAFTP-5:
QPA, AAFTP-5: 13M, AAFTP-5: 14M, AAFTP-6: QPB, AAFTP-6: QPC, AAFTP-6: QPD,
AAFTP-7: QPA, AAFTP-7: QPB, AAFTP-7: QPC, AAFTP-7: QPD, AAFSTP-A and AAFSTP-B
were not charged to the Schemes, the comparison
of ‘actual expenses’ and ‘estimated expenses’ for these Schemes are not
disclosed.
In case of AAOF, AADYF,
AATAP and AAFLF the break-up of Initial Issues Expenses charged to Scheme is as
follows:
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|
ABN AMRO Opportunities
Fund |
ABN AMRO Dividend
Yield Fund |
||
|
Initial Issue Expenses
Head |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing and Advertising Expenses |
1.00% |
0.31% |
1.00% |
0.26% |
|
Printing and Mailing Expenses |
0.35% |
0.07% |
0.35% |
0.07% |
|
Commission to Agents / Brokers |
0.25% |
1.60% |
0.25% |
1.65% |
|
Registrars Expenses |
0.20% |
0.02% |
0.20% |
0.02% |
|
Bankers Fees & Other Expenses |
0.20% |
0.00% |
0.20% |
0.00% |
|
Total |
2.00% |
2.00% |
2.00% |
2.00% |
|
Expenses borne by the AMC |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
|
|
ABN AMRO Tax Advantage
Plan (ELSS) |
ABN AMRO Future
Leaders Fund (FLF) |
||
|
Initial Issue Expenses
Head |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing and Advertising Expenses |
3.00% |
0.90% |
2.50 |
1.74 |
|
Printing and Mailing Expenses |
0.35% |
0.60% |
0.35 |
0.19 |
|
Commission to Agents / Brokers |
2.25% |
4.30% |
2.25 |
4.03 |
|
Registrars Expenses |
0.20% |
0.19% |
0.20 |
0.03 |
|
Bankers Fees & Other Expenses |
0.20% |
0.01% |
0.70 |
0.00 |
|
Total |
6.00% |
6.00% |
6.00% |
6.00% |
|
Expenses borne by the AMC |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
|
|
ABN AMRO
Dual Advantage Fund Series A |
ABN
AMRO Dual Advantage Fund Series B |
ABN AMRO
Sustainable Development Fund |
|||
|
Initial Issue Expenses
Head |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
Estimated as per Offer
Document |
Actuals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
(as % of Target
Mobilisation) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing and Advertising Expenses |
0.71 |
0.03 |
1.41 |
0.19 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
|
Printing and Mailing Expenses |
0.09 |
0.01 |
0.19 |
0.00 |
0.35 |
0.26 |
|
Commission to Agents / Brokers |
1.06 |
0.96 |
2.12 |
1.81 |
2.25 |
4.73 |
|
Registrars Expenses |
0.07 |
0.01 |
0.14 |
0.02 |
0.20 |
0.02 |
|
Bankers Fees & Other Expenses |
0.07 |
0.00 |
0.14 |
0.00 |
0.20 |
0.01 |
|
Total |
2.00 |
1.00 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
6.00 |
6.00 |
|
Expenses borne by the AMC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note:
·
In case of AAOF, out of the entry load collected during
the initial offer period amounting to Rs. 7.16
Crores, an amount of Rs.5.32 Crores was utilised to meet the Initial Issue expenses
incurred on Commission to Agents/Brokers.
·
In case of AADYF, out of
the entry load collected during the initial offer period amounting to Rs. 5.71
Crores, an amount of Rs.4.38 Crores was utilised to meet the Initial Issue
expenses incurred on selling and distributions expense and payment of
Commission to Agents/Brokers.
·
The
initial issue expenses of the above schemes did not vary adversely from the
estimated expenses of the Schemes, on an overall basis.The initial issue
expenses of the above schemes did not vary adversely from the estimated
expenses of the Schemes, on an overall basis.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
|
Particulars |
Period Ended
|
|
|
AACF |
|||
|
|
Period ended |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
|
NAV at the
beginning of the year* |
|
|
|
N.A. |
|
Growth |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Monthly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Quarlterly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Growth |
11.4517 |
10.7769 |
10.2598 |
|
|
Regular
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Daily
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Weekly
Dividend |
10.0039 |
10.0014 |
10.0000 |
|
|
Regular Monthly
Dividend |
10.0043 |
10.0459 |
|
|
|
Regular
Quarterly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular
Half-yearly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular
Half-yearly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional
Growth |
11.5820 |
10.8607 |
10.2866 |
|
|
Institutional
Daily Dividend |
10.0013 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
|
|
Institutional
Weekly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional
Monthly Dividend |
10.0045 |
10.0521 |
|
|
|
Instituional
Quarterly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional
plus Growth |
10.9879 |
10.2857 |
|
|
|
Institutional
plus Daily Dividend |
10.0013 |
10.0000 |
|
|
|
Institutional
plus Weekly Dividend |
|
10.0017 |
|
|
|
Institutional
plus Monthly Dividend |
|
10.0554 |
|
|
|
Dividend Option
With Compulsory Dividend Reinvestment |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend On
Maturity Option |
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional
Dividend On Maturity Option |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Plan -
Dividend Re-investment Option |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income
per units (Rs.) |
0.2552 |
1.3916 |
0.6636 |
0.3342 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
paid per unit |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend-(Individual
/ HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend-
(Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular -
Monthly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.24741866 |
0.53233941 |
0.03727253 |
0.22522976 |
|
Regular -
Montlhy Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.24741866 |
0.49575303 |
0.06533813 |
0.21048726 |
|
Regular -
Weekly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.25132165 |
0.52968087 |
0.43029825 |
0.22671486 |
|
Regular -
Weekly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.25132165 |
0.49327729 |
0.40072451 |
0.21201180 |
|
Insitutional -
Daily Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.26785985 |
0.56265695 |
0.47633751 |
0.24186475 |
|
Insitutional -
Daily Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.26785980 |
0.52405903 |
0.44359997 |
0.23374839 |
|
Insitutional -
Weekly Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
|
0.20234741 |
|
|
|
Insitutional -
Weekly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
0.38236576 |
|
|
|
Insitutional -
Monthly Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.25910774 |
0.56347292 |
0.08331506 |
|
|
Insitutional -
Monthly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.22014417 |
0.52474681 |
0.28631938 |
|
|
Insitutional -
Quarterlyly Dividend (individual /
HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
|
|
|
|
|
Insitutional -
Quarterlyly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
|
|
|
|
Insitutional
Plus - Daily Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.07270797 |
0.01859359 |
0.02584129 |
|
|
Insitutional
Plus - Daily Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.27586201 |
0.53806368 |
0.22982733 |
|
|
Insitutional
Plus - Weekly (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
|
- |
- |
|
|
Insitutional
Plus - Weekly (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
0.51652478 |
0.03875578 |
|
|
Insitutional
Plus - Monthly Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
|
- |
|
|
|
Insitutional
Plus - Monthly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
0.43776541 |
0.22825425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer to
reserves (Rs.In Lakhs) |
|
|
|
480.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NAV at the
end of the period |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Growth |
11.8328 |
11.4502 |
10.7769 |
10.2598 |
|
Regular Weekly
Dividend |
10.0088 |
10.0026 |
10.0014 |
10.0000 |
|
Regular Monthly
Dividend |
10.0150 |
10.0029 |
10.0459 |
|
|
Institutional
Growth |
11.9852 |
11.5804 |
10.8607 |
10.2866 |
|
Institutional
Daily Dividend |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
|
Institutional
Monthly Dividend |
10.0153 |
10.0032 |
10.0521 |
|
|
Institutional
Quarterly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional
plus Growth |
10.0789 |
10.9864 |
10.2857 |
|
|
Institutional
plus Daily Dividend |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
|
|
Institutional
plus Weekly Dividend |
- |
|
10.0017 |
|
|
Institutional
plus Monthly Dividend |
|
|
10.0554 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date of Allotment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name of Benchmark Index |
Crisil Liquid fund Index |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CAGR |
|
|
|
|
|
Growth |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular - Growth (%) |
5.44% |
5.39% |
4.86% |
2.60%^ |
|
Institutional - Growth (%) |
5.86% |
5.86% |
5.37% |
2.87%^ |
|
Institutional Plus Plan - Growth |
0.38% |
6.50% |
2.86%^ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benchmark Index Returns (%) |
5.79% |
5.32% |
4.66% |
2.47%^ |
|
|
6.46% |
5.92% |
2.44%^ |
|
|
^Absolute |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets end of the year end (Rs. Crs) |
433.50 |
401.95 |
849.17 |
427.91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of Recurring Expenses to net
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Plan |
0.75% |
0.76% |
0.95% |
0.82% |
|
Instituional Plan |
0.50% |
0.39% |
0.42% |
0.40% |
|
Instituional Plus Plan |
0.35% |
0.22% |
0.24% |
|
|
|
AAFRF |
||||||
|
|
Period ended |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
|||
|
NAV at the
beginning of the year* |
|
|
|
N.A. |
|||
|
Regular Growth |
11.4406 |
10.7749 |
10.2605 |
|
|||
|
Regular Weekly
Dividend |
10.0020 |
10.0015 |
|
|
|||
|
Regular Monthly
Dividend |
10.0024 |
10.0448 |
10.0030 |
|
|||
|
Institutional
Growth |
11.5664 |
10.8526 |
10.2817 |
|
|||
|
Institutional
Daily Dividend |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
|
|||
|
Institutional
Monthly Dividend |
10.0023 |
10.0504 |
10.0036 |
|
|||
|
Institutional
plus Growth |
|
10.2817 |
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net Income
per units (Rs.) |
0.2342 |
4.2276 |
0.9520 |
0.3032 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Dividends
paid per unit |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular -
Monthly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.26845899 |
0.52707736 |
0.36159725 |
|
|||
|
Regular -
Montlhy Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.26845899 |
0.49085265 |
0.33983837 |
|
|||
|
Regular -
Weekly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.27176488 |
0.52554129 |
0.18754549 |
|
|||
|
Regular -
Weekly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.27176488 |
0.48942144 |
0.19319789 |
|
|||
|
Insitutional -
Daily Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.28716477 |
0.55860792 |
0.48241492 |
0.24554072 |
|||
|
Insitutional -
Daily Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.28716448 |
0.52027412 |
0.44925966 |
0.22961520 |
|||
|
Insitutional -
Weekly Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.03938964 |
0.26119022 |
|
|
|||
|
Insitutional -
Weekly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
- |
0.07586713 |
|
|
|||
|
Insitutional -
Monthly Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.26495226 |
0.56084191 |
0.39860772 |
0.11906252 |
|||
|
Insitutional -
Monthly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.10052601 |
0.16742893 |
0.37464881 |
0.19389441 |
|||
|
Insitutional
Plus - Daily Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
0.07909369 |
0.02312098 |
|
|
|||
|
Insitutional
Plus - Daily Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.14524194 |
0.33014491 |
0.22538626 |
|
|||
|
Insitutional
Plus - Weekly (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
- |
0.11144757 |
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Transfer to
reserves (Rs.In Lakhs) |
|
|
|
177.72 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
NAV at the
end of the period |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular Growth |
11.8526 |
11.4406 |
10.7749 |
10.2605 |
|||
|
Regular
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular Daily
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular Weekly
Dividend |
10.0070 |
10.0020 |
10.0015 |
|
|||
|
Regular Monthly
Dividend |
10.0125 |
10.0024 |
10.0448 |
10.0030 |
|||
|
Regular
Quarterly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular
Half-yearly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular yearly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Institutional
Growth |
12.0032 |
11.5664 |
10.8526 |
10.2817 |
|||
|
Institutional
Daily Dividend |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
10.0000 |
|||
|
Institutional
Weekly Dividend |
- |
|
|
|
|||
|
Institutional
Monthly Dividend |
10.0132 |
10.0023 |
10.0504 |
10.0036 |
|||
|
Institutional
Quarterly Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Institutional
plus Growth |
10.0621 |
|
10.2817 |
|
|||
|
Institutional
plus Daily Dividend |
10.0000 |
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Date of Allotment |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Name of Benchmark Index |
Crisil Liquid fund Index |
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
CAGR |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Growth |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular - Growth (%) |
5.55% |
5.42% |
4.94% |
2.60%^ |
|||
|
Institutional - Growth (%) |
5.97% |
5.88% |
5.43% |
2.82%^ |
|||
|
Institutional Plus Plan - Growth |
|
|
2.82%^ |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Benchmark Index Returns (%) |
5.81% |
5.35% |
4.69% |
2.36%^ |
|||
|
|
|
|
2.44%^ |
|
|||
|
^Absolute |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net Assets end of the year end (Rs. Crs) |
100.89 |
47.26 |
252.88 |
353.82 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Ratio of Recurring Expenses to net
assets |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Regular Plan |
0.75% |
0.77% |
0.95% |
0.80% |
|||
|
Instituional Plan |
0.50% |
0.38% |
0.42% |
0.42% |
|||
|
Instituional Plus Plan |
0.47% |
0.19% |
0.29% |
|
|||
|
|
AAFDF |
|||
|
|
Period ended |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
|
NAV at the
beginning of the year* |
|
|
|
N.A. |
|
Regular Growth |
11.5956 |
10.6264 |
10.1283 |
|
|
Regular
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Daily
Dividend |
10.0026 |
10.0001 |
|
|
|
Regular Weekly
Dividend |
10.0055 |
10.0001 |
|
|
|
Regular Monthly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular
Quarterly Dividend |
10.0818 |
10.1893 |
10.0020 |
|
|
Regular
Half-yearly Dividend |
10.0746 |
10.2800 |
10.0024 |
|
|
Net Income
per units (Rs.) |
0.4797 |
3.3563 |
0.4832 |
0.7464 |
|
Dividends
paid per unit |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular -
Weekly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3724 |
0.7625 |
0.0387 |
|
|
Regular -
Weekly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3462 |
0.7093 |
0.0505 |
|
|
Regular -
Quarterly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3504 |
0.7411 |
0.3947 |
0.1103 |
|
Regular -
Quarterly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3262 |
0.6902 |
0.3676 |
0.1030 |
|
Regular - Half
Yearly Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3504 |
0.7455 |
0.4035 |
0.1096 |
|
Regular - Half
Yearly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3261 |
0.6942 |
0.3757 |
0.1021 |
|
Regular Daily
Dividend (Individual / HUF) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3723 |
0.7572 |
0.0821 |
|
|
Regular Daily
Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
0.3455 |
0.7071 |
0.0864 |
|
|
Insitutional -
Monthly Dividend (individual / HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
|
|
|
0.1282 |
|
Insitutional -
Monthly Dividend (Others) (Rs. Per unit) |
|
|
|
0.1199 |
|
Insitutional -
Quarterlyly Dividend (individual /
HUF) (Rs.per unit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer to
reserves (Rs.In Lakhs) |
|
|
|
15.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NAV at the
end of the period |
|
|
|
|
|
Growth |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Monthly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Quaterly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Growth |
12.1061 |
11.5923 |
10.6264 |
10.1283 |
|
Regular
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Daily
Dividend |
10.0091 |
10.0000 |
10.0001 |
|
|
Regular Weekly
Dividend |
10.0158 |
10.0029 |
10.0001 |
|
|
Regular Monthly
Dividend |
|
|
|
|
|
Regular
Quarterly Dividend |
10.1191 |
10.3038 |
10.1893 |
10.0020 |
|
Regular
Half-yearly Dividend |
10.1159 |
10.5217 |
10.2800 |
10.0024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date of Allotment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name of Benchmark Index |
Crisil Composite Bond Fund Index |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|