BHARTI AXA Life has started offering its new child plan — Bright Stars PLUS — with a feature that promises to hand out 7% of the fund value as ‘Jumpstart’ benefit. Like several other child plans, this product comes with a waiver of premium benefit in the event of the policyholder’s death. In such a circumstance, the company undertakes to pay the regular premiums into the policy till maturity. Policyholders can choose from five fund options, and are allowed 12 free switches a year between these funds.
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...
