Union KBC Mutual Fund has launched a new fund named as Union KBC Capital Protection Oriented Fund – Series 6, a close ended capital protection oriented scheme. The scheme will have duration of 1100 days from the date of allotment. The new fund offer (NFO) price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The new issue will be open for subscription from 17 March and will close on 23 March 2015.
The investment objective of the scheme is to seek capital protection on maturity by investing in fixed income securities maturing on or before the tenure of the scheme and seeking capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity related instruments.
The scheme offers two options viz. growth and dividend option.
The scheme would allocate 80% to 100% of assets in debt & money market instruments with low to medium risk profile and upto 20% in equity and equity related instruments with high risk profile.
The minimum application amount is Rs 5000 and in multiples of Rs 10 thereafter.
The fund seeks to collect a minimum subscription (minimum target) amount of Rs 20 crore under the scheme during the NFO period.
Entry and exit load charge will be nil.
Benchmark Index for the scheme is CRISIL MIP Blended Fund Index.
The fund managers of the scheme are Ashish Ranawade (Equity Portion) and Parijat Agrawal (Debt Portion).