Union Mutual Fund has initiated a New Fund Offer (NFO) for Union Overnight Fund. The NFO period begins on March 26, 2019 and will close on March 26, 2019. The scheme will reopen for continuous purchase and redemptions on March 28, 2019. This overnight scheme aims to provide income to its investors over the short term by investing in debt and money market instruments maturing in 1 business day.
Asset Allocation of Union Overnight Fund
Under normal circumstances, the Union Overnight Fund will allocate its assets in the following manner:
Asset Class | Asset Allocation | |
Minimum | Maximum | |
Debt and money market instruments maturing on or before the next business day | 0% | 100% |
The scheme intends to invest in repo/reverse repo transactions in corporate debt securities. However, it does not intend to invest in securitized debt, derivatives, overseas/foreign securities or engage in stock lending or short selling or participate in credit default swap transactions.
Benchmark of Union Overnight Fund
The performance of the Union Overnight Fund will be benchmarked against CRISIL Overnight Index. The return details of the index are as follows:
Index
|
1 Year Return | 3 Year Return | 5 Year Return |
CRISIL Overnight Index | 6.26% | 6.19% | 6.85% |
(Data as on February 28, 2019; Source: CRISIL)
Fund Managers of Union Overnight Fund
The Union Overnight Fund will be jointly managed by Mr. Tarun Singh and Mr. Devesh Thacker. Other schemes being managed by Mr. Thacker include Union Liquid Fund and Union Dynamic Bond Fund. The return details of these schemes are as follows:
Scheme
|
1 Year Return | 3 Year Return | 5 Year Return |
Union Liquid Fund | 3.74% | 5.88% | 6.95% |
Union Dynamic Bond Fund | 6.11% | 6.19% | 7.63% |
(The above data is for the direct variant of the schemes as on March 25 2019; Source: Value Research)
Key information about Union Overnight Fund NFO
NFO period | March 26, 2019 – March 26, 2019 |
Minimum application amount | Lump sum: Rs. 5,000 |
Monthly SIP: Rs. 2,000 | |
Quarterly SIP: Rs. 5,000 | |
Exit load | Nil |
Benchmark | CRISIL Overnight Index |
Fund Manager | Tarun Singh and Devesh Thacker |