HSBC Mutual Fund has launched a new fund named as HSBC Capital Protection Oriented Fund – Series II [HCPOF] – Plan II, a close-ended capital protection oriented scheme. The tenure of the scheme is 1173 days from the date of allotment of units. The New Fund Offer (NFO) price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The new issue is open for subscription from 06 April and closes on 13 April 2015.
The investment objective of the scheme is to seek protection of capital by investing a portion of the portfolio in high quality debt securities and money market instruments and also to provide capital appreciation by investing in equities through NIFTY (Index) Call Options.
The scheme offers growth and dividend payout option under both regular plan and direct plan.
The scheme would allocate 80-100% in fixed income and money market instruments with low to medium risk profile and up to 20% in equity through NIFTY Index call options with high risk profile.
The minimum application amount is Rs 5,000 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 load and exit load are not applicable.
Benchmark Index for the scheme is CRISIL MIP Blended Index.
The fund managers for the scheme will be Sanjay Shah and Amaresh Mishra.