Thursday, January 07, 2010

ICICI Pru MF Announces Change in Fund Managers Responsibility

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has announced that consequent to the resignation of Mr. Prashant Poddar – Fund Manager, ICICI Prudential Banking & Financial Services Fund shall be managed by Prashant Kothari and ICICI Prudential Income Multiplier Fund – Equity Portion, ICICI Prudential Monthly Income Plan - Equity Portion shall be managed by Mrinal Singh. 

Prashant Kothari holds B.Tech (Chem.) from IIT-Mumbai, PGDM (IIM-Ahmedabad). He has 6 years of experience as Equity Analyst and Fund Manager. Mrinal Singh holds BE (Mech), PGDM (SP JIMR – Mumbai). Mrinal Singh has overall 7 experience of which 1 year as Equity Analyst.

-ICICI Prudential Banking & Financial Services Fund is an open ended equity scheme that seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation to unitholders from a portfolio that is invested predominantly in equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in banking and financial services. 

-ICICI Prudential Income Multiplier Fund is an open ended debt fund which invests upto 30% in equity with the investment objective to generate long-term capital appreciation from a portfolio that is invested predominantly in debt and money market securities and balance in equity and equity related securities. 

-ICICI Prudential Monthly Income Plan is an open ended fund with the investment objective to generate regular income through investments in fixed income securities so as to make monthly / quarterly / half-yearly dividend distribution to unitholders seeking dividend option.