December 31, 2024
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Kotak Nifty Smallcap 250 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 Smallcap 250 Index Fund Open Date, Close Date?
NFO opens on January 06, 2025
NFO will close on January 20, 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 | 06 January 2025 |
| Issue Close | 20 January 2025 |
| Type | Open-ended |
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
| Min. Investment(Rs) | 100 |
| Plans | Growth, IDCW |
| Lock-in Period | NA |
| Exit Load | 0 |
| Riskometer | Very High |
| Benchmark | NIFTY Smallcap 250 TRI |
About Benchmark Index for this NFO?
Nifty Smallcap 250 represents the balance 250 companies (companies ranked 251-500) from Nifty 500. This index intends to measure the performance of small market capitalisation companies.
Nifty Smallcap 250 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 Smallcap 250 can be used for a variety of purposes such as benchmarking fund portfolios, launching of index funds, ETFs and structured products.
Index Variant: Nifty Smallcap 250 Total Returns Index
Portfolio Characteristics
| Methodology | Free Float Market Capitalization |
| No. of Constituents | 250 |
| Launch Date | April 01, 2016 |
| Base Date | April 01, 2005 |
| Base Value | 1000 |
| Calculation Frequency | Real-Time |
| Index Rebalancing | Semi – Annually |
Fund Managers of Kotak Nifty Smallcap 250 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 Smallcap 250 Index Fund by Paresh Gordhandas, C.A., Research Analyst
[ A ] Benchmark Performance of NIFTY Smallcap 250 TRI
| Index Returns (%) | QTD | YTD | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Price Return | -3.77 | 26.17 | 33.69 | 29.68 | 15.73 |
| Total Return | -3.70 | 26.95 | 34.52 | 30.79 | 17.12 |
| Statistics ## | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Std. Deviation * | 20.36 | 20.53 | 21.69 |
| Beta (NIFTY 50) | 1.03 | 0.82 | 0.79 |
| Correlation (NIFTY 50) | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.78 |
Fundamentals
| P/E | P/B | Dividend Yield |
| 34.11 | 4.13 | 0.88 |
Top constituents by weightage
| Company’s Name | Weight(%) |
| Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. | 1.64 |
| Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. | 1.52 |
| Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. | 1.37 |
| Blue Star Ltd | 1.25 |
| Computer Age Management Services Ltd. | 1.23 |
| Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | 1.20 |
| Laurus Labs Ltd | 1.16 |
| National Aluminium Co. Ltd. | 1.13 |
| 360 ONE WAM Ltd | 1.13 |
| Radico Khaitan Ltd | 1.00 |
Note on Benchmark Performance:
[ B ] Performance Review of the Fund Managers of this NFO
Past Performance of Devender Singhal
| Fund | Kotak Nifty 50 ETF | It’s Benchmark | Kotak Nifty 50 Value 20 ETF | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 9.95 | 13.37 | 17.72 | 15.68 |
| 3 Year | 12.34 | 14.38 | 15.90 | 15.74 |
| 5 Year | 15.13 | 16.81 | 21.33 | 18.92 |
| 7 Year | 13.40 | 13.93 | 17.80 | 14.35 |
| 10 Year | 12.14 | 13.13 | — | — |
As on 31-12-2024
Past Performance of Satish Dondapati
| Fund | Kotak BSE Sensex ETF | It’s Benchmark | Kotak Nifty 50 ETF | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 9.27 | 13.37 | 9.95 | 13.37 |
| 3 Year | 11.72 | 14.38 | 12.34 | 14.38 |
| 5 Year | 14.52 | 16.81 | 15.13 | 16.81 |
| 7 Year | 13.63 | 13.93 | 13.40 | 13.93 |
| 10 Year | 12.13 | 13.13 | 12.14 | 13.13 |
As on 31-12-2024
Past Performance of Abhishek Bisen
| Fund | Kotak Equity Hybrid Fund | It’s Benchmark | Kotak Equity Savings Fund | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 23.07 | 15.52 | 12.77 | 11.01 |
| 3 Year | 17.20 | 14.30 | 12.58 | 10.20 |
| 5 Year | 19.48 | 16.43 | 12.15 | 10.89 |
| 7 Year | 15.09 | 13.05 | 10.61 | 9.67 |
| 10 Year | 14.61 | 12.86 | 10.34 | 9.32 |
As on 31-12-2024
Note on Fund Managers’ performance
[ C ] Conclusion
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