Investment Strategy:
The fund invests in banking and financial stocks across market capitalisation but focuses mainly on the large cap banking stocks. In the past three years, large cap stocks on an average account for about 75% of the portfolio, midcap stocks account for about 8% of the portfolio, small cap stocks account for about 2% of the portfolio and cash holdings account for 13% of the portfolio.
Investments in public and private sector banks account for about 76% of the portfolio on an average. The public sector banks account for 51% of the portfolio while the private sector banks account for 25% of the portfolio. Non Banking Financial companies (NBFCs) also account for about 6% of the portfolio.
Asset Size:
The fund's AUM is around Rs. 1661 crore as at 31 March 2011.
Performance:
As of 31 December 2010, this fund has outperformed its benchmark, the S&P CNX Bank Index across all periods. Over a 1 year period, this fund has given 46.1% while its benchmark has given 35.8% and has given annualized returns of 28.4% over a 5 year period in comparison to 22.5% of the benchmark over the same 5 year period.
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