February 18, 2025
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Kotak Nifty Commodities Index Fund details, Fund Portfolio, Fund Returns, Peer Comparison, Mutual Fund Guidance @sahifund.com
Table of Contents:
- NFO Open date, Close date
- NFO Investment Strategy
- NFO Basic Details
- NFO Benchmark Index
- Performance Review of Fund Manager
- Should You Invest in this NFO?
- Invest Online
What is the Kotak Nifty Commodities Index Fund Open Date, Close Date?
NFO opens on February 17, 2025
NFO will close on March 03, 2025
Investment Strategy for this NFO?
The scheme seeks to provide returns that, before expenses, corresponding to the total returns of the securities as represented by the underlying index, subject to tracking errors.
Basic Details
| Fund House | Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund |
| Issue Open | 17 February 2025 |
| Issue Close | 03 March 2025 |
| Type | Open-ended |
| Category | Equity: Thematic |
| Min. Investment(Rs) | 100 |
| Plans | Growth, IDCW |
| Lock-in Period | NA |
| Exit Load | 0 |
| Riskometer | Very High |
| Benchmark | NIFTY Commodities TRI |
About Benchmark Index for this NFO?
The Nifty Commodities Index is designed to reflect the behaviour and performance of a diversified portfolio of companies representing the commodities segment which includes sectors like Oil, Petroleum Products, Cement, Power, Chemical, Sugar, Metals and Mining. The Nifty Commodities Index comprises of 30 companies that are listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
At the time of rebalancing of shares/ change in index constituents/ change in investible weight factors (IWFs), the weightage of the index constituent (where applicable) is capped at 10%. Nifty Commodities 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 Commodities Total Returns Index.
Portfolio Characteristics
| Methodology | Periodic Capped Free Float MCap |
| No. of Constituents | 30 |
| Launch Date | September 07, 2011 |
| Base Date | January 01, 2004 |
| Base Value | 1000 |
| Calculation Frequency | Real-Time |
| Index Rebalancing | Semi-Annually |
Fund Managers of Kotak Nifty Commodities Index Fund
1) Devender Singhal
Education: Mr. Singhal has done B.A. (Maths) from Delhi University and PGDM, Finance from Fore School of Management, Delhi.
Experience: Prior to joining Kotak Mahindra AMC , he has worked with Kotak Securities Ltd.(July 2007 — January 2009) ,Religare (February 2006 — June 2007), Karvy (July 2004 — January 2006), P N Vijay Financial Services Pvt Ltd(2001 — 2004) and Dundee Mutual Fund( Summer Trainee ) (May 2000 — June 2000 ).
2) Satish Dondapati
Education: Mr. Dondapati has done MBA Finance
Experience: Prior to joining Kotak Mutual fund he has worked with Centurian Bank Of Punjab, Bajaj Capital Ltd.
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 Nifty Commodities Index Fund by Paresh Gordhandas, C.A., Research Analyst
[ A ] Benchmark Performance of NIFTY Commodities TRI
| Index Returns (%) | QTD | YTD | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Price Return | -0.43 | -0.43 | 1.41 | 19.69 | 10.41 |
| Total Return | -0.24 | -0.24 | 2.44 | 21.47 | 12.43 |
| Statistics ## | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Std. Deviation * | 21.92 | 22.66 | 24.74 |
| Beta (NIFTY 50) | 1.34 | 1.00 | 1.04 |
| Correlation (NIFTY 50) | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.90 |
Fundamentals
| P/E | P/B | Dividend Yield |
| 18.17 | 2.11 | 2.37 |
Top constituents by weightage
| Company’s Name | Weight(%) |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | 10.57 |
| NTPC Ltd. | 8.56 |
| UltraTech Cement Ltd. | 7.31 |
| Tata Steel Ltd. | 6.23 |
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd | 5.68 |
| Grasim Industries Ltd. | 5.20 |
| JSW Steel Ltd. | 5.06 |
| Coal India Ltd. | 5.01 |
| Hindalco Industries Ltd. | 4.82 |
| Vedanta Ltd. | 4.18 |
Note on Benchmark Performance:
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[ B ] Performance Review of the Fund Managers of this NF
Past Performance of Devender Singhal
| Fund | Kotak Nifty 50 ETF | It’s Benchmark | Kotak Nifty 50 Value 20 ETF | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 5.37 | 5.07 | 4.56 | 3.10 |
| 3 Year | 11.06 | 12.24 | 14.41 | 12.87 |
| 5 Year | 14.90 | 16.01 | 19.99 | 17.16 |
| 7 Year | 13.06 | 13.40 | 16.92 | 13.50 |
| 10 Year | 11.11 | 11.84 | — | — |
As on 18-2-2025
Past Performance of Satish Dondapati
| Fund | Kotak BSE Sensex ETF | It’s Benchmark | Kotak Nifty 50 ETF | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 5.88 | 5.07 | 5.37 | 5.07 |
| 3 Year | 10.58 | 12.24 | 11.06 | 12.24 |
| 5 Year | 14.15 | 16.01 | 14.90 | 16.01 |
| 7 Year | 13.20 | 13.40 | 13.06 | 13.40 |
| 10 Year | 11.14 | 11.84 | 11.11 | 11.84 |
As on 18-2-2025
Past Performance of Abhishek Bisen
| Fund | Kotak Equity Hybrid Fund | It’s Benchmark | Kotak Equity Savings Fund | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 10.01 | 4.02 | 6.48 | 6.43 |
| 3 Year | 13.84 | 11.67 | 11.14 | 9.45 |
| 5 Year | 17.21 | 14.83 | 11.34 | 10.22 |
| 7 Year | 14.17 | 12.24 | 10.21 | 9.26 |
| 10 Year | 13.05 | 11.47 | 9.77 | 8.63 |
As on 18-2-2025
Note on Fund Managers’ performance
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[ C ] Conclusion
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