Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund NFO

March 18, 2025

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Investment Strategy for this NFO?

The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation from a portfolio that is invested predominantly in equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in Energy and Energy related activities.

Basic Details

Fund House	Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
Issue Open	03 April 2025
Issue Close	17 April 2025
Type	Open-ended
Category	Equity: Thematic-Energy
Min. Investment(Rs)	100
Plans	Growth, IDCW
Lock-in Period	NA
Exit Load	For units in excess of 10% of the investment, 1% will be charged for redemption within 1 year
Riskometer	Very High
Benchmark	NIFTY Energy TRI

About Benchmark Index for this NFO?

Nifty Energy Index includes companies belonging to Petroleum, Gas and Power sectors. The Index comprises of 40 companies listed on National Stock Exchange of India (NSE).

Nifty Energy Index is computed using free float market capitalization method, wherein the level of the index reflects the total free float market value of all the stocks in the index relative to particular base market capitalization value. Nifty Energy Index can be used for a variety of purposes such as benchmarking fund portfolios, launching of index funds, ETFs and structured products.

Index Variant: Nifty Energy Total Returns Index.

Portfolio Characteristics

Methodology	Periodic Capped Free Float
No. of Constituents	40
Launch Date	July 01, 2005
Base Date	January 01, 2001
Base Value	1000
Calculation Frequency	Real-Time
Index Rebalancing	Semi-Annually

Fund Managers of Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund

1) Harsha Upadhyaya

Education: Mr. Upadhyaya is a B.E (Mechanical) from NIT Suratkal, PGDM from IIM Lucknow and CFA from the CFA Institute, USA.
Experience: Prior to joining Kotak Mutual fund he has worked with DSP Mutual Fund and UTI AMC.

2) Mandar Pawar

Education: Mr. Pawar has done B.Com and MMS
Experience: Prior to joining Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund, he has worked with KR Choksey Securities and MF Global Sify Securities

3) 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 Energy Opportunities Fund @Sahifund.com by Paresh Gordhandas, C.A., Research Analyst

[ A ] Benchmark Performance of NIFTY Energy TRI

Index Returns (%)	QTD	YTD	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Price Return	-14.69	-14.69	-22.71	17.07	15.11
Total Return	-14.19	-14.19	-21.64	19.68	17.77

Statistics ##	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Std. Deviation *	24.74	23.49	24.96
Beta (NIFTY 50)	1.46	0.96	0.97
Correlation (NIFTY 50)	0.82	0.77	0.83

Fundamentals

P/E	P/B	Dividend Yield
13.84	2.15	2.71

Top constituents by weightage

Company’s Name	Weight(%)
Reliance Industries Ltd.	11.67
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.	10.16
Coal India Ltd.	9.74
NTPC Ltd	7.37
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.	5.68
Suzlon Energy Ltd.	5.29
GAIL (India) Ltd.	4.90
Siemens Ltd	3.67
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd.	3.29
Tata Power Co. Ltd.	2.86

Study about Benchmark Index in details

Note on Benchmark Performance:

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

Past Performance of Harsha Upadhyaya

Fund	Kotak Equity Opportunities Fund	It’s Benchmark	Kotak Flexicap Fund	It’s Benchmark
1 Year	6.28	2.83	5.56	3.05
3 Year	15.27	12.00	12.77	12.36
5 Year	23.68	22.87	20.57	23.67
7 Year	14.80	13.52	12.64	13.60
10 Year	13.32	11.96	12.07	12.32

As on 18-3-2025

Past Performance of Mandar Pawar

Fund	Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund	It’s Benchmark	Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund	It’s Benchmark
1 Year	2.49	3.86	—	—
3 Year	9.52	11.67	—	—
5 Year	—	—	—	—
7 Year	—	—	—	—
10 Year	—	—	—	—

As on 18-3-2025

Past Performance of Abhishek Bisen

Fund	Kotak Equity Hybrid Fund	It’s Benchmark	Kotak Equity Savings Fund	It’s Benchmark
1 Year	7.32	4.29	5.51	5.03
3 Year	11.57	12.09	9.58	9.28
5 Year	20.44	17.66	12.30	11.76
7 Year	12.55	12.04	9.12	9.16
10 Year	11.26	11.34	8.63	8.56