Investment Strategy for this NFO?

The scheme seeks to generate returns that are commensurate (before fees and expenses) with the performance of CRISIL-IBX AAA Financial Services Index – Dec 2026 which seeks to track the performance of AAA issuers from the financial services sector maturing near target date of the index.

Basic Details 

About Benchmark Index for this NFO?

Index objective: Seeks to track the performance of AAA issuers from the financial services sector maturing near target date of the index. This is a sectoral index consisting of only issuers from financial services sector.

Eligibility criteria:
(♦) AAA-rated corporate bond issuers in the financial services sector with conservative rating of AAA only.
(♦.) Perpetual bonds, Floating rate bonds, Tax free bonds, CE/SO Rated, Partly Paid, Partial Redemption, Securitized debt and bonds with embedded call/put options are excluded from the universe of bonds.

(♦) Issuing entity should be domiciled in India and should satisfy either of the following amount outstanding criteria:

1. HFC issuers as available in the list mentioned on the nhb.org.in website with minimum outstanding amount of Rs.7000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 
2. NBFC issuers as available in the RBI list of Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) with minimum Outstanding amount of Rs.7000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 
3. Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) owned and managed by GOI as available in the RBI list of Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) with minimum outstanding amount of Rs.7000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 
4. Private and public sector banks as per RBI with minimum outstanding amount of Rs.3,30,000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 

Fund Managers of Kotak CRISIL-IBX AAA Bond Financial Services Index-Dec 2026 Fund

1) Abhishek Bisen

Education: Mr. Bisen is a BA and MBA in Finance.
Experience: Prior to joining Kotak AMC, he was working with Securities Trading Corporation Of India Ltd where he was looking at Sales & Trading of Fixed Income Products apart from doing Portfolio Advisory. His earlier assignments also include 2 years of merchant banking experience with a leading merchant banking firm. 

AMC

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd
Address: The Capital Building, Behind ICICI Bank,
G Block BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400051
Website: https://www.kotakmf.com/

Registrar & Transfer Agent

Computer Age Management Services Ltd.
Address: 7th Floor, Tower II, Rayala Towers, 158, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600002
Website: www.camsonline.com

Review for Kotak CRISIL-IBX AAA Bond Financial Services Index-Dec 2026 Fund @ sahifund.com by Paresh Gordhandas, C.A. & Research Analyst 

[ A ] Benchmark Performance of CRISIL-IBX AAA Financial Services-Dec 2026

Index objective:

Seeks to track the performance of AAA issuers from the financial services sector maturing near target date of the index. This is a sectoral index consisting of only issuers from financial services sector.

Eligibility criteria:

(♦) AAA-rated corporate bond issuers in the financial services sector with conservative rating of AAA only.
(♦.) Perpetual bonds, Floating rate bonds, Tax free bonds, CE/SO Rated, Partly Paid, Partial Redemption, Securitized debt and bonds with embedded call/put options are excluded from the universe of bonds.

(♦) Issuing entity should be domiciled in India and should satisfy either of the following amount outstanding criteria:
1. HFC issuers as available in the list mentioned on the nhb.org.in website with minimum outstanding amount of Rs.7000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 
2. NBFC issuers as available in the RBI list of Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) with minimum Outstanding amount of Rs.7000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 
3. Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) owned and managed by GOI as available in the RBI list of Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) with minimum outstanding amount of Rs.7000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 
4. Private and public sector banks as per RBI with minimum outstanding amount of Rs.3,30,000 Cr in all the bonds of the issuer across maturity. 

Study about Benchmark Index in details (Pages 103 to 105) 

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SEBI Full Details-KOTAK CRISIL-IBX AAA FINANCIAL SERVICES INDEX – DEC 2026

Note on Benchmark Performance:

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[ B ] Performance Review of the Fund Managers of this NFO

Past Performance of Abhishek Bisen

As on 24-1-2025

Note on Fund Managers’ performance

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[ C ] Conclusion
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Is it good to invest in Kotak CRISIL-IBX AAA Bond Financial Services Index-Dec 2026 NFO? 

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