Religare Fund has announced that Religare Infrastructure Fund which is a close ended scheme will be converted to an open ended scheme. The change will be effective from 23rd November, 2010. Investors who do not agree with the conversion may redeem or switch their units between the periods of 22nd October, 2010 to 22nd November, 20100 without paying any exit load. After the conversion to open ended scheme the fund will charge 1 per cent exit load if units are redeemed within 1 year from the date of allotment. The scheme is benchmarked against CNX 500 and is managed by Mr. Pardeep Kumar.
Tax Plan is one of the better performing schemes from Religare Asset Management. Existing investors can redeem their investment after three years. But given the scheme's performance, they can continue to stay invested Given the mandated lock-in period of three years, tax saving schemes give the fund manager the leeway to invest in ideas that may take time to nurture. Religare Tax Plan's investment ideas revolve around 'High Growth', which the fund manager has aimed to achieve by digging out promising stories/businesses in the mid-cap segment. Within the space, consumer staples has been the centre of attention for the last couple of years and can be seen as one of the key reasons for the scheme's outperformance as compared to the broader market. It has, however, tweaked its focus and reduced exposure in midcaps as they were commanding a high premium. The strategy seems to have worked as it returned a 22% gain last year. Religare Tax Plan has outperformed BSE 100...
