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11 DEFINITION
A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who
share a common financial goal The money thus collected is invested by the fund
manager in different types of securities depending upon the objective of the scheme
These could range from shares to debentures to money market instruments The income
earned through these investments and the capital appreciations realized by the scheme are
shared by its unit holders in proportion to the number of units owned by them Thus a
Mutual Fund is the most suitable investment for the common man as it offers an
opportunity to invest in a diversified professionally managed portfolio at a relatively low
cost The small savings of all the investors are put together to increase the buying power
and hire a professional manager to invest and monitor the money Anybody with an
investible surplus of as little as a few thousand rupees can invest in Mutual Funds Each
Mutual Fund scheme has a defined investment objective and strategy
You can buy mutual fund shares directly from the mutual fund company or from a
stock broker or intermediary Either way buying and redeeming is relatively easy
FIGURE PROCESS OF MUTUAL FUND1
1 Source wwwmutualfundindiacom
1
12 SUBJECT BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC
121 ADVANTAGES OF MUTUAL FUND
1 Professional Management
Mutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals
backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and
prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the
scheme
2Diversification
Mutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of
industries and sectors
This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same
time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund
with far less money than you can do on your own
3 Convenient Administration
Investing in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many
problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and
companies Mutual Funds save your time and make investing easy and convenient
4 Return Potential
Over a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher
return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities
5 Low Costs
Mutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly
investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and
other fees translate into lower costs for investors
2
6 Liquidity
In open-end schemes the investor gets the money back promptly at net asset
Value related prices from the Mutual Fund In closed-end schemes the units can be sold
on a stock exchange at the prevailing market price or the investor can avail of the facility
of direct repurchase at NAV related prices by the Mutual Fund
7 Transparency
You get regular information on the value of your investment in addition to
disclosure on the specific investments made by your scheme the proportion invested in
each class of assets and the fund managers investment strategy and outlook
8 Flexibility
Through features such as regular investment plans regular withdrawal plans and
dividend reinvestment plans you can systematically invest or withdraw funds according
to your needs and convenience
9 Affordability
Investors individually may lack sufficient funds to invest in high-grade stocks A
mutual fund because of its large corpus allows even a small investor to take the benefit of
its investment strategy
10 Choice of Schemes
Mutual Funds offer a family of schemes to suit your varying needs over a
lifetime
3
122 DRAWBACKS OF MUTUAL FUND
Mutual funds have their drawbacks and may not apply for everyone
1) No Guarantees
No investment is risk free If the entire stock market declines in value the value of
mutual fund shares will go down as well no matter how balanced the portfolio Investors
encounter fewer risks when they invest in mutual funds than when they buy and sell
stocks on their own However anyone who invests through a mutual fund runs the risk of
losing money
2) Fees and commissions
All funds charge administrative fees to cover their day-to-day expenses Some funds
also charge sales commissions or loads to compensate brokers financial consultants or
financial planners Even if you dont use a broker or other financial adviser you will pay
a sales commission if you buy shares in a Load Fund
3) Taxes
During a typical year most actively managed mutual funds sell anywhere from 20 to
70 percent of the securities in their portfolios If your fund makes a profit on its sales you
will pay taxes on the income you receive even if you reinvest the money you made
4) Management risk
When you invest in a mutual fund you depend on the funds manager to make the
right decisions regarding the funds portfolio If the manager does not perform as well as
you had hoped you might not make as much money on your investment as you expected
Of course if you invest in Index Funds you forego management risk because these
funds do not employ managers
4
123 TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES
Mutual fund schemes may be classified on the basis of its structure and its
investment objective
By structure
Open ended Close ended Interval schemes
By investment objectives
Growth schemes Income schemes Balanced schemes Money market schemes
Other schemes
Tax saving schemes Special schemes Index schemes Sector specific schemes
5
By Structure
1) Open-end Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year
These do not have a fixed maturity Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net
Asset Value (NAV) related prices The key feature of open-end schemes is liquidity
2) Closed-end Funds
A closed-end fund has a stipulated maturity period which generally ranging from
3 to 15 years The fund is open for subscription only during a specified period Investors
can invest in the scheme at the time of the initial public issue and thereafter they can buy
or sell the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges where they are listed In order to
provide an exit route to the investors some close-ended funds give an option of selling
back the units to the Mutual Fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices
SEBI Regulations stipulate that at least one of the two exit routes is provided to the
investor
3) Interval Funds
Interval funds combine the features of open-ended and close-ended schemes
They are open for sale or redemption during pre-determined intervals at NAV related
prices
6
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
12 SUBJECT BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC
121 ADVANTAGES OF MUTUAL FUND
1 Professional Management
Mutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals
backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and
prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the
scheme
2Diversification
Mutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of
industries and sectors
This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same
time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund
with far less money than you can do on your own
3 Convenient Administration
Investing in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many
problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and
companies Mutual Funds save your time and make investing easy and convenient
4 Return Potential
Over a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher
return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities
5 Low Costs
Mutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly
investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and
other fees translate into lower costs for investors
2
6 Liquidity
In open-end schemes the investor gets the money back promptly at net asset
Value related prices from the Mutual Fund In closed-end schemes the units can be sold
on a stock exchange at the prevailing market price or the investor can avail of the facility
of direct repurchase at NAV related prices by the Mutual Fund
7 Transparency
You get regular information on the value of your investment in addition to
disclosure on the specific investments made by your scheme the proportion invested in
each class of assets and the fund managers investment strategy and outlook
8 Flexibility
Through features such as regular investment plans regular withdrawal plans and
dividend reinvestment plans you can systematically invest or withdraw funds according
to your needs and convenience
9 Affordability
Investors individually may lack sufficient funds to invest in high-grade stocks A
mutual fund because of its large corpus allows even a small investor to take the benefit of
its investment strategy
10 Choice of Schemes
Mutual Funds offer a family of schemes to suit your varying needs over a
lifetime
3
122 DRAWBACKS OF MUTUAL FUND
Mutual funds have their drawbacks and may not apply for everyone
1) No Guarantees
No investment is risk free If the entire stock market declines in value the value of
mutual fund shares will go down as well no matter how balanced the portfolio Investors
encounter fewer risks when they invest in mutual funds than when they buy and sell
stocks on their own However anyone who invests through a mutual fund runs the risk of
losing money
2) Fees and commissions
All funds charge administrative fees to cover their day-to-day expenses Some funds
also charge sales commissions or loads to compensate brokers financial consultants or
financial planners Even if you dont use a broker or other financial adviser you will pay
a sales commission if you buy shares in a Load Fund
3) Taxes
During a typical year most actively managed mutual funds sell anywhere from 20 to
70 percent of the securities in their portfolios If your fund makes a profit on its sales you
will pay taxes on the income you receive even if you reinvest the money you made
4) Management risk
When you invest in a mutual fund you depend on the funds manager to make the
right decisions regarding the funds portfolio If the manager does not perform as well as
you had hoped you might not make as much money on your investment as you expected
Of course if you invest in Index Funds you forego management risk because these
funds do not employ managers
4
123 TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES
Mutual fund schemes may be classified on the basis of its structure and its
investment objective
By structure
Open ended Close ended Interval schemes
By investment objectives
Growth schemes Income schemes Balanced schemes Money market schemes
Other schemes
Tax saving schemes Special schemes Index schemes Sector specific schemes
5
By Structure
1) Open-end Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year
These do not have a fixed maturity Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net
Asset Value (NAV) related prices The key feature of open-end schemes is liquidity
2) Closed-end Funds
A closed-end fund has a stipulated maturity period which generally ranging from
3 to 15 years The fund is open for subscription only during a specified period Investors
can invest in the scheme at the time of the initial public issue and thereafter they can buy
or sell the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges where they are listed In order to
provide an exit route to the investors some close-ended funds give an option of selling
back the units to the Mutual Fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices
SEBI Regulations stipulate that at least one of the two exit routes is provided to the
investor
3) Interval Funds
Interval funds combine the features of open-ended and close-ended schemes
They are open for sale or redemption during pre-determined intervals at NAV related
prices
6
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
6 Liquidity
In open-end schemes the investor gets the money back promptly at net asset
Value related prices from the Mutual Fund In closed-end schemes the units can be sold
on a stock exchange at the prevailing market price or the investor can avail of the facility
of direct repurchase at NAV related prices by the Mutual Fund
7 Transparency
You get regular information on the value of your investment in addition to
disclosure on the specific investments made by your scheme the proportion invested in
each class of assets and the fund managers investment strategy and outlook
8 Flexibility
Through features such as regular investment plans regular withdrawal plans and
dividend reinvestment plans you can systematically invest or withdraw funds according
to your needs and convenience
9 Affordability
Investors individually may lack sufficient funds to invest in high-grade stocks A
mutual fund because of its large corpus allows even a small investor to take the benefit of
its investment strategy
10 Choice of Schemes
Mutual Funds offer a family of schemes to suit your varying needs over a
lifetime
3
122 DRAWBACKS OF MUTUAL FUND
Mutual funds have their drawbacks and may not apply for everyone
1) No Guarantees
No investment is risk free If the entire stock market declines in value the value of
mutual fund shares will go down as well no matter how balanced the portfolio Investors
encounter fewer risks when they invest in mutual funds than when they buy and sell
stocks on their own However anyone who invests through a mutual fund runs the risk of
losing money
2) Fees and commissions
All funds charge administrative fees to cover their day-to-day expenses Some funds
also charge sales commissions or loads to compensate brokers financial consultants or
financial planners Even if you dont use a broker or other financial adviser you will pay
a sales commission if you buy shares in a Load Fund
3) Taxes
During a typical year most actively managed mutual funds sell anywhere from 20 to
70 percent of the securities in their portfolios If your fund makes a profit on its sales you
will pay taxes on the income you receive even if you reinvest the money you made
4) Management risk
When you invest in a mutual fund you depend on the funds manager to make the
right decisions regarding the funds portfolio If the manager does not perform as well as
you had hoped you might not make as much money on your investment as you expected
Of course if you invest in Index Funds you forego management risk because these
funds do not employ managers
4
123 TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES
Mutual fund schemes may be classified on the basis of its structure and its
investment objective
By structure
Open ended Close ended Interval schemes
By investment objectives
Growth schemes Income schemes Balanced schemes Money market schemes
Other schemes
Tax saving schemes Special schemes Index schemes Sector specific schemes
5
By Structure
1) Open-end Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year
These do not have a fixed maturity Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net
Asset Value (NAV) related prices The key feature of open-end schemes is liquidity
2) Closed-end Funds
A closed-end fund has a stipulated maturity period which generally ranging from
3 to 15 years The fund is open for subscription only during a specified period Investors
can invest in the scheme at the time of the initial public issue and thereafter they can buy
or sell the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges where they are listed In order to
provide an exit route to the investors some close-ended funds give an option of selling
back the units to the Mutual Fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices
SEBI Regulations stipulate that at least one of the two exit routes is provided to the
investor
3) Interval Funds
Interval funds combine the features of open-ended and close-ended schemes
They are open for sale or redemption during pre-determined intervals at NAV related
prices
6
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
122 DRAWBACKS OF MUTUAL FUND
Mutual funds have their drawbacks and may not apply for everyone
1) No Guarantees
No investment is risk free If the entire stock market declines in value the value of
mutual fund shares will go down as well no matter how balanced the portfolio Investors
encounter fewer risks when they invest in mutual funds than when they buy and sell
stocks on their own However anyone who invests through a mutual fund runs the risk of
losing money
2) Fees and commissions
All funds charge administrative fees to cover their day-to-day expenses Some funds
also charge sales commissions or loads to compensate brokers financial consultants or
financial planners Even if you dont use a broker or other financial adviser you will pay
a sales commission if you buy shares in a Load Fund
3) Taxes
During a typical year most actively managed mutual funds sell anywhere from 20 to
70 percent of the securities in their portfolios If your fund makes a profit on its sales you
will pay taxes on the income you receive even if you reinvest the money you made
4) Management risk
When you invest in a mutual fund you depend on the funds manager to make the
right decisions regarding the funds portfolio If the manager does not perform as well as
you had hoped you might not make as much money on your investment as you expected
Of course if you invest in Index Funds you forego management risk because these
funds do not employ managers
4
123 TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES
Mutual fund schemes may be classified on the basis of its structure and its
investment objective
By structure
Open ended Close ended Interval schemes
By investment objectives
Growth schemes Income schemes Balanced schemes Money market schemes
Other schemes
Tax saving schemes Special schemes Index schemes Sector specific schemes
5
By Structure
1) Open-end Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year
These do not have a fixed maturity Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net
Asset Value (NAV) related prices The key feature of open-end schemes is liquidity
2) Closed-end Funds
A closed-end fund has a stipulated maturity period which generally ranging from
3 to 15 years The fund is open for subscription only during a specified period Investors
can invest in the scheme at the time of the initial public issue and thereafter they can buy
or sell the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges where they are listed In order to
provide an exit route to the investors some close-ended funds give an option of selling
back the units to the Mutual Fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices
SEBI Regulations stipulate that at least one of the two exit routes is provided to the
investor
3) Interval Funds
Interval funds combine the features of open-ended and close-ended schemes
They are open for sale or redemption during pre-determined intervals at NAV related
prices
6
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
123 TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES
Mutual fund schemes may be classified on the basis of its structure and its
investment objective
By structure
Open ended Close ended Interval schemes
By investment objectives
Growth schemes Income schemes Balanced schemes Money market schemes
Other schemes
Tax saving schemes Special schemes Index schemes Sector specific schemes
5
By Structure
1) Open-end Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year
These do not have a fixed maturity Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net
Asset Value (NAV) related prices The key feature of open-end schemes is liquidity
2) Closed-end Funds
A closed-end fund has a stipulated maturity period which generally ranging from
3 to 15 years The fund is open for subscription only during a specified period Investors
can invest in the scheme at the time of the initial public issue and thereafter they can buy
or sell the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges where they are listed In order to
provide an exit route to the investors some close-ended funds give an option of selling
back the units to the Mutual Fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices
SEBI Regulations stipulate that at least one of the two exit routes is provided to the
investor
3) Interval Funds
Interval funds combine the features of open-ended and close-ended schemes
They are open for sale or redemption during pre-determined intervals at NAV related
prices
6
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
By Structure
1) Open-end Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year
These do not have a fixed maturity Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net
Asset Value (NAV) related prices The key feature of open-end schemes is liquidity
2) Closed-end Funds
A closed-end fund has a stipulated maturity period which generally ranging from
3 to 15 years The fund is open for subscription only during a specified period Investors
can invest in the scheme at the time of the initial public issue and thereafter they can buy
or sell the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges where they are listed In order to
provide an exit route to the investors some close-ended funds give an option of selling
back the units to the Mutual Fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices
SEBI Regulations stipulate that at least one of the two exit routes is provided to the
investor
3) Interval Funds
Interval funds combine the features of open-ended and close-ended schemes
They are open for sale or redemption during pre-determined intervals at NAV related
prices
6
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
By Investment Objective
1) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to
long term Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities It has
been proved that returns from stocks have outperformed most other kind of investments
held over the long term Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long term
outlook seeking growth over a period of time
2) Income Funds
The aim of income funds is to provide regular and steady income to investors
Such schemes generally invest in fixed income securities such as bonds corporate
debentures and Government securities Income Funds are ideal for capital stability and
regular income
3) Balanced Funds
The aim of balanced funds is to provide both growth and regular income Such
schemes periodically distribute a part of their earning and invest both in equities and
fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their offer documents In a rising
stock market the NAV of these schemes may not normally keep pace or fall equally
when the market falls These are ideal for investors looking for a combination of income
and moderate growth
4) Money Market Funds
The aim of money market funds is to provide easy liquidity preservation of
capital and moderate income These schemes generally invest in safer short-term
instruments such as treasury bills certificates of deposit commercial paper and inter-
bank call money
7
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Returns on these schemes may fluctuate depending upon the interest rates
prevailing in the market These are ideal for Corporate and individual investors as a
means to park their surplus funds for short periods
Other schemes
1) Tax Saving Schemes
These schemes offer tax rebates to the investors under specific provisions of the
Indian Income Tax laws as the Government offers tax incentives for investment in
specified avenues Investments made in Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) and
Pension Schemes are allowed as deduction us 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
2) Special Schemes
a) Industry Specific Schemes
Industry Specific Schemes invest only in the industries specified in the offer
document The investment of these funds is limited to specific industries like InfoTech
FMCG and Pharmaceuticals etc
b) Index Schemes
Index Funds attempt to replicate the performance of a particular index such as the
BSE Sensex or the NSE 50
c) Sectoral Schemes
Sectoral Funds are those which invest exclusively in a specified sector This could
be an industry or a group of industries or various segments such as A Group shares or
initial public offerings
8
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
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Investment Bank
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bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
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bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
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Private Placement of Equity
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Project Finance
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Road
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Debt Portfolio Management
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323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
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Services Firms in India
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
124 MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
Sponsor
Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body
corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net
worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor
is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the
Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual
Fund
Trust
The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian
Registration Act 1908
9
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Trustee
Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of
individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit
holders and inter alias ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations
1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective
Schemes At least 23rd directors of the Trustee are independent directors who are not
associated with the Sponsor in any manner
Asset Management Company (AMC)
The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC
The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund At least 50 of the
directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor
in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of at least 10 crore at all times
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption
requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and
Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor record
10
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
125 RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL FUND UNIT HOLDER
A unit holder in a Mutual Fund scheme governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations is entitled to
1 Receive information about the investment policies investment objectives
financial position and general affairs of the scheme
2 Receive unit certificates or statements of accounts confirming the title within 6
weeks from the date of closure of the subscription or within 6 weeks from the date
of request for a unit certificate is received by the Mutual Fund
3 Receive dividend within 42 days of their declaration and receive the redemption
or repurchase proceeds within 10 days from the date of redemption or repurchase
4 Vote in accordance with the Regulations to-
a Approve or disapprove any change in the fundamental investment policies
of the scheme which are likely to modify the scheme or affect the interest
of the unit holder The dissenting unit holder has a right to redeem the
investment
b Change the Asset Management Company
c Wind up the schemes
11
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
126 TAX BENEFITS OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961
Section 94(6) of the Income Tax Act 1961 now provides that any person who
buys or acquires any securities or unit within a period of three months prior to the record
date and such person sells or transfers such securities or unit within a period of three
months after such date and the dividend or income on such securities or unit received or
receivable by such person is exempt then the loss if any arising to him on account of
such purchase and sale of securities or unit to the extent such loss does not exceed the
amount of dividend or income received or receivable on such securities or unit shall be
ignored for the purposes of computing his income chargeable to tax
Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act 1961
The dividend received by the investors from the scheme will be exempt from
income tax for all categories of investors under Section 10(33) of the Income Tax Act
1961 The scheme will pay a distribution tax currently 10 plus surcharge if the
portfolio holds less than 50 percent debt securities on an average during the last one year
period
Section 88 of the Income Tax Act 1961
Specified units of mutual fund schemes qualify for rebate under Section 88 of the
Income Tax Act 1961 subscription to the Units of the Scheme by Individuals and Hindu
Undivided Families not exceeding Rupees ten thousand would be eligible to a deduction
from income-tax of an amount equal to 20 of the amount so subscribed In the case of
subscription by an individual whose income is derived from the exercise of his
profession as an author playwright artist musician actor or sportsman (including an
athlete) the deduction admissible would be at the rate of 25
12
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Tax Deduction at Source
There will not be any Tax Deduction at Source on payment to resident unit-
holders towards redemption or dividends
Wealth tax benefits
Mutual Fund units are exempt from Wealth Tax
To NRIrsquos OCBrsquos
a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
RedemptionsExchangesSwitches by non-residents OCBs amp FIIs will be
subjected to tax deduction at source at the rates in force and certificates for tax deducted
will be issued
To Charitable Trusts
Investment in the units of the scheme is an eligible mode of investment under
Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act read with Income Tax Rule 17 C
To the Fund
Open Ended Mutual Funds are exempt from income tax under Section 10 [23D]
of the Act
13
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
21 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To study about the performance of various Mutual funds and compare it with the
respective Benchmark indices in the market and rank them in a systematic order over a
period of time (5 yearrsquos) and to find the risk and return of each scheme and also creating
awareness about Equity Schemes among the investors
22 NEED FOR STUDY
The Performance evaluation of equity schemes with their respective Benchmark
indexes and to find out the Beta of the fund Standard deviation of the fund and
performance measures of Sharpe and Treynors It helps the investors whether to invest in
Equity Schemes in Mutual Fund house The performance of Equity schemes in Mutual
Fund industry however helps the prospective investors to choose the best investment
avenue that suit his objective
There has always been high volatility in India which leads to very high-risk
levels So there is an absolute need to develop This concept makes all the investors
aware of its advantages and makes them use these instruments according to their needs
To study the concept of Mutual funds such as how mutual funds have come into
existence the different types of mutual funds schemes such as open ended schemes
closed ended schemes to compare the performance of different mutual funds to
understand the concept of NAV and mutual funds to identify the different players in
mutual fund industry to compare equity funds with their respective Bench Mark index
14
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
23 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To compare the performance of different mutual funds
To identify different players in mutual fund industry
To study and compare the return of Equity mutual funds with their respective
Benchmark indexes
To study the best performing Funds using Sharpe Treynor amp Jensen measures
24 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Net Asset Value or NAV
NAV is the total asset value (net of expenses) per unit of the fund and is
calculated by the Asset Management Company (AMC) at the end of every business day
Net asset value on a particular date reflects the realizable value that the investor will get
for each unit that he his holding if the scheme is liquidated on that date
Net asset Value of an investment company is the companyrsquos total assets minus its
total liabilities For Example if an investment company has securities and other assets
worth $100 million and has liabilities of $10 million the investment companyrsquos NAV
will be $90 million one day $100 million the next and $80 million
NAV Periodic performance in percentage
NAV Closing Value ndash NAV Opening Value
= 100
NAV Opening Value
15
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Entry Load
It is the load charged by the fund manager when one invests into the fund It
increases the price of the units to more than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV SEBI has removed the entry load on mutual funds from 18 th June 2009
ExitLoad
It is the load charged by the fund when one redeems the units from the fund It
reduces the price of the units to less than the NAV and is expressed as a percentage of
NAV
Performance
Performance of an investment indicates the returns from an investment The
returns can come by way of income distributions as well as appreciation in the value of
the investment
RISK MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS
STANDARD DEVIATION
A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean The more spread apart
the data is higher the deviation In finance a standard deviation is applied to the annual
rate of return of an investment to measure the investment Volatility (Risk) A volatile
stock would have a high standard deviation In mutual funds the standard deviation tells
us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns
Standard deviation can also be calculated as the square root of the variance
16
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
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o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
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bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
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bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
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Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
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Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
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Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
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3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
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To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the Fund
Where
p Risk of the Fund
Rp Return of the fund
Standard Deviation (Risk) of the benchmark index
Where
Rm Index Return (Market Return)
m Risk of the Index
17
n Rp2 - ( Rp)2
n2
p =12
n Rm2 - ( Rm)2
n2m =
12
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
BETA
It is the measure of the relative sensitivity of a stock or mutual fund to the market
The market is assigned a beta of 1 The higher the beta the more sensitive the stock or
fund is considered to be relative to the market as a whole In other words funds with beta
more than 1 will react more to any fluctuations (whether upward or downward) in market
than funds with beta less than 1
Beta of the Fund
Where
p Beta of the fund
Rp Return of the fund
ARp Average return of the Mutual Fund Scheme
ARm Average return of the benchmark index
Sharpersquos Measure
Sharpe measure adjusts portfolio performance for total risk rather than market risk It tells
us whether a portfolios returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess
risk The higher the Sharpe ratio for a portfolio the better the portfolio has performed
18
p =
(Rp - ARp) (Rm ndash ARm
Rm ndash ARm2
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Sp =ARp - r σp
Tp =ARp - r βp
Sharpersquos Measure of Performance
Where Sp = Sharpe Index
r = riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Standard deviations of the returns of portfolio p
ARp= average return on portfolio p
Treynorrsquos Measure
It is a relative measure of performance for investment managers and measures the
return premium per unit of systematic risk as measured by the beta or relative volatility of
the portfolio While a high and positive index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance
of a fund a low and negative index is an indication of unfavorable performance
Treynorrsquos Measure of Performance
Where Tp = Treynorrsquos Index
r = Riskless rate of interest (T-Bill 91 days)
p = Beta coefficient of portfolio p
ARp= Average return on portfolio p
19
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
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2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
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bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
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1048633 The Daily Market Reports
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Activity Focus Service Deliverables
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bull Wealth Park Magazine
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Primary market
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bull Any good investment ideas
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325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
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1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
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1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
25 METHODOLOGY
To find out the performance of the Equity Diversified mutual funds past 5 Years
performance is taken into consideration for the 10 schemes of 10 Mutual Fund houses
These funds are analyzed on the basis of the following
Average return of the fund
Average return of the benchmark index
Standard deviation of the fund
Standard deviation of the benchmark index
Beta of the fund
Sharpersquos and Treynorrsquos Measure
To ease out the research work many books and articles related to the research have
been referred In this project technical and trade journals books magazines and reports
and publication of various associations connected with business and industry are referred
i Security analysis and portfolio management by Donald Fischer amp Ronald Jordan
and Investment analysis amp portfolio management by Prasanna Chandra- These
books helped to study the nature and scope of the mutual fund definitions kinds
of mutual fund and also the factors affecting risk
ii Business World Magazine- This magazine helped to grasp the facts about overall
private players and their performance in the recent years in the mutual fund
industry The brochures of the each company helped to gain a detailed knowledge
about the product and its features
20
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
26 SAMPLE DESIGN
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
The main purpose of exploratory studies is that of formulating a problem for
precise investigation or of developing the working hypothesis from an operational point
of view both primary and secondary data are used for the purpose of the study
The population consists of 10 five year old funds the entire population has been
taken in to consideration for the study This study chose a sample of 10 Equity Schemes
to evaluate their performance for a period of 5 years and compare it with their respective
Benchmark index Variables yearly calculated risk and returns were used for comparing
equity schemes
27 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRIMARY DATA
The primary data was collected through records manuals fact sheets amp brochures
of the company
SECONDARY DATA
The Secondary data for this study was collected from newspapers books
magazines internet mutual fund prospectus offer documents fact sheets memorandums
and other literatures
21
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
28 PLAN OF ANALYSIS
The data collected are edited classified amp tabulated for easy interpretation amp
analysis Statistical tools like Measures of central tendency (averages) Measures of
Dispersion (Correlation standard deviation etc) presentation tools (graphs charts tables)
and other research tools are used to analyze the data
29 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Not all the information required was freely available
Interaction with the company professional was limited
Only 10 Equity funds of different AMCs were compared and analyzed
Only funds which are more than five years old have been considered
Only open-ended growth funds have been considered
The NAV values and the Benchmark Index values obtained may not be entirely
accurate (as taken directly from mutual fund amp market indices websites)
210 CHAPTER SCHEME
The first chapter deals with the introduction about the topic and the industry profile
The research design is covered in the second chapter which consists of the various
sampling techniques and methodology used and contextual definition
The third chapter consists of the industry profile
22
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
28
1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
bull Daily
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Weekly
bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
29
bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
1048633 Have more than 2000 partners across the country
1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
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wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
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wwwindiainfolinecom
67
The fourth chapter that is the computation of Return Risk and Beta deals with the
analysis and interpretation of data
The summary of findings conclusion and suggestion is the fifth chapter
31 INDUSTRY PROFILE
The mutual fund industry in India started in 1963 with the formation of Unit Trust
of India at the initiative of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank The history of
mutual funds in India can be broadly divided into four distinct phases
First Phase ndash 1964-87
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament It
was set up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India In 1978 UTI was de-linked from the
RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the regulatory and
administrative control in place of RBI The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit
Scheme 1964
Second Phase ndash 1987-1993 (Entry of Public Sector Funds)
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI public sector mutual funds set up by public
sector banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June 1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87) Punjab National
Bank Mutual Fund (Aug 89) Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89) Bank of India (Jun 90)
Bank of Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92) LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989
while GIC had set up its mutual fund in December 1990
Third Phase ndash 1993-2003 (Entry of Private Sector Funds)
With the entry of private sector funds in 1993 a new era started in the Indian
mutual fund industry giving the Indian investors a wider choice of fund families Also
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being under
23
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
which all mutual funds except UTI were to be registered and governed The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993
The 1993 SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations were substituted by a more
comprehensive and revised Mutual Fund Regulations in 1996 The industry now
functions under the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations 1996
Fourth Phase ndash since February 2003
In February 2003 following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI
was bifurcated into two separate entities One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of `29835 crores as at the end of January
2003 It does not come under the purview of the Mutual Fund Regulations The second is
the UTI Mutual Fund sponsored by SBI PNB BOB and LIC It is registered with SEBI
and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations
As on 31st July 2010 there are a total of 40 Asset Management Companies
(AMCs) with a total of 3661 schemes The total assets under management (AUM) of all
these AMCs is to the tune of `665567 crores The top fund house as per AUM is
Reliance Mutual Fund with the total assets of `102179 crores
FIGURE THE GROWTH OF ASSETS
24
32 COMPANY PROFILE
Almondz Global Securities Ltd
321 Introduction
bull Almondz Global Securities Limited (AGSL) is a well established Independent
Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
bull It is part of the Almondz group which also comprises of the following companies
o Almondz insurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
o Almondz commodities pvt ltd
bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
25
bull An Associatesub-broker network of 4000+ spread across India
bull Head offices in Delhi amp Mumbai along with 17 branch offices all across the country
bull The company has a well diversified client base of Public Sector Units Private
Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
Employee Benefit Funds High Net worth Individuals amp Retail Investors The company
has also tied up with NOBLE Investment Group of UK to increase their reach in the
Global Financial Markets
322 Business Segments
Corporate Finance
1 Investment Banking
IPOs FPOs amp Rights Issues
Private Placement of Equity
Delisting Takeover Substantial Acquisitions amp ESOPs
Private Placement of Debt
Project Finance
2 Infrastructure Advisory
Road
Power
Debt Portfolio Management
1 Secondary Debt Trading
2 Debt Portfolio Advisory
Retail amp Distribution
1 Equity IPOs
26
2 Public Issue of Debt
3 Mutual Funds
4 Tax Saving Instruments
5 Fixed Deposits amp Other Fixed Income Products
6 Portfolio Management Services
7 Insurance Products
Equity Broking
1 Retail Equity Broking
2 Institutional Equity Broking
3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
Endeavor to be amongst the lsquoTop Ranked Highly Networked amp Fully Integrated
Financial Products and Services Housersquo in the country
Mission
Creating Wealth and Value for Our Clients amp Associates
Vision
To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
Services Firms in India
Values
27
bull Responsibility towards Clients
bull Professional Management
bull High Corporate Governance Standards
bull System and Process Driven Business Practices amp
bullIntegrity Commitment Accountability
324 Activity Focus Publication amp Research
bull Value added in-Depth research
bull Specialized Industry amp Company coverage
bull Daily morning updates
bull Investment Opportunity suggestions
bull Daily suggestions trading idea
bull Monthly Magazine
1048633 Research Reports
1048633 Debt Market Commentary
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1048633 The Daily Market Reports
1048633 Kya Lagta hai
1048633 Stock Ideas
1048633 Wealth Park
Activity Focus Service Deliverables
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bull Market review of Equity and Debt
bull Monthly
bull Market review of Equity Debt and Forex with focus on Mutual Funds
bull Portfolio update through email
bull Wealth Park Magazine
bull Mutual Fund Performance score card
bull Event based
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bull Research note on New Fund Offerings by Mutual funds and Initial Public offerings of
Primary market
bull Note on special event like credit policy etc
bull Any good investment ideas
bull Dedicated Wealth Managers
bull Customer Service email id atyourservicealmondzcom
325 Current Investor Profile
Investor base of more than 100000 with AUM in excess of `1300 crores
Retail
1048633 Manage the retail investors through our channel partners
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1048633 Service a client base of over 100000
High Net worth individuals
1048633 Advise and manage over 1000 clients through a dedicated wealth management team
1048633 The ticket size varies from ` 5 lakhs to ` 10 crores
Corporate PSU FI amp Banks
1048633 Manage over 100 investors in this category
30
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1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
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Investment Bank
bull The company was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
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o Almondz reinsurance brokers pvt ltd
o Almondz capital and Management services ltd
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bull Experienced amp professional Board supported by a team of over 1000 professionals amp
Support Staff
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Corporate Insurance Companies Fund Houses Banks amp Financial Institutions
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Debt Portfolio Management
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1 Retail Equity Broking
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3 DP Services
323 Guiding Principles
Objectives
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Mission
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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BOOKS
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Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
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To Position Ourselves Amongst Top 3 Integrated amp Professionally Managed Financial
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Journal of Applied Finance
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
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41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
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wwwbseindiacom
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wwwindiainfolinecom
67
1048633 Empanelled with most of the banks and FI
1048633 The ticket size vary from `50 lakhs to `200 crores
41 Introduction to Performance study of Mutual Funds
The performance of Mutual Funds has been measured for a period of five years starting
from January 2005 to December 2009 The fundsrsquo performance is analyzed and a
comparison is made between the performances of various funds with their respective
benchmark index with the help of above discussed methods (methodology section) on
yearly basis The funds chosen belong to the top 10 AMCs in India as on 31st December
2009 The funds are selected based on their corpus and objective of the portfolio
investment (Growth Schemes) More than 80 of the total corpus of each fund is
invested in the equity The following 10 Equity funds are included in the study ndash
1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
3 ICICI Prudential growth fund
4 HDFC Equity fund
5 J M Mutual fund equity growth
6 Kotak 30 growth fund
7 Reliance mutual growth fund
8 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
31
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
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wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
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67
9 TATA pure equity growth
10 HSBC equity fund
42 Brief Description of Funds
An introduction to various mutual funds used for comparison is as follows-
BIRLA SUNLIFE MUTUAL FUNDS
Scheme Birla Sun life Frontline Equity
Objective
The scheme aims to generate long-term capital growth income generation and
distribution of dividend It would target the same sectoral weights as BSE 200 subject to
flexibility of selecting stocks within a particular sector
TABLE 32
Description of the Birla sun life frontline Equity
Mutual fund family Birla Sun life Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2002
Fund Manager Mahesh Patil
32
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
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wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal --
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source secondary data
DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund
Scheme Opportunities Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by responding to the
dynamically changing Indian economy by moving across sectors such as the lifestyle
pharma cyclical and technology
TABLE 33
Description about the fund
Mutual fund family DSP Merillynch Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date August 2000
Fund Manager Anup Maheshwari
33
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
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wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
ICICI Mutual Fund
Scheme Prudential Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing
predominantly in equities that is 95 in equities while the rest would be invested in debt
and money market instruments
TABLE 34
Description of the ICICI Prudential Growth
Mutual fund family ICICI Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date June 1998
34
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Fund Manager Kaushik Roychaudhary
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs500
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX Nifty
Source secondary data
HDFC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly
investing in high growth companies
TABLE 35
Description of the HDFC Equity Growth fund
Mutual fund family HDFC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Prashanth Jain
35
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark S amp P CNX 500
Source secondary data
J M Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks long-term capital growth and appreciation through investment
primarily in equities
TABLE 36
Description of the JM Equity Growth
Mutual fund family J M Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1994
Fund Manager Amandeep Chopra
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment --
36
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance --
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
Kotak Mutual Funds
Scheme Kotak 30 Growth
Objective
The scheme seeks capital appreciation through investments in equities The fund
would invest in not more than 30 stocks A part of the corpus will be invested in debt
also
TABLE 37
Description of the Kotak 30 Growth
Mutual fund family Kotak Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 1998
Fund Manager Krishna Sanghvi
37
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark SampP CNX Nifty
Source Secondary data
Reliance Mutual Funds
Scheme Reliance Growth
Objective
The scheme aims at long-term growth of capital through research based
investment approach The funds will be invested in Equity and equity related instruments
and there will be an exposure to debt and money market instruments also
TABLE 38
Description of the Reliance Growth
Mutual fund family Reliance Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date October 1995
Fund Manager V Ramanan
38
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs0
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 100
Source Secondary data
Sundaram Mutual Funds
Scheme BNP Paribas Growth
Objective
The scheme aims to provide to investors a reasonably diversified portfolio of
stocks essentially meant to give higher returns in the medium to long term However on a
selective basis short-term opportunities that may yield above average returns will not be
ignored
TABLE 39
Description of the Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth
Mutual fund family Sundaram Mutual Funds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1997
Fund Manager Rajesh Singh
39
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
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BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs2000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs500
Minimum Balance Rs500
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark BSE 200
Source Secondary data
TATA Mutual Funds
Scheme Pure Equity Growth
Objective
Earlier known as Tata Twin Option (Equity) the scheme aims at medium to long
term capital growth with 100 per cent investments in the equity of large-cap liquid blue-
chip companies
TABLE 310
Description of the Tata Pure Equity Growth
Mutual fund family TATA Mutual Fuds
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date March 1998
Fund Manager M Venugopal
40
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs5000
Subsequent Investment Rs1000
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs5000
Pricing Method Forward
Type Open End
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
HSBC Mutual Fund
Scheme Equity
Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified
portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies across a range of market
capitalizationrsquos with a preference for medium and large companies
TABLE 311
Description of the HSBC Equity
Mutual fund family HSBC Mutual Fund
Fund class Equity Diversified
Launch Date December 2002
Fund Manager Mihr Vora
41
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Minimum Investment Rs10000
Subsequent Investment Rs1
Minimum Withdrawal Rs1000
Minimum Balance Rs1000
Pricing Method Forward
Type BSE 200
Bench Mark Sensex
Source Secondary data
43 BIRLA SUNLIFE FRONTLINE EQUITY
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Birla Frontline Equity with
Market Indicators (BSE200)
TABLE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2446 3394 3876 150212 89048 118623 3321 110307 -268 046 -124 0212006 3398 5013 4753 225891 118878 165574 3928 154297 609 653 3979 42662007 5086 8134 5993 359151 165528 265652 6049 365876 1849 2774 51296 769432008 8213 6142 -2522 63585 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -6665 -8934 595504 7982422009 4285 7978 8618 742774 116367 218025 8736 763174 4475 5461 244372 298234
20718 1541613 16375 1713956 895026 1177707
Arp 4144 SDrp 3696 β 076 Sp 112Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 5447
NAV BSE 200
42
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Source Secondary data
Where
Rp Fund Return (Portfolio Return)Rm Index Return (Market Return)ARp Average fund returnArm Average Index returnSDRp Standard deviation of Fund ReturnSDRm Standard deviation of Index return r Riskless rate of return (T-bill 91 days)2
2 wwwrbiorg official Reserve Bank of India website
43
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 41
Comparison of Birla Frontline equity fund with market indicators (BSE200)
The fund has performed excellently and the return of the fund has always been
greater than the respective market index for the period 2005-2009
The average return of the fund is also satisfactory barring the year 2008 when all
funds did not perform well
The Beta shows that it is less volatile than the market which is good for the
investors
The standard deviation of fund return compared to index return is satisfactory
The Sharpe amp Treynor Measure suggests that the fund is performing better
compared to other mutual funds in the same family
44
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
44 DSP BLACKROCK OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of DSP Merrilynch Opportunities
Growth with Market Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 2648 3906 4751 225697 208000 283655 3637 132297 1204 543 6542 29522006 3907 5623 4392 192907 283680 396640 3982 158559 845 888 7507 78852007 5681 8989 5823 339064 396625 613860 5477 299985 2276 2383 54245 567922008 9054 4035 -5543 307294 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -9090 -8272 751928 6842532009 4109 7524 8311 690731 296330 520105 7552 570259 4764 4458 212374 198700
17733 1755692 15470 1429215 1032597 950582
Arp 3547 SDrp 4747 β 109 Sp 075Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3261
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
45
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 42
Comparison of DSP Opportunities growth equity fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better in terms of average returns if compared to market
index
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and it has greater risks if
compared to the benchmark index
The standard deviation of the fund shows that the returns are quite fluctuating
which is not good from the investorrsquos point of view
Sharprsquos amp Treynorrsquo Measure suggests that the fund has not performed good if
compared to similar funds in the family
46
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
45 ICICI PRUDENTIAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of ICICI Prudential Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 4408 6539 4834 233713 208000 283655 3637 132297 1704 543 9259 29522006 6558 9336 4236 179441 283680 396640 3982 158559 1106 888 9820 78852007 9448 13481 4269 182212 396625 613860 5477 299985 1138 2383 27131 567922008 13472 7045 -4771 227590 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -7901 -8272 653550 6842532009 7201 12301 7082 501597 296330 520105 7552 570259 3952 4458 176172 198700
15651 1324553 15470 1429215 875932 950582
Arp 3130 SDrp 4086 β 092 Sp 077Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3393
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
47
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 43
Comparison of ICICI Prudential growth fund with market indicators
(S amp P CNX Nifty)
The fund returns have always been at the similar level of the market returns
The beta of the fund suggests that it is not so volatile when compared to the
benchmark index
The average return of the fund is satisfactory
The standard deviation of fund return is less than that of Bench mark return
Sp and Tp measures suggests that the fund has performed satisfactory in
relation to other funds and the market
48
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
46 HDFC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HDFC Equity with Market Indicators
(S amp P CNX 500)
TABLE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 6669 10701 6046 365527 181855 245920 3523 124106 2056 290 5959 8402006 10719 14539 3564 127004 246500 329505 3367 113390 -426 134 -571 1802007 14729 22332 5162 266455 329990 535470 6227 387737 1172 2994 35100 896252008 22459 11238 -4996 249622 537035 229575 -5725 327772 -8986 -8958 804960 8025012009 11452 23101 10172 1034700 230595 432910 8774 769762 6183 5541 342544 306972
19947 2043308 16166 1722767 1187992 1200118
Arp 3989 SDrp 4995 β 099 Sp 080Arm 3233 SDrm 4899 r 004 Tp 4026
SampP CNX 500NAV
Source secondary data
49
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 44
Comparison of HDFC equity fund with market indicators (S amp P CNX500)
The fund returns are highly inconsistent during the last 5 years
The fund volatility and risk factors are similar to benchmark index
The return on the fund has picked up after the instant fall in the year 2008
The overall performance is pretty good when compared to other mutual
funds in the same class and family in the industry
50
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
47 J M Mutual Fund Equity Growth
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of JM Equity Growth with Market
Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 1803 2724 5108 260932 662649 939793 4182 174922 2461 943 23198 88852006 2733 3925 4362 190227 942249 1378691 4632 214547 1714 1392 23868 193812007 3990 5760 4436 196789 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 1789 1431 25609 204902008 5849 2215 -6213 386017 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8860 -8493 752512 7213622009 2286 3553 5542 307186 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2895 4727 136869 223457
13235 1341151 16199 1518380 962057 993575
Arp 2647 SDrp 4452 β 097 Sp 059Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 2730
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
51
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 45
Comparison of JM equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The average return of the fund is quite low as compared to the respective
benchmark index The fund has performed badly in relation to the benchmark
return
The beta of 097 indicates that it is less volatile as compared to the benchmark
index
The standard deviation of fund return is very much similar to that of benchmark
return
Overall the fund has not been up to mark when compared to other funds in the
industry
52
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
48 KOTAK 30 GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Kotak 30 Growth with Market
Indicators (S amp P CNX Nifty)
TABLE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3255 4759 4621 213498 208000 283655 3637 132297 1263 543 6862 29522006 4763 6834 4348 189060 283680 396640 3982 158559 991 888 8796 78852007 6893 11384 6515 424492 396625 613860 5477 299985 3158 2383 75253 567922008 11420 5653 -5050 255016 613675 295915 -5178 268115 -8407 -8272 695462 6842532009 5762 9423 6354 403695 296330 520105 7552 570259 2996 4458 133555 198700
16788 1485760 15470 1429215 919928 950582
Arp 3358 SDrp 4294 β 097 Sp 078Arm 3094 SDrm 4360 r 004 Tp 3465
SampP CNX NIFTYNAV
Source secondary data
53
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 46
Comparison of Kotak 30 Growth fund with market indicators (SampP CNX Nifty)
The fund has performed better than the benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however after the correction in the market the fund has deteriorated
The Beta of the scheme is 097 which shows that its volatility is similar to
benchmark index
The standard deviation of Fund return is similar to that of Benchmark return
which means that the fundrsquos return has been similar to benchmark return
The overall performance has been satisfactory for the fund during the last 5 years
which is clear from its positive sharprsquos amp treynorrsquos measure
54
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
47 RELIANCE MUTUAL GROWTH FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Reliance Growth with Market
Indicators (BSE 100)
TABLE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 11286 18918 6762 457295 359358 495328 3784 143163 2342 459 10753 21082006 19078 26674 3982 158527 496464 698256 4065 165208 -439 740 -3247 54772007 27005 47173 7468 557747 699970 1115428 5935 352286 3048 2611 79576 681642008 47685 21649 -5460 298116 1118645 498804 -5541 307027 -9880 -8866 875943 7859792009 22086 42735 9349 874106 502158 922971 8380 702259 4929 5056 249191 255585
22102 2345791 16623 1669944 1212216 1117313
Arp 4420 SDrp 5232 β 108 Sp 084Arm 3325 SDrm 4727 r 004 Tp 4071
BSE 100NAV
Source secondary data
55
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 47
Comparison of Reliance Growth fund with market indicators (BSE 100)
Since the last 5 years the fund has always performed better than its benchmark
index BSE 100
The beta of the fund suggests that it is quite volatile and possess greater risks than
the benchmark index
The standard deviation of fund return is quite erratic when compared to other
funds in the industry
The fund has performed better in providing better returns to the investors
56
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
48 SUNDARAM BNP PARIBAS GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth with
Market Indicators (BSE 200)
TABLE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3429 4813 4036 162906 89048 118623 3321 110307 787 046 365 0212006 4817 6863 4247 180409 118878 165574 3928 154297 998 653 6520 42662007 6939 11788 6988 488327 165528 265652 6049 365876 3739 2774 103708 769432008 11884 5012 -5783 334381 266467 115659 -5660 320304 -9032 -8934 806945 7982422009 5184 8687 6757 456615 116367 218025 8736 763174 3508 5461 191577 298234
16246 1622637 16375 1713956 1109115 1177707
Arp 3249 SDrp 4679 β 094 Sp 069Arm 3275 SDrm 4853 r 004 Tp 3446
BSE 200NAV
Source secondary data
57
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 48
Comparison of Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund with market indicators
(BSE 200)
The return of the fund was similar to benchmark index from 2005 to 2008
however it has lagged behind in the year 2009 in terms of return on investment
The beta of the fund and its standard deviation indicates that its volatility and
deviation in returns were similar to the benchmark index
The fund has performed fairly during the five years taken together but it seems
that it has lost some sense after the corrections in the market in 2009
58
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
49 TATA PURE EQUITY GROWTH
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of TATA Pure Equity Growth with
Market Indicators (Sensex)
TABLE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3019 4322 4316 186278 662649 939793 4182 174922 929 943 8753 88852006 4330 6165 4238 179596 942249 1378691 4632 214547 850 1392 11840 193812007 6255 9945 5899 348015 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2512 1431 35956 204902008 10003 5051 -4951 245076 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -8338 -8493 708163 7213622009 5133 8949 7434 552681 972055 1746481 7967 634714 4047 4727 191301 223457
16937 1511646 16199 1518380 956013 993575
Arp 3387 SDrp 4331 β 096 Sp 078Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3516
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
59
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 49
Comparison of Tata Pure equity growth fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund has always performed in tune with the benchmark returns during
the last 5 years
The difference in the fund return and benchmark return is negligible
There is not much volatility in the fund when compared to benchmark index
Overall the fund has performed quite satisfactory and has been a good
investment for investors who do not require risky instruments
60
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
410 HSBC EQUITY FUND
This part of the chapter provides the comparison of HSBC Equity with Market Indicators
(Sensex)
TABLE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
Year Op Value Cl Value Rp Rp^2 Op Value Cl Value Rm Rm^2 (Rp-ARp) (Rm-ARm) Product (Rm-ARm)^22005 3744 5249 4020 161585 662649 939793 4182 174922 1155 943 10887 88852006 5239 7204 3751 140679 942249 1378691 4632 214547 886 1392 12334 193812007 7302 11492 5738 329264 1382777 2028699 4671 218201 2873 1431 41131 204902008 11504 5970 -4811 231409 2032527 964731 -5254 275997 -7675 -8493 651883 7213622009 6058 9466 5626 316476 972055 1746481 7967 634714 2761 4727 130510 223457
14324 1179413 16199 1518380 846744 993575
Arp 2865 SDrp 3922 β 085 Sp 073Arm 3240 SDrm 4458 r 004 Tp 3357
SENSEXNAV
Source secondary data
61
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
FIGURE 410
Comparison of HSBC equity fund with market indicators (Sensex)
The fund return has been consistent during the last 5 years however many of
the times it has dipped below the benchmark returns
The volatility of the fund is quite low which means that the fund has been
managed improperly to reduce the risk factor ignoring its return
The fund has performed quite poorly when compared to its benchmark and
other similar funds in the industry
62
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
Table 411 Overall Ranking of 10 Mutual Funds
Sl No Mutual Funds Arp Sharp SD Treynor Beta NAV Sharp SDRp Treynor Beta Overall1 Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity 4144 112 3696 5447 076 2 1 1 1 1 12 DSP Blackrock opportunities growth 3547 075 4747 3261 109 4 7 8 9 10 93 ICICI Prudential growth fund 3130 077 4086 3393 092 8 6 3 7 3 64 HDFC Equity fund 3989 080 4995 4026 099 3 3 9 3 8 45 J M Mutual fund equity growth 2647 059 4452 2730 097 10 10 6 10 7 106 Kotak 30 growth fund 3358 078 4294 3465 097 6 5 4 5 6 47 Reliance mutual growth fund 4420 084 5232 4071 108 1 2 10 2 9 38 Sundaram BNP Paribas growth 3249 069 4679 3446 094 7 9 7 6 4 89 TATA pure equity growth 3387 078 4331 3516 096 5 4 5 4 5 210 HSBC equity fund 2865 073 3922 3357 085 9 8 2 8 2 7
OVERALL RANK
412 Top 5 Mutual Funds
Rank NAV Sharp SD Treynor Beta Overall
1
Reliance mutual growth fund
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
2
Birla Sunlife Frontiline Equity
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
HSBC equity fund
TATA pure equity growth
3
HDFC Equity fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
HDFC Equity fund
ICICI Prudential growth fund
Reliance mutual growth fund
4
DSP Blackrock opportunities growth
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Sundaram BNP Paribas growth
HDFC Equity fund
5TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
TATA pure equity growth
Kotak 30 growth fund
63
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
51 FINDINGS
All funds had a steep decline in their returns in the year 2008 as markets in india tanked due to recessionary pressures in the American markets
The analysis of 10 Equity Diversified Mutual funds based on NAV returns for a
period of 5 years ranked Reliance Equity fund as the top performer with an
average rate of return of 4420 per year
All Equity schemes have shown better returns than their respective benchmark
index except JM Equity Mutual fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Growth fund amp
HSBC equity fund
Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund has managed its portfolio in the best possible
manager and thus can easily be regarded as the overall best performed mutual
fund
The beta of the funds suggest that they are no highly volatile funds when it is
compared to their respective benchmark indices
None of the fund has performed poorly as per various measures of performance of
mutual fund However Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund amp Reliance
Mutual Growth Fund has outperformed in the industry during the last 5 years in
terms of average return on funds
Overall performance comparison of the mutual fund after taking into
consideration the risk and return involved will put Birla Sunlife Fronline Equity
fund at the top due to its efficient management of its fund
64
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
52 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can educate and give awareness
about the concept of Mutual Funds to the investors As majority of the investors
do not know about this type of investment it should highlight the benefits of
mutual fund over other investment and attract more number of customers
The Mutual Fund Asset Management companies can come up with more
advertisements and promotional measures and it should also target the FIIrsquos and
individual investors who invest in the capital markets
The fund distributors should clearly state the objective of each fund floated by the
Asset Management Companies to help the investors choose the right investment
plan
To induce investments into mutual funds the government may provide tax
benefits to attract investment into mutual funds
The risk management systems and the benchmarking of indices may be improved
by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) to give the investors more
guidelines and tools to take a good investment decision
65
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
53 CONCLUSION
Saving money is not enough Each of us also need to invest onersquos savings
intelligently in order to have enough money available for funding the higher education
of one s children for buying a house and many other future dreams
This study will guide the new investor who wants to invest in equity-diversified
schemes by providing knowledge about how to measure the risk and return of particular
mutual fund scheme The study recommends new investors to go for equity schemes
due to their high return and managed risk by professionals
The biggest advantage of the Mutual Fund is its various diversified investment
plan and transparency in the operation of the Asset management Company It is quite
clear from the analysis that such type of investment give small investors of invested sum
as low as `3000- a chance to put their hard earned money in the best and diversifies
investment plans effectively and efficiently managed by market professionals
From the analysis of equity schemes with their respective benchmark index it is
known that Reliance Growth is the best scheme with high NAV returns followed by Birla
Sunlife Frontiline Equity HDFC Equity fund DSP Blackrock opportunities growth amp
TATA pure equity growth Such type of analysis by the mutual fund regulators and
various investor assisting agency can not only enhance the customer confidence in mutual
funds but can also help them understand the various advantages and disadvantages of
investing their money in the mutual funds Thus Mutual fund is the one of the best
available investment option available to individual future growing requirements and
needs
66
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Fischer amp Jordan ldquoSecurities Analysis amp Portfolio Managementrdquo
Prasanna Chandra- ldquoFinancial management Theory and Practicerdquo
Chakrabarthi A Rungta H ndash ldquoMutual Fund Industry in Indiardquo The ICFAI
Journal of Applied Finance
JOURNALS
Value Research Feb 2008
WEBSITES
wwwvalueresearchonlinecom
wwwmutualfundsindiacom
wwwamfiindiacom
wwwbseindiacom
wwwnseindiacom
wwwindiainfolinecom
67