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CIO’s Comment
The news on the macro front is mixed. The monsoon remains weak and this is
causing a lot of concern. The rainfall till August 5th, 2009 is over 25% below
normal. 25 of the 36 divisions or nearly 70% of the country are facing deficient
rainfall. The forecast is that the rainfall will be 13% below the long term average.
The North West states, which account for a large part of our agricultural
produce, face a drought like situation. Sowing till July 31st, 2009 was down 5.5%
and the rice acreage is down 25%. The winter wheat crop may also be affected. A
Mr. Sashi Krishnan weak monsoon has implications for both GDP growth as well as fiscal deficit.
CIO, BALIC With agricultural output down and food grain production expected to reduce,
the GDP growth could drop by around 0.5%. There will be increased spending
on drought mitigation causing a further expansion in fiscal deficit. Food price inflation may also start
firming up.
However, news on the other fronts is positive. The core sector growth for June 2009 saw a rebound and
the growth was 6.9% as compared to 5.1% in the previous week. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
also grew by 2.7% in May 2009 as compared to 1.4% in April 2009. Manufacturing is showing signs of a
revival and posted a growth of 2.5% in May.
The Reserve Bank of India, in its first quarterly Monetary Policy for 2009-10, kept the repo rate, reverse
repo rate, CRR and SLR unchanged. RBI thus signaled that it would continue its accommodative
monetary policy stance till such time that it saw robust signs of economic recovery. Policy rates are now
at a historic low and would remain there till such time as inflation rises beyond RBI's comfort level or
growth get back to 7% levels.
The bond markets, unfortunately, did not respond RBI's easy monetary stance or the huge liquidity in the
system. The yield curve steepened and the 10-year benchmark government bond yield moved up 15
basis points to 7.15%.
In contrast, the equity markets rebounded after a sharp post budget correction. The main driver of the
equity markets was the spate of better than expected corporate results. Earnings growth in many
companies surprised positively. Though top line growth was flat, bottom line growth for the broad
market was in the region of 10%. The Sensex gained about 8% in the month, closing with a gain of 1177
points at 15670. The Sensex gain since March 31st, 2009 has been a staggering 76%, the highest 5
month gain ever in the Indian markets. The sectors that outperformed were the auto, FMCG, realty and
technology sectors. The only sector to give a negative return was the capital goods sector.
The equity markets will remain range bound in near future as there could be headwinds on the
monsoon front. The long term outlook however looks positive, especially with most macro indicators
pointing to a reversal.
MONTHLY INVESTMENT UPDATE - UNIT LINKED INSURANCE PLANS - AUGUST 2009
For investors who are not keen on taking on higher risk but desire to participate in the upside that an
equity investment offers, the Asset Allocation Fund is an ideal vehicle.
The primary determinant of risk and return in a portfolio is asset allocation. Portfolio returns are not
determined by market timing or security selection, but mainly by asset allocation decisions. Very often,
small investors do not have adequate knowledge or access to information to make an informed decision
regarding asset allocation. It is because of this that we offer investors an option of an Asset Allocation
Fund. In our Asset Allocation Fund, we give investors the benefit of superior asset allocation, that
enables the fund to lower risk and improve return by spreading the investment across a variety of asset
classes, that behave differently during market cycles. Small investors then benefit from strategies that
take advantage of the movement of asset prices resulting from changing financial and economic
conditions.
Currently, the asset allocation fund is invested to the extent of 48% in equity and 51% in debt securities.
Our long term outlook for equities remains sanguine. The Indian growth story still remains intact as it is
mainly driven by domestic consumption. We now observe that a number of macro indicators have
turned for the better and corporate earnings have surprised us positively – all of which is good for the
equity markets. We expect interest rates to remain soft, given RBI's accommodative monetary stance,
liquidity in the system and low inflation. Bond markets should therefore, remain stable.
The Asset Allocation Fund has outperformed its benchmark over the one year period as on 31st July,
2009. The Asset Allocation fund has also outperformed the benchmark CRISIL Balanced Fund Index by
6.9%.
Indices
This outperformance has been achieved through a dynamic asset allocation strategy and by judicious
stock selection.
MONTHLY INVESTMENT UPDATE - UNIT LINKED INSURANCE PLANS - AUGUST 2009
FUND PERFORMANCE
ASSET PROFILE
ASSET EQUITY
EQUITY - MID ETHICAL
ASSET CLASS ALLOCATION CASH FUNDS DEBT FUNDS FUNDS LARGE
CAP FUND
FUND CAP
SHARES 48.8% 0.0% 0.0% 91.1% 90.2% 90.7%
CORPORATE BONDS 31.9% 0.0% 73.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
FIXED DEPOSITS 11.3% 31.3% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS 4.4% 68.7% 8.5% 7.1% 9.3% 0.0%
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 2.7% 0.0% 16.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
MUTUAL FUND UNITS 0.8% 0.0% 0.4% 1.1% 0.5% 0.0%
TREASURY BILLS 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 9.3%
GRAND TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
FUND PERFORMANCE
Returns
Absolute Returns CAGR
FUND NAMES 3 month 6 months 1 year Returns since
inception CAGR
Asset Allocation Fund 17.27% 27.84% 18.14% 7.45%
Asset Allocation Pension Fund 16.00% 25.80% 17.05% 5.60%
* Returns are Absolute
Industry Distribution
Retail 17.28%
Bank 14.71%
Refinery 12.32%
Telecom 8.99%
Information Technology 8.42%
Pharma 7.61%
Oil & Gas 7.28%
Metals 5.91%
Diversified Financials 4.35%
Utilitties 4.31%
Automobile 2.74%
C apital Goods 2.33%
Real Estate 1.89%
C ement 1.87%
MONTHLY INVESTMENT UPDATE - UNIT LINKED INSURANCE PLANS - AUGUST 2009
Fund Exposure
Bank Deposits & Money Market Instruments 0% to 100%
A1+/P1+/INDF1
+/C AREPR1+
68.69%
AVERAGE MATURITY AND PORTFOLIO YTM
FUND CLASSIFICATION PORTFOLIO YTM
PORTFOLIO YTM Avg
Avg Duration
Duration
(( in
in years
years ))
CASH FUNDS
CASH FUNDS 9.95%
11.59% 0.29
0.55
Asset Profile
Maturity Profile
MONEY MARKET FIXED
INSTRUMENTS DEPOSITS
< 6 MONTHS
C ENTRAL 8.45% 0.85% MUTUAL FUND
GOVERNMENT 5.61%
UNITS > 6 YEARS 6-12 MONTHS
SEC URITIES 0.39% 28.25% 7.94%
16.87%
1-2 YEARS
4.76%
C ORPORATE
BONDS
73.44%
2-4 YEARS
4-6 YEARS
27.20%
26.25%
Fund Performance
Annualized Returns
FUND NAMES 1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year
Unit Gain - Debt 0.74% -0.17% 6.29% 15.79% Rating Profile
Unit Gain Plus - Debt Plus 4.24% 2.39% 8.82% 18.46%
Pension - Debt Plus Pension 0.94% 0.20% 8.30% 17.04%
Premier Debt Fund 0.09% 0.48% 6.82% 16.04%
Life Long Gain 3.49% 0.94% 7.88% 16.18% AA+/LAA/C ARE
AA+ DEPOSITS WITH
A1+/P1+/INDF1
1.27% BANKS
Bond Fund 4.18% 1.39% 8.55% 17.99% +/C AREPR1+
0.86%
8.49%
Premier Bond Fund 3.01% 0.54% 6.80% 15.37%
SOVEREIGN
Bond Pension Fund 5.44% 1.71% 9.23% 18.64%
16.93%
( in years )
DEBT FUNDS 7.94% 3.77
Capital Shield - 1
Capital Shield - 1 - Risk Profile - Low Company Name % Value % Total Value
CORPORATE BONDS 33.04%
EXIM 22.2%
POWER FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED 6.1%
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION CORPORATION 4.7%
MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS 3.95%
Investment Objectives CORPORATION BANK 1.6%
Other MMI 2.3%
FIXED DEPOSITS 44.13%
The investment objective of fund is to provide capital guarantee at maturity. The EXIM 28.1%
fund strategy would be to match capital guarantee at maturity by investing STATE BANK OF INDIA 16.0%
adequately in debt securities and mutual funds and rest in high rated secured SHARES 14.20%
CORPORATION BANK 2.9%
debentures to provide the benefit of diversification.
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD 2.9%
MASTEK LTD 2.7%
BAYER (INDIA) LTD 2.5%
AVENTIS PHARMA LTD 1.5%
ITC LTD 1.3%
TATA POWER COMPANY LTD 0.4%
MUTUAL FUND UNITS 5% 5%
Grand Total 100% 100%
Asset Profile
MUTUAL FUND
UNITS
4.87%
SHARES
14.79%
FIXED
DEPOSITS
45.95%
C ORPORATE
BONDS
34.39%
Rating Profile
P1+/A1+/C AREP
R1
4.87%
AAA
40.73%
Deposit with
Banks
54.40%
Returns
Absolute Returns
Fund Performance
Absolute Returns CAGR
FUND NAMES 3 months 6 months 1 Year 2 years 3 years Returns since
inception
Unit Gain – Equity 32.94% 59.25% 5.80% -0.12% 12.66% 14.81%
Unit Gain Plus - Equity Index 34.01% 60.29% 7.26% 1.33% 14.11% 22.55%
Pension - Equity Index Pension 33.46% 60.54% 7.32% 1.16% 14.07% 20.94%
Premier Equity Fund 33.62% 59.42% 5.89% 0.02% 12.70% 13.43%
Equity Index Fund II 33.78% 60.62% 7.53% 1.18% 13.64% 14.41%
Premier Nifty Index Fund 33.31% 59.46% 5.63% -0.41% 11.88% 12.57%
Equity Index Pension Fund II 33.26% 59.84% 6.84% 0.89% 13.24% 13.45%
Industry Distribution
Bank 16.72%
Refinery 11.53%
Capital Goods 11.40%
IT 11.36%
Retail 7.49%
Telecom 6.79%
Diversified Fin 6.55%
Metals 6.55%
Utilitties 6.18%
Oil & Gas
Asset Profile
5.10%
Automo bile 4.77% SHARES
Real Estate 99.37%
2.10%
Pharma 2.07%
Cement 1.41%
Fund Performance
Absolute Returns CAGR
FUND NAMES 3 months 6 months 1 year 2 years 3 years Returns since
CAGR CAGR inception CAGR
Unit Gain - Equity Gain 33.73% 56.98% 15.32% -0.02% 12.33% 23.19%
Unit Gain Plus - Equity Plus 35.25% 58.52% 17.13% 0.65% 13.42% 24.36%
Pension - Equity Plus Pension 37.40% 63.43% 24.39% 3.92% 15.92% 24.45%
Premier Equity Gain 37.01% 61.45% 18.86% 0.64% 13.26% 13.51%
Equity Growth Fund 32.80% 55.17% 7.09% -2.29% 9.72% 9.64%
Premier Equity Growth Fund 32.86% 54.39% 3.33% -5.87% 6.36% 7.39%
Equity Growth Pension Fund 35.50% 57.91% 7.47% -2.11% 8.81% 9.72%
Retail 11.50%
Refinery 11.29%
Information Technology 11.15%
Telecom 8.41%
Pharma 7.20%
Oil & Gas 6.63%
Metals 5.04%
Automobile 4.76%
Diversified Financials 4.41% Asset Profile
Utilitties 4.00% FIXED
MUTUAL FUND DEPOSITS
C apital Goods 3.71% UNITS 0.61% TREASURY BILLS
1.07% 0.18%
Real Estate 2.51%
MONEY MARKET
C ement 1.96% INSTRUMENTS
7.08%
Infrastructure 0.61%
Media 0.02%
SHARES
91.05%
Quaterly results for the first quarter of the current financial year have surprised positively with cost cutting measures contributing towards margin expansion and
improved profitability. We continue to maintain our overweight stance on pharmaceuticals and FMCG and would look at exploring stock specific investment
opportunities.
MONTHLY INVESTMENT UPDATE - UNIT LINKED INSURANCE PLANS - AUGUST 2009
Fund Performance
Absolute Returns CAGR
FUND NAMES 3 months 6 months 1 year 2 years 3 years Returns since
CAGR inception CAGR
Unit Gain Mid Cap 48.67% 68.88% 21.64% 4.55% 14.90% 21.52%
Unit Gain Mid Cap Plus 50.63% 72.52% 24.59% 6.95% 17.61% 23.68%
Unit Gain Mid Cap Plus Pension 54.20% 76.32% 29.08% 11.50% 20.73% 26.72%
Accelerator Mid cap Fund 50.43% 72.43% 14.18% 0.71% 11.82% 13.19%
Accelerator Mid Cap Pension Fund 55.75% 77.44% 16.29% 3.35% 14.45% 14.37%
Industry Distribution
Pharma 15.24%
Bank 12.86%
IT 11.87%
Retail 8.07%
C ement 7.64%
Infrastructure 6.85%
C apital Goods 4.50%
Logistics 4.33%
Automobile 4.25% Asset Profile
Telecom 3.87%
C hemicals 3.74% MUTUAL FUND
Fertilzers 2.87% UNITS
MONEY MARKET
Refinery 2.41% 0%
INSTRUMENTS
Oil & Gas 1.91%
9%
Textile 1.71%
Metals 1.63%
Pesticides 1.58%
Utilitties 1.32%
Diversified Fin 1.30%
Media 1.06%
Travel & Tourism 1.00%
SHARES
91%
Fund Performance
Absolute Returns CAGR
FUND NAMES 3 months 6 months 1 year 2 years Returns since
CAGR inception
Asset Profile
TREASURY BILLS
9.26%
SHARES
90.74%
Industry Distribution
Pharma 11.7%
Refinery 10.4%
Telecom 10.2%
C ement 7.3%
Oil & Gas 6.2%
Automobile 5.2%
Metals 3.9%
Infrastructure 3.3%
C apital Goods 3.2%
Diversified Fin 3.2%
Real Estate 2.5%
C hemicals 2.3%
Utilitties 1.4%