QUANTITATIVE METHODS-3

ASSIGNMENT 2012-13
S.Y BBA SEM-3

NAME: SONALI J. HASANI

ROLL NO: 48
DIVISION: 1
TOPIC: MUTUAL FUND
NAME OF MUTUAL FUND: SUNDARAM MUTUAL
FUND
SUBMITTED TO: NEHA MAAM
SUBMITTED ON: 21st AUGUST13
INDEX:-

WHAT IS MUTUAL FUND?

SUNDARAM TAX SAVER
SUNDARAM EQUITY MULTIPLIER
SUNDARAM BALANCED FUND

What is Mutual fund?

A mutual fund is not an alternative investment option to stocks and bonds,
rather it pools the money of several investors and invests this in stocks,
bonds, money market instruments and other types of securities.
Buying a mutual fund is like buying a small slice of a big pizza. The owner
of a mutual fund unit gets a proportional share of the funds gains, losses,
income and expenses.
Each mutual fund has a specific stated objective
The funds objective is laid out in the fund's prospectus, which is the legal
document that contains information about the fund, its history, its officers
and its performance.
Some popular objectives of a mutual fund are Fund Objective

What the fund will invest in

Equity (Growth)

Only in stocks

Debt (Income)

Only in fixed-income securities

Money Market
(including Gilt)

In short-term money market instruments (including

government securities)

Balanced

Partly in stocks and partly in fixed-income securities,

in order to maintain a 'balance' in returns and risk

SUNDARAM TAX SAVER

Positioning: Multi-Cap(Large-Cap Bias)
Benchmark: S&P BSE 200 Index
Fund Manager: J. Venkatesan
Fund
(%)

Period
Since inception

Benchmark
(%)

17.8

11.9

31/3/12 to 31/3/13

6.8

31/3/11 to 31/3/12

-3

-9.3

31/3/10 to 31/3/11

5.2

8.1

Beta

Fund
Benchmark

0.91
1

He has a experience of 25 years and is managing fund since

January 2012

SUNDARAM EQUITY
MULTIPLIER
Positioning: Diversified Equity Fund
Sector profile
Financial services
Energy
IT
Construction
Pharma
Automobile
Consumer goods
Others
Cash

percentage(%)
32.2
18
13.4
5.7
4.9
4.2
3.7
16.1
1.8

Benchmark: CNX 500 Index

Fund Manager: S Krishnakumar and Shiv Chanani
S Krishnakumar has experience of 16 years and is managing
fund since January 2012

Shiv Chanani has experience of 12 years and is managing this fund since January 2013

Period
Since
inception
31/3/12 to
31/3/13
31/3/11 to
31/3/12
31/3/10 to
31/3/11

fund(%)

Benchmark(%)

4.6

5.4

1.3

5.1

-5.4

-8.7

3.9

7.3

Beta

Fund
Benchmark

0.94
1

SUNDARAM BALANCED
Sector profile
Financial services
Enegy
Services
IT
Pharma
Consumer goods
Construction
Others
Cash/Fixed
income/Derivatives

Percentage(%)
22.1
14.2
12.1
11.5
8.8
5.7
3.5
8.8

Fund Manager: Shiv Chanani

13.3

FUND
Positioning: Balanced Portfolio
Benchmark: CRISIL Balanced fund Index

He has a experience of 12 years and is managing fund since January 2013

Period
Since
inception
31/3/12 to
31/3/13
31/3/11 to
31/3/12
31/3/10 to
31/3/11

fund(%)

Benchmark(%)

13
5.4

8.2

-8.5

-3.2

11.2

9.4

Beta

Fund
Benchmark

1.06
1

Interpretation: By Comparing the Beta of

Sector profile
Financial services
Enegy
Metals
IT
Automobile
Consumer goods
Construction
Others
Cash/Fixed
income/Derivatives

Percentage(%)
21.3
13.4
5.3
8
4.3
4.4
3.7
6.7
32.8

all the above three Schemes that

is- Sundaram Balanced Fund,
Sundaram Tax Saver, Sundaram
Equity Multiplier the beta of
Sundaram Tax Saver is Low which

is good as compared to Sundaram Balanced Fund which has beta

of 1.06 which is risky and Sundaram Equity Multiplier has beta of
0.94 which is better than 1.06.So accordingly, Sundaram tax Saver
is the best Scheme among the above mentioned schemes as it has
the lowest beta.