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PGIM India Mutual Fund
SCHEME INFORMATION DOCUMENT (SID)
SECTION - I
PGIM INDIA MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
(Multi Asset Allocation Fund - An open ended scheme investing in Equity and Equity related
instruments, Debt & Money Market instruments, Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs)
Product labeling for the scheme is as follows: (Con Std Obvs 3)
This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*
• Capital appreciation over a Scheme Riskometer Benchmark Riskometer
long period of time
• Investments in a
diversified portfolio of
equity & equity related
instruments, Debt & Money
Market Instruments, and
Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs.
The risk of the scheme is Very High The risk of the benchmark is
Very High
AMFI Tier 1 Benchmark –
60% of Nifty 500 TRI+ 20%
of Crisil Short Term Bond
Index + 10% of Domestic
prices of Gold + 10% of
Domestic prices of Silver
*Investors should consult their financial advisers if in doubt about whether the product is suitable for
them.
The above product labeling assigned during the New Fund Offer (NFO) is based on internal
assessment of the scheme characteristics or model portfolio and the same may vary post NFO when
actual investments are made.
Offer for Units of Rs. 10/- each for cash during the New Fund Offer Period and Continuous
offer for Units at NAV based prices
New Fund Offer Opens on: __________
New Fund Offer Closes on: __________
Scheme Re-opens on: ___________
Name of the Mutual Fund PGIM India Mutual Fund
Name of the Asset Management PGIM India Asset Management Private Limited
Company
Name of the Trustee Company PGIM India Trustees Private Limited
Address of the entities 4th Floor, C Wing, Laxmi Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400051.
Website https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds
Page 1 of 70The particulars of the Scheme have been prepared in accordance with the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996, (herein after referred to as SEBI
(MF) Regulations) as amended till date, and circulars issued thereunder filed with SEBI, along
with a Due Diligence Certificate from the AMC. The units being offered for public subscription
have not been approved or recommended by SEBI nor has SEBI certified the accuracy or
adequacy of the Scheme Information Document. (Con Std Obvs 55)
The Scheme Information Document sets forth concisely the information about the Scheme that a
prospective investor ought to know before investing. Before investing, investors should also ascertain
about any further changes to this Scheme Information Document after the date of this Document from
the Mutual Fund / Investor Service Centres / Website / Distributors or Brokers.
The investors are advised to refer to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for details of
PGIM India Mutual Fund, Standard Risk Factors, Special Considerations, Tax and Legal issues
and general information on https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds
SAI is incorporated by reference (is legally a part of the Scheme Information Document). For a
free copy of the current SAI, please contact your nearest Investor Service Centre or log on to our
website, https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds.
The Scheme Information Document (Section I and II) should be read in conjunction with the SAI
and not in isolation.
This Scheme Information Document is dated July 10, 2025
Page 2 of 70Contents
PART I. HIGHLIGHTS / SUMMARY OF THE SCHEME .................................................................. 4
PART II. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME .......................................................................... 12
A. HOW WILL THE SCHEME ALLOCATE ITS ASSETS? .................................................. 12
B. WHERE WILL THE SCHEME INVEST? ......................................................................... 16
C. WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES? ............................................................ 17
D. HOW WILL THE SCHEME BENCHMARK ITS PERFORMANCE? ............................. 19
E. WHO MANAGES THE SCHEME? .................................................................................... 19
F. HOW IS THE SCHEME DIFFERENT FROM EXISTING SCHEMES OF THE MUTUAL
FUND? .......................................................................................................................................... 22
G. HOW HAS THE SCHEME PERFORMED? ....................................................................... 22
H. ADDITIONAL SCHEME RELATED DISCLOSURES: .................................................... 22
PART III- OTHER DETAILS .............................................................................................................. 24
A. COMPUTATION OF NAV ................................................................................................ 24
B. NEW FUND OFFER (NFO) EXPENSES ............................................................................ 25
C. ANNUAL SCHEME RECURRING EXPENSES ................................................................ 25
D. LOAD STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................... 28
SECTION II .......................................................................................................................................... 30
I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 30
A. DEFINITIONS/INTERPRETATION ................................................................................... 30
B. RISK FACTORS ................................................................................................................ 30
C. RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES: ................................................................................. 40
II. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME: ................................................................................. 42
A. WHERE WILL THE SCHEME INVEST .......................................................................... 42
B. WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS? ...................................................... 44
C. FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTES ...................................................................................... 52
D. OTHER SCHEME SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES: ................................................................. 52
III. OTHER DETAILS ....................................................................................................................... 65
A. PERIODIC DISCLOSURES: ............................................................................................... 65
B. TRANSPARENCY/NAV DISCLOSURE: .......................................................................... 66
C. TRANSACTION CHARGES AND STAMP DUTY: ........................................................... 67
D. ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS: ......................................................................................... 67
E. TAXATION:.......................................................................................................................... 67
F. RIGHTS OF UNITHOLDERS: ............................................................................................ 69
G. LIST OF OFFICIAL POINTS OF ACCEPTANCE: ............................................................ 69
H. PENALTIES, PENDING LITIGATION OR PROCEEDINGS, FINDINGS OF
INSPECTIONS OR INVESTIGATIONS FOR WHICH ACTION MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN
OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN BY ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY ...... 69
Page 3 of 70Part I. HIGHLIGHTS / SUMMARY OF THE SCHEME
Sr. Title Description
No.
I. Name of the PGIM India Multi Asset Allocation Fund
Scheme (Con
Std Obvs 1)
II. Category of the Multi Asset Allocation Fund
Scheme
III. Scheme Type An open ended scheme investing in Equity and Equity related
(Con Std Obvs instruments, Debt & Money Market instruments, Gold ETFs & Silver
ETFs.
1)
IV. Scheme Code To be applied during NFO
(Con Std Obvs
7)
V. Investment The investment objective of the Scheme is to seek to generate long
objective term capital appreciation by investing in multiple asset classes
(Con Std Obvs including equity and equity related securities, debt and money market
instruments, Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs.
5, 26)
However, there is no assurance that the investment objective of the
scheme will be achieved. The Scheme does not guarantee/ indicate any
returns.
VI. Liquidity / listing The Scheme offers Units for Subscription/switch in and
details Redemption/switch out at NAV based prices on all Business Days on
an ongoing basis, commencing not later than 5 business days from the
date of allotment.
The AMC shall dispatch the redemption proceeds within 3 business
days from date of receipt of valid redemption request from the Unit
holder.
In case of exceptional circumstances as prescribed under paragraph
14.1.3 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds and amended from
time to time, redemption or repurchase proceeds shall be transferred /
dispatched to Unitholders within the time frame prescribed for such
exceptional circumstances.
Currently the Units of the Scheme are not proposed to be listed on any
stock exchange.
VII. Benchmark (Total 60% of Nifty 500 TRI+ 20% of Crisil Short Term Bond Index + 10%
Return Index) of Domestic prices of Gold + 10% of Domestic prices of Silver.
(Std Obvs 9) The above benchmark suits the expected scheme composition.
As required under clause 1.9 of Master Circular, the benchmark has
(Con Std Obvs
been selected from amongst those notified by AMFI as the first tier
25, 26)
benchmark to be adopted by mutual funds and which are reflective of
the category of the scheme.
Page 4 of 70The Trustee/AMC reserves the right to change the benchmark in future
which is suitable to the investment objective of scheme and as
prescribed by AMFI from time to time, subject to prior approval from
SEBI.
VIII. NAV Disclosure The AMC will calculate and disclose the first NAV not later than 5
business days from the date of allotment. Subsequently the AMC will
(Con Std Obvs calculate and update the NAV of the Scheme on all the Business Days.
The AMC shall update the NAVs on the website of the AMC
40, 41)
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds) and of the Association of
Mutual Funds in India – AMFI (https://www.amfiindia.com) before
11.00 p.m. on every Business Day.
For further details, please refer Section II.
IX. Applicable Dispatch of redemption proceeds:
Timelines
The AMC shall dispatch the redemption proceeds within 3 business
days from date of receipt of valid redemption request from the Unit
holder. In case of exceptional situations listed in AMFI Circular No.
AMFI/35P/MEMCOR/ 74/2022-23 dated January 16, 2023,
redemption payment would be made within the permitted additional
timelines
Dispatch of IDCW:
The IDCW proceeds shall be remitted to the Unitholder within 7
business days from the record date.
X. Plans & Options The Scheme shall offer two plans viz. Regular Plan and Direct Plan.
Plans/Options and Direct Plan is only for investors who purchase /subscribe Units in the
sub options under Scheme directly with the Fund and is not available for investors who
the Scheme route their investments through a Distributor and is offered in
accordance with paragraph 2.5 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual
Funds.
Each Plan has two Options, viz., Growth Option and Income
Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal (IDCW) Option. IDCW Option
has the following two facilities:
i. Payout of Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal facility
(IDCW-Payout);
ii. Reinvestment of Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal
facility (IDCW- Reinvestment).
Default Option/facility:
The investor must clearly specify his/her choice of Option/facility in
the application form, in the absence of which, the Default
Option/facility would be applicable and the application will be
processed accordingly:
Page 5 of 70Default Option: Growth Option (if the investor has not indicated
choice between ‘Growth’ or ‘IDCW Option).
Default facility Under IDCW Option: IDCW Reinvestment
All plans/options under the Scheme shall have common portfolio.
Kindly refer SAI for detailed disclosure on:
i. Default plans and options;
ii. Treatment of purchase/switch/ Systematic Investment Plans
(SIPs)/ Systematic Transfer Plans (STPs) transactions
received through distributors who are suspended temporarily
or terminated permanently by AMFI.
iii. Treatment of applications under “Direct” / “Regular” Plans;
iv. Other updates
XI. Load structure Exit Load :-
(Con Std Obvs For each purchase of units through Lumpsum / switch‐in / Systematic
Investment Plan (SIP) and Systematic Transfer Plan (STP), exit load
47)
will be as follows:
• For Exits within 90 days from date of allotment of units : 0.50%.
• For Exits beyond 90 days from date of allotment of units : NIL
The entire exit load (net of Goods and Service Tax), charged, if any,
shall be credited to the Scheme.
The AMC reserves the right to change / modify the Load structure of
the Scheme, subject to maximum limits as prescribed under the SEBI
(MF) Regulations and circulars issued thereunder from time to time.
XII. Minimum • During NFO: Offer for Units of Rs. 10/- each for cash
Application
amount / switch in • On continuous basis: Offer for Units of Rs. 10/- Per Unit at NAV
based prices
• Initial Purchase/Switch-In - Minimum of Rs. 5,000/- and in
multiples of Re.1/- thereafter.
XIII. Minimum Additional Purchase - Minimum of Rs.1,000/- and in multiples of
Additional Re.1/-thereafter.
Purchase amount
XIV. Minimum Redemption / Switch out – Minimum amount of Rs. 1000/- and in
Redemption / multiples of Re.1/- thereafter or account balance whichever is lower.
switch out amount
XV. New Fund Offer NFO opens on: _______________
Period NFO closes on: ________________
This is the period
during The AMC/Trustee reserves the right to close the NFO of the Scheme
which a new before the above mentioned date.
scheme sells its
units to the In line with the SEBI circular SEBI/HO/IMD/IMD-RAC-
investors. 2/P/CIR/2023/60 dated April 25, 2023, the New Fund Offer of the
(Con Std Obvs Scheme shall be kept open for subscription for a minimum period of 3
working days.
34)
Page 6 of 70The AMC/Trustee reserves the right to extend the closing date of the
New Fund Offer Period, subject to the condition that the New Fund
Offer shall not be kept open for more than 15 days. Any such changes
shall be announced by way of a newspaper advertisement in one
vernacular daily of Mumbai and one English national daily.
XVI. New Fund Offer The New Fund Offer price will be Rs. 10 /- per unit.
Price This is the
price per unit that
the investors have
to pay to invest
during the NFO
XVII. Segregated The AMC has a written down policy on Creation of segregated
portfolio/side portfolio which is approved by the Trustees. Creation of Segregated
pocketing Portfolio shall be subject to guidelines specified by SEBI from time to
disclosure time.
(Con Std Obvs Creation of Segregated portfolio is optional and is at the discretion of
the AMC. For details, kindly refer SAI.
53)
XVIII. Swing pricing Not Applicable, as scheme is a Hybrid Scheme.
disclosure
(Con Std Obvs
54)
XIX. Stock The Scheme has enabling provision for stock lending / short selling.
lending/short
selling For details on stock lending and short selling, kindly refer SAI.
XX. How to Apply and Investor can obtain application form / Key Information Memorandum
other details (KIM) from AMC branch offices, Investor services centers and RTA’s
(KFIN) branch office. Investors can also download application form /
(Con Std Obvs Key Information Memorandum (KIM) from our website
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds).
35)
The list of the Investor Service Centres (ISCs)/Official Points of
Acceptance (OPAs) of the Mutual Fund is available on the website of
the AMC. i.e. https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds.
Please refer to the SAI and Application form for the instructions.
For further details, please refer Section II.
XXI. Investor services Investors may make any service request or complaints or enquiries by
calling the AMC’s Investor Helpline "1800 266 7446 ", "1800 209
7446" (toll-free) or send an e-mail to care@pgimindia.co.in
The customer service representatives may require personal
information of the customer for verification of the customer’s identity
in order to protect confidentiality of information. The AMC will at all
Page 7 of 70times endeavour to handle transactions efficiently and to resolve any
grievances promptly. For any queries / complaints / feedbacks
investors may contact:
Mr. Ranjit Venugopal,
PGIM India Mutual Fund
Investor Relations Officer
1 D, First Floor, Century Plaza
No. 560/561 - Anna Salai, Teynampet
Chennai – 600018.
Tel: +91-44-40745800.
XXII. Specific attribute Not Applicable
of the scheme (such
as lock in, duration
in case of target
maturity
scheme/close
ended schemes) (as
applicable)
XXIII. Special The Special Products / Facilities available on an ongoing basis are as
product/facility follows:
available during
the NFO and on i. Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
ongoing basis
SIP is a facility provided to unitholders to invest specified amounts in
the Scheme at regular / specified frequency and a specified period by
providing a single mandate / standing instruction:
ii. Top-up facility under Systematic Investment Plan
This facility will enable the investors to increase their contribution in
an SIP at pre-determine intervals by a fixed amount during the tenure
of SIP (except under Micro-SIP).
iii. Systematic Investment Plan (‘SIP’) Pause Facility
This facility is available for investors who wish to temporarily pause
their SIP in the schemes of the Mutual Fund.
iv. Systematic Transfer Plan (STP)
STP is an investment plan enabling Unitholders to transfer specified
amounts from one scheme of the Mutual Fund (‘Source scheme’) to
another (‘Target scheme’) on a recurrent basis for a specified period at
specified frequency, by providing a single mandate / standing
instruction. On the specified STP transaction dates, Units under the
Source scheme will be redeemed at the applicable redemption price,
and admissible units will be allotted under the Target scheme as per
the investor’s STP mandate.
v. Top-up facility under Systematic Transfer Plan
Page 8 of 70This facility will enable the investors to increase the transfer amounts
between funds at regular intervals.
vi. Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP)
SWP is a facility that enables Unitholders to withdraw specified
amounts from the Scheme on a recurrent basis for a specified period at
specified frequency by providing a single mandate/ standing
instruction.
vii. Top-up facility under Systematic Withdrawal Plan
This facility will enable the investors to increase their withdrawal
amounts at predefined intervals.
viii. Facility to transact in the Scheme through MF Utility Portal
MF Utilities Portal (MFUP) acts as a transaction aggregation portal for
transacting in multiple schemes of various mutual funds with a single
form and a single payment instrument.
Investors/ prospective investors can submit their financial and non-
financial transactions pertaining to the Scheme through MFUP either
electronically on the online transaction portal of MF Utility India
Private Limited (MFUI) (www.mfuonline.com) or physically (in
prescribed application form) at any of the authorised Point of Service
locations (“MFU POS”) designated by MFUI from time to time.
ix. Facility to Purchase/Redeem Units of the Scheme(s) through Stock
Exchange(s)
Investors can purchase/redeem units of the Scheme on Mutual Fund
Services System (MFSS) of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.
(NSE) and BSE StAR MF platform (BSE StAR MF) of the BSE
Limited (BSE). Switching of units will not be permitted under MFSS.
However, unitholders can switch the units of eligible scheme on BSE
StAR MF platform. Investors can avail Systematic Investment Plan
(SIP) facility for purchasing units of the Scheme on MFSS and BSE
StAR MF platform
x. Application / Request Through Fax / Online Transactions
Through this facility the investor can invest by the following ways :
a. Transaction by Fax
b. Transaction by E-Fax and E-mail
c. Online Transaction through the Mutual Fund’s website
d. Application via electronic mode (through Channel Partners)
xi. Capital Appreciation facility under Systematic Transfer Plan (STP);
Capital Appreciation facility under STP enables Unitholders to
transfer specified capital appreciation amounts from one scheme of the
Mutual Fund (‘Source scheme’) to another (‘Target scheme’) on a
recurrent basis for a specified period at specified frequency, by
providing a single mandate / standing instruction. On the specified
Page 9 of 70STP transaction dates, Units under the Source scheme will be
redeemed at the applicable redemption price, and admissible units will
be allotted under the Target scheme as per the investor’s STP mandate.
In the above facility, the entire capital appreciation amount will be
transferred/withdrawn (subject to a minimum of INR 1,000).
xii. Capital Appreciation facility under Systematic Withdrawal
Plan (SWP):
Capital Appreciation facility under SWP enables Unitholders to
withdraw specified capital appreciation amounts from the Scheme on
a recurrent basis for a specified period at specified frequency at the
applicable redemption price by providing a single mandate/ standing
instruction.
In the above facility, the entire capital appreciation amount will be
transferred/withdrawn (subject to a minimum of INR 1,000).
xiii. Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) Auto Renewal Facility:
Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) Auto Renewal Facility enables
investors who are giving a perpetual One Time Mandate but not
investing in SIPs for a perpetual period and opt to invest for a specific
period (eg. 5 years, 10 years etc.), can further opt for Auto Renewal
facility to remain invested continuously and to maintain investment
discipline.
For further details of above special products / facilities, kindly
refer SAI.
XXIV. Weblink This is a new Scheme and hence the same is not applicable
Page 10 of 70DUE DILIGENCE BY THE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
It is confirmed that:
(i) The Scheme Information Document submitted to SEBI is in accordance with the SEBI (Mutual
Funds) Regulations, 1996 and the guidelines and directives issued by SEBI from time to time;
(ii) All legal requirements connected with the launching of the Scheme and also the guidelines,
instructions, etc., issued by the Government and any other competent authority in this behalf,
have been duly complied with;
(iii) The disclosures made in the Scheme Information Document are true, fair and adequate to enable
the investors to make a well informed decision regarding investment in the scheme;
(iv) The intermediaries named in the Scheme Information Document and Statement of Additional
Information are registered with SEBI and their registration is valid, as on date.
(v) The contents of the Scheme Information Document including figures, data, yields etc. have been
checked and are factually correct.
(vi) A confirmation that the AMC has complied with the compliance checklist applicable for Scheme
Information Documents and other than cited deviations/ that there are no deviations from the
regulations. (Con Std Obvs 55)
(vii) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Scheme Information Document, the provisions of the
SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 and the guidelines there under shall be applicable.
(viii) The Trustees have ensured that PGIM India Multi Asset Allocation Fund approved by them is a
new product offered by PGIM India Mutual Fund and is not a minor modification of any existing
scheme/fund/product.
Signature : Sd/-
Date: July 10, 2025 Name : Sandeep Kamath
Place: Mumbai Designation : Compliance Officer
Page 11 of 70Part II. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME
A. HOW WILL THE SCHEME ALLOCATE ITS ASSETS? (Std Obvs 14)
The asset allocation in the Scheme under normal circumstances will be as follows:
Instruments Indicative Allocations (% of total
assets)
Minimum Maximum
Equity & Equity related instruments (including
30% 70%
Derivatives)
Debt and money market instruments 10% 35%
Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs
10% 25%
Units issued by REITs & InvITs
0% 10%
If the Scheme decides to invest in foreign securities including overseas ETFs, such investments will not
exceed 15% of the net assets of the Scheme. The Scheme intends to invest up to USD 5 million in
overseas securities. The said limit shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of closure of
NFO. Thereafter, the Scheme will follow the norms applicable to ongoing schemes as specified by SEBI
from time to time.
The Maximum exposure to derivatives shall not exceed 50% of the net assets of the scheme. The
Scheme may take a derivatives position based on the opportunities available subject to the guidelines
issued by SEBI from time to time and in line with the investment objective of the Scheme. These may
be taken to hedge the portfolio, rebalance the same or to undertake any other strategy as permitted under
SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations from time to time. However, the exposure to short positions in the
scheme using stock or index derivatives shall be only for hedging purposes.
In terms of SEBI Circular no SEBI/HO/IMD/DF2/CIR/P/2021/024 dated March 04, 2021 the
cumulative gross exposure through equity, debt, derivative positions (and fixed income derivatives),
repo transactions and credit default swaps in corporate debt securities, Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs), Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs, and other permitted
securities/assets and such other securities/assets as may be permitted by the Board from time to time,
subject to regulatory approvals, if any, should not exceed 100% of the net assets of the scheme.
Subject to the SEBI (Mutual Fund) regulations and in accordance with Securities Lending Scheme,
1997, SEBI Circular No. MFD/CIR/01/047/99 dated February 10, 1999, SEBI circular No.
SEBI/MD/CIR No. 14/187175/2009 dated December 15, 2009 and framework for short selling and
borrowing and lending of securities notified by SEBI vide circular No. MRD/DoP/SE/ Dep/Cir – 4/2007
dated December 20, 2007, as may be amended from time to time, the Scheme may engage in short
selling of Securities. The scheme may also engage in securities lending; provided however that the
Scheme shall not deploy more than 20% of its net assets in securities lending.
If the Scheme decides to invest in securitised debt, such investments will not, exceed 20% of the net
assets of the scheme. The scheme may invest in debt instruments having structured obligations / credit
enhancements which shall not exceed 10% of the debt portfolio of the scheme and group exposure in
such instruments shall not exceed 5% of the debt portfolio of the scheme. The Scheme may invest in
Credit Default Swaps (CDS) in accordance with SEBI Circular No. CIR/IMD/DF/23/2012 dated
November 15, 2012. (Std Obvs 4)
Page 12 of 70The scheme may participate in corporate bond repo transactions and in accordance with extant
SEBI/RBI guidelines and any subsequent amendments thereto specified by SEBI and/or RBI from time
to time. Gross exposure of the scheme to repo transactions in corporate debt securities shall not be more
than 10% of the net assets of the scheme.
The Scheme doesn’t intend to invest in debt instruments including Tier 1 bonds and Tier 2 bonds issued
under Basel III framework with special features viz. subordination to equity (absorbs losses before
equity capital) and /or convertible to equity upon trigger of a prespecified event for loss absorption.
The scheme may invest the funds of the Scheme in the liquid & debt schemes (including overnight
fund) of PGIM India Mutual Fund and the AMC would not charge any investment management fees on
such investments. The aggregate inter scheme investment made by all the schemes under the same
management or in schemes under management of any other asset management company shall not
exceed 5% of the net asset value of the Fund.
The scheme intends to maintain a minimum 65% gross equity exposure and hence shall be treated as
an equity-oriented fund for the purpose of taxation and maximum permissible Total expense Ratio
(TER) in line with SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996.
Pending deployment of funds of the Scheme in securities in terms of the investment objective of the
Scheme the AMC may park the funds of the Scheme in short term deposits of scheduled commercial
banks, subject to the guidelines issued by SEBI vide its circular dated April 16, 2007, August 16, 2019
and September 20, 2019, as amended from time to time.
Indicative Table: (Actual instrument/percentages may vary subject to applicable SEBI circulars)
(Con Std Obvs 18)
Sr. Type of Percentage of exposure Circular references
No. Instrument (Con Std Obvs 19)
1. Derivatives for The maximum exposure to Paragraph 12.25 of SEBI
hedging purpose derivatives shall not exceed 50% of Master Circular for Mutual
the net asset of the scheme. Funds.
(Std Obvs 5)
2. Securitized Debt Investment in securitized debt shall Paragraph 12.15 of SEBI
not exceed 20% of the net assets of the Master Circular for Mutual
scheme. Funds.
3. Debt Instruments The Scheme doesn’t intend to invest Paragraph 12.2 of SEBI
with special in debt instruments including Tier 1 Master Circular for Mutual
features AT1 and bonds and Tier 2 bonds issued under Funds.
AT2 Bonds Base III framework with special
features viz. subordination to equity
(absorbs losses before equity capital)
and /or convertible to equity upon
trigger of a prespecified event for loss
absorption.
4. Debt Instruments The scheme may invest in debt Paragraph 12.3 of SEBI Master
with SO / CE instruments having structured Circular for Mutual Funds.
obligations / credit enhancements.
Such investment shall not exceed 10%
of the debt portfolio of the scheme.
Page 13 of 70(group exposure in such instruments
shall not exceed 5% of the debt
portfolio of the scheme.)
5. Stock lending and The Scheme may also engage in Paragraph 12.11 of SEBI
Borrowing securities lending. Master Circular for Mutual
Funds.
Shall not exceed 20% of its net assets
in securities lending
Shall not exceed 5% of the net assets
of the Scheme shall be deployed in
securities lending to any single
counterparty.
(Std Obvs 6)
6. Overseas Investments in Overseas securities Paragraph 12.19 of SEBI
Investments will not exceed 15% of the net assets Master Circular for Mutual
of the Scheme. Funds.
(Con Std Obvs 11, 15, 16)
7. ReITs and InVITs The scheme may invest upto 10% of Paragraph 12.21 of SEBI
the net assets in units of REITs and Master Circular for Mutual
INVITs and not more than 5% of the Funds.
net assets of the Scheme will be
invested in REITs and INVITs of any
single issuer.
8. Tri – Party Repos The scheme may invest upto 20% in -
tri – party repo transactions.
9. Other/own mutual The scheme may invest in the units of Clause 4 of Seventh Schedule
funds Mutual Fund Schemes. of SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations, 1996.
Such investment shall not exceed 5%
of the net asset value of the Fund.
10. Repo/ reverse repo The scheme may participate in Paragraph 12.18 of SEBI
transactions in corporate bond repo transactions. Master Circular for Mutual
corporate debt Funds.
securities Such investment shall not exceed 10%
of the net assets of the scheme.
11. Credit Default The scheme will not participate in __
Swaps transactions Credit Default Swaps
12. Short selling of The Scheme may engage in short Paragraph 12.11 of SEBI
securities selling of securities. Master Circular for Mutual
(Std Obvs 6) Funds.
13. Investment in Yes in accordance with SEBI Paragraph 1.10.3 of SEBI
triparty repo on guidelines. Master Circular for Mutual
Government Funds.
securities or
Page 14 of 70treasury bills
before the closure
of NFO.
In terms of paragraph 12.24 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds, the cumulative gross exposure
through equity, debt, money market instruments and derivative positions, repo transactions in corporate
debt securities, Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs and other permitted securities/assets and such other
securities/assets as may be permitted by the Board from time to time shall not exceed 100% of the net
assets of the scheme. (Con Std Obvs 17)
Pending deployment of funds of the Scheme in securities in terms of the investment objective of the
Scheme the AMC may park the funds of the Scheme in short term deposits of scheduled commercial
banks, subject to the guidelines prescribed under paragraph 12.16 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual
Funds, as amended from time to time. The Scheme will comply with the following
guidelines/restrictions for parking of funds in short term deposits:-
a. "Short Term" for parking of funds shall be treated as a period not exceeding 91 days.
b. Such short-term deposits shall be held in the name of the Scheme.
c. The Scheme shall not park more than 15% of the net assets in short term deposit(s) of all the
scheduled commercial banks put together. However, such limit may be raised to 20% with the
approval of the Trustee.
d. Parking of funds in short term deposits of associate and sponsor scheduled commercial banks
together shall not exceed 20% of total deployment by the Mutual Fund in short term deposits.
e. The Scheme shall not park more than 10% of the net assets in short term deposit(s), with any one
scheduled commercial bank including its subsidiaries.
f. The Scheme shall not park funds in short-term deposit of a bank which has invested in the said
Scheme. Further Trustees/AMC shall also ensure that a bank in which scheme has short term
deposit does not invest in the Scheme until the Scheme has short term deposits with such bank.
g. AMC shall not charge any investment management and advisory fees for parking of funds in
short term deposits of scheduled commercial banks.
However, the above provisions will not apply to term deposits placed as margins for trading in cash and
derivatives market.
Overseas Investments by the Scheme: (Con Std Obvs 11, 15, 16)
According to paragraph 12.19 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds, mutual funds can invest in
certain permissible foreign securities.
As per paragraph 12.19.1 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds, overseas investments are subject
to an overall limit of US$ 7 billion for all mutual funds put together. The Mutual Funds have been
allowed an individual limit of US$ 1 billion for overseas investments. The Scheme may, with the
approval of SEBI/ RBI invest in foreign securities as specified by SEBI. The overall ceiling for
investment in overseas ETFs that invest in securities is US $ 1 billion subject to a maximum of US $
300 million per mutual fund.
The Scheme intends to invest upto USD 5 million in overseas securities, subject to maximum limits as
specified in per paragraph 12.19 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds. The said limit shall be
valid for a period of six months from the date of closure of NFO. Thereafter the unutilized limit, if any,
will not be available to the Scheme for investment in overseas securities and will be available towards
the unutilized industry wide limits. Further investments in overseas securities will follow the norms for
ongoing schemes. On an ongoing basis, the AMC is allowed to invest in overseas securities upto 20%
of the average Asset Under Management (‘AUM’) in overseas securities of the previous three calendar
months subject to maximum limit of USD 1 billion per Mutual Fund.
Page 15 of 70The above limits shall be considered as soft limits for the purpose of reporting only by Mutual Funds
on monthly basis as per paragraph 12.19.1.3(d) of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds .
The Mutual Fund may, where necessary will appoint intermediaries as sub-managers, sub-custodians,
etc. for managing and administering such investments. The appointment of such intermediaries shall
be in accordance with the applicable requirements of SEBI and within the permissible ceilings of
expenses.
Portfolio Rebalancing (Con Std Obvs 22 & 24)
In accordance with paragraph 2.9 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds read with SEBI Circular
No. SEBI/HO/IMD/PoD2/P/CIR/2025/92 dated June 26, 2025, in case of deviation due to passive
breaches (occurrence of instances not arising out of omission and commission of AMCs), the portfolio
would be rebalanced within 30 business days from the date of deviation. Where the portfolio is not
rebalanced within 30 business days, justification for the same shall be placed before the Investment
Committee and reasons for the same shall be recorded in writing. The Investment Committee, if so
desires, can extend the timelines up to sixty (60) business days from the date of completion of mandated
rebalancing period. However, at all times, the portfolio will adhere to the overall investment objective
of the scheme.
In case the portfolio of schemes is not rebalanced within the aforementioned mandated plus extended
timelines, AMCs shall:
i. not be permitted to launch any new scheme till the time the portfolio is rebalanced.
ii. not to levy exit load, if any, on the investors exiting such scheme(s)
Short term defensive consideration: (Con Std Obvs 23 & 24)
Due to market conditions, the AMC may invest beyond the range set out in the asset allocation. Such
deviations shall normally be for a short term and defensive considerations in line with paragraph
1.14.1.2(b) of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds and the fund manager will rebalance the
portfolio within 30 calendar days from the date of deviation.
B. WHERE WILL THE SCHEME INVEST? (Std Obvs 15) (Con Std Obvs 29)
Subject to the Regulations and other prevailing laws as applicable, the corpus of the Scheme can be
invested in any (but not exclusively) of the following securities:
1) Indian Equity and equity related securities including convertible bonds and debentures and
warrants carrying the right to obtain equity shares.
2) Securities created and issued by the Central and State Governments and/or repos/reverse repos
in such Government Securities as may be permitted by RBI (including but not limited to coupon
bearing bonds, zero coupon bonds and treasury bills)
3) Gold ETFs & Silver ETFs
4) Securities guaranteed by the Central and State Governments (including but not limited to coupon
bearing bonds, zero coupon bonds and treasury bills)
5) Repos of Corporate debt securities.
6) Debt securities issued by domestic Government agencies and statutory bodies, which may or may
not carry a Central/State Government guarantee.
7) Corporate debt securities (of both public and private sector undertakings)
8) Securities issued by banks (both public and private sector) as permitted by SEBI from time to
time and development financial institutions
Page 16 of 709) Money market instruments permitted by RBI/SEBI, having maturities of up to one year, or in
alternative investment for the call money market.
10) Certificate of Deposits (CDs)
11) Tri -Party Repo (TREPS)
12) Commercial Paper (CPs)
13) The non-convertible part of convertible securities
14) Securitised Debt, Debt instruments having structured obligations / credit enhancements
15) Investment in units of Real Estate Investment Trust (‘REIT’) & Infrastructure Investment Trust
(‘InvIT’)
16) Derivative instruments like, Stock / Index Futures, Stock / Index Options and such other
derivative instruments permitted by SEBI.
17) Cash & cash equivalents
18) Foreign securities as defined under Paragraph 12.19 of SEBI master circular. The Investment in
Foreign Securities shall be in accordance with the guidelines issued by SEBI and RBI from time
to time.
19) Schemes managed by the AMC or the schemes launched by SEBI registered Mutual Funds,
provided it is in conformity to the investment objectives of the Scheme and in terms of the
prevailing Regulations.
20) Any other instruments, as may be permitted by RBI / SEBI / such other Regulatory Authority,
from time to time, subject to Regulatory approvals.
The securities mentioned above could be listed or permitted unlisted, privately placed, secured or
unsecured, rated or un-rated and of any maturity, as enabled under SEBI Regulations/ circulars/ RBI.
The securities may be acquired from primary market/ Initial Public Offer (IPO), secondary market
operations, private placement or negotiated deals.
C. WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES? (Std Obvs 7) (Con Std Obvs
26, 27, 28)
The scheme will be actively managed. The allocation between various asset classes within the defined
range will follow a dynamic asset allocation approach, investing predominantly across asset classes
such as equity, fixed income, gold ETFs and silver ETFs. The scheme’s portfolio construct will depend
on market conditions, global events, broad macroeconomic landscape etc. The equity exposure will be
managed dynamically and increased as and when factors are favourable towards the asset class.
Equity: The Scheme will follow a bottom up approach to identify individual stocks. The intention is to
run a market cap agnostic portfolio with a focus on high quality and high growth companies, i.e.
companies with strong fundamentals, good management and having the potential to deliver sustainable
growth over a period of time.
Diversification: The Scheme aims to maintain a diversified portfolio across multiple sectors and asset
classes to reduce concentration risk. It may also refer to proprietary / in-house models that are based on
various broad market parameters, including but not limited to: Nifty 500 Price to Earnings Ratio, Gold
Silver Ratio etc. These models may be used by the fund manager as deemed appropriate. The Fund
manager will look to rebalance the portfolio at regular intervals.
The allocation to each asset class will be guided by a comprehensive asset allocation framework that
considers market valuations and macroeconomic factors among other indicators.
The Scheme may invest in other scheme(s) managed by the AMC or in the scheme(s) of any other
mutual fund, provided it is in conformity with the investment objectives of the Scheme and in terms of
the prevailing Regulations.
Page 17 of 70Derivatives (Std Obvs 5) (Con Std Obvs 28)
The Scheme may invest in various derivative instruments which are permissible under the applicable
regulations. Such investments shall be subject to the investment objective and strategy of the Scheme
and the internal limits if any, as laid down from time to time. These include but are not limited to futures
(both stock and index) and options (stock and index). Derivatives are financial contracts of pre-
determined fixed duration, whose values are derived from the value of an underlying primary financial
instrument such as interest rates, exchange rates, commodities and equities. There are several
advantages in using derivatives in the portfolio. The use of derivatives provides flexibility to the Scheme
to hedge whole or part of the portfolio.
The risks associated with derivatives are similar to those associated with underlying investments. The
additional risks of using derivative strategies could be on account of:
• Illiquidity;
• Potential mispricing of the Futures/Options;
• Lack of opportunity;
• Inability of derivatives to correlate perfectly with the underlying (Indices, Assets, Exchange
Rates);
• Cost of hedge can be higher than adverse impact of market movements;
• An exposure to derivatives in excess of the hedging requirements can lead to losses;
• An exposure to derivatives can also limit the profits from a genuine investment transaction.
• The prices which are seen on the screen need not be the same at which execution will take place.
For detailed risks associated with use of derivatives, please refer paragraph “Scheme Specific Risk
Factors”
For further details regarding concepts and examples of derivatives that may be used by the fund
manager, please refer to SAI.
Securitisation
Asset securitisation is a process whereby commercial or consumer credits are packaged and sold in the
form of financial instruments. A typical process of asset securitisation involves sale of specific
Receivables to a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up in the form of a trust or a company. The SPV in
turn issues financial instruments (e.g., promissory notes, pass through certificates or other debt
instruments) to investors, such instruments evidencing the beneficial ownership of the investors in the
Receivables. The financial instruments are rated by an independent credit rating agency. An Investor’s
Agent is normally appointed for providing trusteeship services for the transaction.
On the recommendation of the credit rating agency, additional credit support (Credit Enhancement)
may be provided in order that the instrument may receive the desired level of rating. Typically the
servicing of the Receivables is continued by the seller in the capacity of the Servicer. Cash flows, as
and when they are received, are passed onto the investors.
Risk Control
Since investing requires disciplined risk management, the AMC would incorporate adequate safeguards
for controlling risks in the portfolio construction process.
The risk control process involves reducing risks through portfolio diversification, taking care however
not to dilute returns in the process. The AMC believes that this diversification would help achieve the
desired level of consistency in returns. Stock specific risk will be minimized by investing only in those
companies that have been analyzed by the Investment Team at the AMC. For investments in debt
Page 18 of 70securities, the AMC aims to identify securities, which offer superior levels of yield at lower levels of
risks. With the aim of controlling risks, rigorous and in-depth credit evaluation of the securities
proposed to be invested in, will be carried out by the investment team of the AMC. Rated Debt
instruments in which the Scheme invests will be of investment grade as rated by a credit rating agency.
The AMC will be guided but not limited by the ratings of Rating Agencies such as CRISIL, CARE,
ICRA and Fitch or any other rating agencies that may be registered with SEBI from time to time. In
case a debt instrument is not rated, investment will be in accordance with Guidelines approved by the
Board. Further, all investments in the unrated paper are periodically reviewed by Investment Committee
and the Board of AMC & Trustee Company.
The Scheme may also use various derivatives and hedging products from time to time, as would be
available and permitted by SEBI, in an attempt to protect the value of the portfolio and enhance
Unitholders’ interest.
Portfolio Turnover
The Scheme is an open-ended scheme. It is expected that there would be a number of subscriptions and
redemptions on a daily basis. Consequently, it is difficult to estimate with any reasonable measure of
accuracy, the likely turnover in the portfolio.
D. HOW WILL THE SCHEME BENCHMARK ITS PERFORMANCE? (Std Obvs 9)
Benchmark (Total Returns Index): (Con Std Obvs 25, 26)
60% of Nifty 500 TRI+ 20% of Crisil Short Term Bond Index + 10% of Domestic prices of Gold +
10% of Domestic prices of Silver.
The above benchmark suits the expected scheme composition. As required under clause 1.9 of Master
Circular, the benchmark has been selected from amongst those notified by AMFI as the first tier
benchmark to be adopted by mutual funds and which are reflective of the category of the scheme.
The Trustee/AMC reserves the right to change the benchmark for evaluating the performance of the
Scheme from time to time, in conformity with the investment objective of the Scheme and the
appropriateness of the benchmark, subject to SEBI guidelines and other prevalent guidelines.
E. WHO MANAGES THE SCHEME? (Std Obvs 10) (Con Std Obvs 33)
Mr. Vivek Sharma, Mr. Anandha Padmanabhan Anjeneyan and Mr. Utsav Mehta are the equity fund
managers for the scheme and Mr. Puneet Pal is the debt fund manager for the scheme.
Name, Designation Age / Brief Experience Name of other Schemes
& Educational under his management
Tenure in managing Qualifications
scheme
Mr. Vivek Sharma Age: 42 years Collectively over 15 years of PGIM India Large Cap
experience in Equity market, Fund, PGIM India Midcap
Fund Manager – research and fund Management Fund, PGIM India Flexi
Equity (over 4 years of experience in fund Cap Fund, PGIM India
Qualification: management) : Aggressive Hybrid Equity
Tenure in managing PGDM – • April 09, 2024 onwards - Fund, PGIM India Equity
scheme: Not Finance PGIM India Asset Savings Fund, PGIM
Applicable India ELSS Tax Saver
Page 19 of 70Name, Designation Age / Brief Experience Name of other Schemes
& Educational under his management
Tenure in managing Qualifications
scheme
Management Pvt Ltd. - Fund Fund, PGIM India
Manager – Equity Healthcare Fund, PGIM
• September 01, 2023 to March India Small Cap Fund,
20, 2024 - Edelweiss Asset PGIM India Retirement
Management Limited - Fund Fund, PGIM India
Manager – Equity Multicap Fund, PGIM
• March 09, 2017 to August 18, India Global Equity
2023 - PGIM India Asset Opportunities Fund of
Management Private Limited - Fund, PGIM India
Fund Manager – Equity Emerging Markets Equity
• October 01, 2010 to March 06, Fund of Fund and PGIM
2017 - ICICI Securities Ltd - India Global Select Real
Research Analyst Estate Securities Fund of
Fund.
Mr. Anandha Age: 43 years Collectively over 17 years of PGIM India Large Cap
Padmanabhan experience in Indian financial Fund, PGIM India Flexi
Anjeneyan Qualification: markets, primarily in equity Cap Fund, PGIM India
B Com, ACA, research (over 5 years of Healthcare Fund, PGIM
Fund Manager – CFA, FRM experience in fund management): India Large and Midcap
Equity Fund, PGIM India
• June 1, 2021 onwards – PGIM Aggressive Hybrid Equity
Tenure in managing India Asset Management Pvt. Fund, PGIM India Equity
scheme: Not Ltd. – Equity Analyst and Savings Fund, PGIM
Applicable Assistant Fund Manager – India Balanced Advantage
Equity Fund, PGIM India
• January 2020 to May 31, 2021 Retirement Fund, PGIM
– PGIM India Asset India Multi Cap Fund,
Management Pvt. Ltd. – PGIM India Global Equity
Equity Analyst and Dedicated Opportunities Fund of
Fund Manager – Overseas Fund, PGIM India
Investments Emerging Markets Equity
• March 2019 to January 2020 – Fund of Fund and PGIM
PGIM India Asset India Global Select Real
Management Pvt. Ltd. – Estate Securities Fund of
Equity Analyst Fund.
• May 2018 to March 2019 –
Equity Analyst – Renaissance
Investment Managers Private
Ltd.
• August 2010 to May 2018 –
Equity Analyst – Canara
Robeco Asset Management
Company Ltd.
• September 2009 to August
2010 – Fixed Income Dealer-
Canara Robeco Asset
Management Company Ltd.
Page 20 of 70Name, Designation Age / Brief Experience Name of other Schemes
& Educational under his management
Tenure in managing Qualifications
scheme
Mr. Utsav Mehta Age: 37 years Over 14 years of experience in PGIM India ELSS Tax
Equity market, research and fund Saver Fund, PGIM India
Fund Manager – Qualification: management (over 5 years of Midcap Fund, PGIM India
Equity B.Com., CFA experience in fund management): Healthcare Fund, PGIM
India Small Cap Fund,
Tenure in managing • October 23, 2023 onwards - PGIM India Balanced
the scheme: Not PGIM India Asset Advantage Fund, PGIM
Applicable Management Pvt Ltd. - Vice India Large and Mid Cap
President - Fund Manager - Fund and PGIM India
Equity. Multi Cap Fund.
• September 2018 to October
2023 - Edelweiss Asset
Management Ltd - VP,
Alternatives.
• June 2014 to September 2018
- Ambit Capital - Sector
Analyst - Institutional
Equities.
• January 2014 to May 2014 -
MF Advisors LLP -
Analyst – Investments.
• November 2012 - December
2013 - Ambit Capital -
Associate – Investment
Research
Mr. Puneet Pal Age: 48 years More than 24 years of experience PGIM India Mid Cap
in the Debt markets within the Fund, PGIM India Flexi
Head – Fixed Qualification: Mutual Fund space. Below are Cap Fund, PGIM India
Income MBA details on his past stints (over 21 Aggressive Hybrid Equity
(Finance) from years of experience in fund Fund, PGIM India Large
Tenure in managing Symbiosis management): and Midcap Fund, PGIM
the scheme: Not Institute of India Small Cap Fund,
Applicable Business • December 01, 2021 onwards – PGIM India Arbitrage
Management, Head – Fixed Income - PGIM Fund, PGIM India Equity
Pune India Asset Management Savings Fund, PGIM
Private Limited India Balanced Advantage
• December 13, 2017 to Fund, PGIM India
November 30, 2021 - Deputy Retirement Fund, PGIM
Head - Fixed Income - PGIM India Multi Cap Fund and
India Asset Management PGIM India Healthcare
Private Limited Fund (Debt Portion).
• February 2012 to December
12, 2017 - Head - Fixed PGIM India Overnight
Income - BNP Paribas Asset Fund, PGIM India Liquid
Management India Pvt. Ltd. Fund, PGIM India Ultra
Short Duration Fund,
• July 2008 to February 2012 -
PGIM India Money
Sr. Vice President & Fund
Page 21 of 70Name, Designation Age / Brief Experience Name of other Schemes
& Educational under his management
Tenure in managing Qualifications
scheme
Manager - UTI Asset Market Fund, PGIM India
Management Company Ltd. Corporate Bond Fund,
• August 2006 to July 2008 - PGIM India Dynamic
Fund Manager - Tata Asset Bond Fund, PGIM India
Management Ltd. Gilt Fund and PGIM India
• April 2004 to August 2006 - CRISIL IBX Gilt Index -
Asst. Fund Manager - UTI Apr 2028 Fund (Jointly
Asset Management Company with Mr. Bhupesh
Ltd. Kalyani)
• June 2001 to March 2004 -
Dealer - UTI Asset
Management Company Ltd.
F. HOW IS THE SCHEME DIFFERENT FROM EXISTING SCHEMES OF THE MUTUAL
FUND?
Sr. no. Name of the Scheme Category of the Type of the Scheme
Scheme
1. PGIM India Arbitrage Arbitrage Fund An open ended scheme investing in
Fund arbitrage opportunities
2. PGIM India Balanced Balanced Advantage An open ended dynamic asset allocation
Advantage Fund Fund fund
3. PGIM India Equity Equity Savings Fund An Open Ended Scheme investing in
Savings Fund equity, arbitrage and debt
4. PGIM India Aggressive Hybrid Fund An open ended hybrid scheme investing
Aggressive Hybrid predominantly in equity and equity related
Equity Fund instruments.
For details of asset allocation of all the existing Schemes of PGIM India Mutual Fund, you may refer
to https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Other-Disclosures/Others/SID-KIM-SAI-
related-Disclosure
G. HOW HAS THE SCHEME PERFORMED?
The Scheme is a new scheme and does not have any performance track record.
H. ADDITIONAL SCHEME RELATED DISCLOSURES:
1. Scheme’s Portfolio (top 10 holdings by issuer and fund allocation towards various
sectors) :
• Top 10 holdings by issuer: This is a new Scheme and hence the same is not
applicable.
Page 22 of 70• Fund allocation towards various sectors: This is a new Scheme and hence the same
is not applicable.
2. Portfolio Disclosure: This is a new Scheme and hence the same is not applicable.
3. Portfolio turnover ratio of the Scheme: This is a new Scheme and hence the same is not
applicable.
4. Aggregate investment in the scheme by Fund Manager: This is a new Scheme and hence
the same is not applicable.
5. Investments of AMC in the Scheme: (Std Obvs 1) (Con Std Obvs 58)
This is a new Scheme and hence the same is not applicable.
The AMC may invest in the Scheme, subject to the Regulations and to the extent permitted
by its Board from time to time. As per the existing Regulations, the AMC will not charge
investment management and advisory fee on the investment made by it in the Scheme.
Page 23 of 70Part III - OTHER DETAILS
A. COMPUTATION OF NAV
NAV of Units under the Scheme will be calculated by following method:
Market or Fair Value of Scheme’s investments + Current Assets -
Current Liabilities and Provisions
NAV (Rs.) =
No. of Units outstanding under the Scheme
The NAV shall be calculated up to two decimal places. However the AMC reserves the right to declare
the NAVs up to additional decimal places as it deems appropriate. Separate NAV will be calculated and
disclosed for each Plan/Option. The AMC will calculate and disclose the NAV of the Scheme on all the
Business Days.
The numerical illustration of the above method is provided below: (Con Std Obvs 42)
Market or Fair Value of Scheme’s investment (Rs.) = 1,15,12,05,600.00
Current Assets (Rs.) = 60,00,000.00
Current Liabilities (Rs.) = 40,00,000.00
No of units Outstanding under the scheme = 10,00,00,000
115,12,05,600 + 60,00,000 - 40,00,000
NAV Per Unit (Rs.) = 10,00,00,000 = 11.53
The aforesaid provision pertaining to “ Calculation of NAV” shall apply in respect of each individual
scheme and / or plan as the case may be. The NAV per unit above is rounded off to two decimals
The NAV will be calculated as of the close of every Business Day.
Methodology for calculation of sale and re-purchase price of the units of mutual fund scheme:
(Std Obvs 17b)
Ongoing price for The purchase price of the Units will be based on the applicable NAV subject
subscription to the applicable stamp duty.
(purchase)/ switch-in
(from other Schemes Ongoing Price for subscription = Applicable NAV (for the respective plan and
of the Mutual Fund) option of the scheme)
by investors.
Example:
This is the price you
need to pay for If the Applicable NAV is Rs.10, and the investor invests Rs. 10,000/- then the
purchase /switch-in. purchase price will be Rs. 10/- (charges and other expenses are not considered),
the investor will receive 10000/10 = 1000 units.
Ongoing price for At the applicable NAV, subject to prevailing exit load.
redemption (sale)
/switch outs (to other Redemption Price = Applicable NAV*(1- Exit Load, (if any)
schemes of the
Mutual Fund) by Example:
investors.
Page 24 of 70If the Applicable NAV is Rs.10, Exit Load is 1% then redemption price will be
This is the price you
will receive for = Rs. 10* (1-0.01)
redemptions/switch
outs. = Rs. 9.90
The Redemption Price will not be lower than 95% of the NAV or as permitted / prescribed under the
SEBI Regulations from time to time. (Con Std Obvs 47)
For other details such as policies w.r.t computation of NAV, rounding off, investment in foreign
securities, procedure in case of delay in disclosure of NAV etc. Kindly refer SAI.
This section provides details you need to know for investing in the Scheme.
B. NEW FUND OFFER (NFO) EXPENSES
These expenses are incurred for the purpose of various activities related to the NFO like sales and
distribution fees paid marketing and advertising, registrar expenses, printing and stationary, bank
charges etc. all such expenses are borne by the AMC.
C. ANNUAL SCHEME RECURRING EXPENSES
These are the fees and expenses for operating the Scheme. These expenses include the Investment
Management and Advisory Fee charged by the AMC, Registrar and Transfer Agents’ Fee, marketing
and selling costs etc. as given below:
The AMC has estimated that up to 2.25 % of the daily net assets of the scheme will be charged to the
scheme as expenses. (Con Std Obvs 26)
Operating & recurring expenses under regulation 52 (6) & 52 (6A):
a) The total expense ratio that can be charged to the Scheme, excluding issue or redemption
expenses, whether initially borne by the mutual fund or by the AMC, but including the
investment management and advisory fee shall be as follows:
Assets under management Slab (In Rs. crore) Total expense ratio limits for equity
oriented schemes
on the first Rs.500 crores of the daily net assets 2.25%
on the next Rs.250 crores of the daily net assets 2.00%
on the next Rs.1,250 crores of the daily net assets 1.75%
on the next Rs.3,000 crores of the daily net assets 1.60%
on the next Rs.5,000 crores of the daily net assets 1.50%
On the next Rs.40,000 crores of the daily net assets Total expense ratio reduction of 0.05%
for every increase of Rs.5,000 crores of
daily net assets or part thereof
On balance of the assets 1.05%
b) In addition to the annual recurring expenses stated in (a) above, the following costs or expenses
may be charged to the Scheme:-
i. Brokerage and transaction cost incurred for the purpose of execution shall be charged to
the schemes as provided under Regulation 52 (6A) (a) upto 0.12 percent and 0.05 per cent
Page 25 of 70for cash market transactions and derivatives transactions respectively. Any payment
towards brokerage & transaction costs, over and above the said 0.12 per cent and 0.05 per
cent for cash market transactions and derivatives transactions respectively may be charged
to the Scheme within the maximum limit of Total Expense Ratio (TER) as prescribed
under Regulation 52 of the SEBI (Mutual Finds) Regulations, 1996.
ii. Additional Expenses not exceeding of 0.30 per cent of daily net assets of the schemes, if the
new inflows from beyond top 30 cities (as per SEBI Regulations /Circulars/ AMFI data) are
at least (i) 30 per cent of gross new inflows from retail investors* in the scheme, or (ii) 15
per cent of the average assets under management (year to date) of the scheme, whichever is
higher. Provided that if inflows from such cities is less than the higher of sub-clause (i) or
sub- clause (ii), such expenses on daily net assets of the scheme shall be charged on
proportionate basis.
*Inflows of amount upto Rs 2,00,000/- per transaction, by individual investors shall be
considered as in flows from “retail investors.
The additional expenses charged under this clause shall be utilised for distribution expenses
incurred for bringing inflows from such cities. Provided further that amount incurred as
additional expense on account of inflows from such cities shall be credited back to the
scheme in case the said inflows are redeemed within a period of one year from the date of
investment.
Note: Pursuant to the directions received from SEBI vide its letter no. SEBI/HO/IMD-SEC-
3/P/OW/2023/5823/1 dated February 24, 2023 read along with AMFI communication dated
March 02, 2023, w.e.f March 01, 2023 no additional expense shall be charged on the new
inflows received on or after March 01, 2023 from specified cities as per Regulation 52 (6A)
(b) till any further guidance is received from SEBI in this regard.
iii. Additional expenses not exceeding 0.05 per cent of daily net assets of the scheme, towards
the investment and advisory fees or various other permissible expenses; (It may be noted
that these expenses will not be charged in case the scheme does not charge an exit load)
Within such total recurring expenses charged to the Scheme as above, the investment management
and advisory fee (charged as a percentage of daily net assets) would be as decided by the AMC
from time to time, provided that the investment management and advisory fee shall not exceed the
aggregate of expenses charged under clause (a) and (b) (iii) above.
In terms of paragraph 10.1.16 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Fund , the AMC shall annually
set apart at least 0.02% on daily net assets within the maximum limit of recurring expenses as per
Regulation 52 for investor education and awareness initiatives.
The maximum annual recurring expenses of the Scheme including the investment management
and advisory fee (together with additional management fee wherever applicable) shall not exceed
the limit stated in Regulation 52 read with paragraph 10.1 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual
Fund , as explained above.
Goods and Services tax (GST):-
• AMC may charge GST on investment and advisory fees of the Scheme in addition to the
maximum limit of TER as per the Regulation 52(6) and (6A).
• GST on expenses other than investment and advisory fees: AMC may charge GST on expenses
other than investment and advisory fees of the Scheme, if any within the maximum limit of
TER as per the Regulation under 52(6) and (6A).
Page 26 of 70• GST on brokerage & transaction cost: GST on brokerage and transaction costs which are
incurred for the purpose of execution of trade, will be within the limit of expenses as per the
Regulation 52(6) and (6A). Further, the Goods and Services tax on exit load, if any, shall be
paid out of the exit load proceeds and the exit load net of Goods and Services tax, if any, shall
be credited back to the scheme.
All fees and expenses charged in the Direct Plan (in percentage terms) under various heads
including the investment and advisory fee shall not exceed the fees and expenses charged under
the Regular Plan. The Direct Plan under the Scheme shall have a lower expense ratio as compared
to the Regular Plan. Commission/ Distribution expenses will not be charged in case of Direct
Plan. The Direct Plan shall also have separate NAV. For the actual current expenses being
charged, the investor may refer to the website of the Mutual Fund
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds). Further, the disclosure of Total Expense Ratio
(TER) on a daily basis shall also be made on the website of AMFI (https://www.amfiindia.com).
The Mutual Fund would update the expense ratios on the website at least three business days prior
to the effective date of the change. Additionally, TER is also available on website
https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds.
The AMC has estimated the following total expenses for the first Rs. 500 Crores of the daily net
assets of the Scheme:- (Con Std Obvs 26)
Expense Head % of daily Net Assets
Investment Management and Advisory Fees
Trustee fee
Audit fees
Custodian fees
RTA Fees
Marketing & Selling expense incl. agent commission
Cost related to investor communications
Cost of fund transfer from location to location
Cost of providing account statements and IDCW redemption
cheques and warrants
Costs of statutory Advertisements
Upto 2.25%
Cost towards investor education & awareness (at least 2 bps)
Brokerage & transaction cost over and above 12 bps for cash
market trades and 5 bps for derivatives transactions
Goods and Services tax on expenses other than investment and
advisory fees
Goods and Services tax on brokerage and transaction cost
Other Expenses*
Maximum total expense ratio (TER) permissible under
Upto 2.25%
Regulation 52 (6) (c)
Additional expenses under regulation 52 (6A) (c)s Upto 0.05%**
Additional expenses for gross new inflows from beyond top 30
Upto 0.30%
cities (Con Std Obvs 46)
Page 27 of 70*Any other expenses which are directly attributable to the Scheme, except those expenses which
are specifically prohibited, may be charged with the approval of the Trustee within the overall
limits specified in the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations.
** It may be noted that these expenses will not be charged in case the scheme does not charge an
exit load.
The purpose of the above table is to assist the investor in understanding the various costs &
expenses that an investor in the Scheme will bear directly or indirectly. The above expenses
(including Investment Management and Advisory Fees) are subject to inter-se change and may
increase/decrease as per actual and/or any change in the Regulations. All types of expenses
charged to the Scheme shall be in accordance with the SEBI (MF) Regulations.
The entire exit load (net of Goods and services tax), charged, if any, shall be credited to the
Scheme.
Illustration of impact of expense ratio on scheme’s returns (Con Std Obvs 44)
Particulars Regular Plan Direct Plan
Amount Invested at the beginning of the year (in Rs.) 10,000.00 10,000.00
Returns after Brokerage and Transaction Cost but before
other expenses and Investment Management and Advisory 1,000.00 1,000.00
Fees (in Rs.)
Returns after Brokerage and Transaction Cost but before
other expenses and Investment Management and Advisory 10.00% 10.00%
Fees (%)
Distribution Expenses (in Rs.) 150.00 0.00
Expenses other than Distribution Expenses (in Rs.) 20.00 20.00
Investment Management and Advisory Fees (in Rs.) 60.00 60.00
Returns after Brokerage and Transaction Cost ,other
expenses and Investment Management and Advisory Fees 770.00 920.00
(in Rs.)
The present illustration is calculated pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 5.8.2.2 of SEBI
Master Circular for Mutual Fund . The purpose of an illustration is to purely explain the impact
of expense ratio charged to the Scheme and should not be construed as providing any kind of
investment advice or guarantee of returns on investments. Actual returns on your investment may
be more, or less. The expenses of the Direct Plan under the Scheme will be lower to the extent
of distribution expenses/commission. The NAVs published by the AMC are net of scheme
expenses and they reflects return on investment to investors, provided investment is not subject
to exit load. Any tax impact has not been considered in the above example, in view of the
individual nature of the tax implications. Each investor is advised to consult his or her own
financial advisor.
D. LOAD STRUCTURE (Std Obvs 16) (Con Std Obvs 47)
Exit Load is an amount which is paid by the investor to redeem the units from the scheme. Load amounts
are variable and are subject to change from time to time.
Page 28 of 70The load structure of the Scheme is as follows:
Type of Load Load chargeable (as % age of NAV)
Exit Load • For Exits within 90 days from date of allotment of units : 0.50%.
• For Exits beyond 90 days from date of allotment of units : NIL
The entire exit load (net of Goods and Services Tax), charged, if any, shall be credited to the Scheme.
The AMC/Trustee reserves the right to change / modify the Load structure of the Scheme, subject to
maximum limits as prescribed under the Regulations.
Exit Load for switches within the Scheme:
Exit Load will not be applicable in case of Switch transactions made between different plans and options
under the same scheme.
Load exemptions:
a) No Exit Load will be charged on Intra-Scheme switches i.e., switches between Growth and Income
Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Options.
Any change in the load structure shall be applicable on prospective investments only. For any change
in load structure, the AMC will issue an addendum and display it on its Website
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds)and Investor Service Centers. The addendum will also be
circulated to all the distributors / brokers, so that the same can be attached to all SIDs and Key
Information Memorandum in stock till the same is updated and reprinted. The AMC would make
arrangements to display the addendum to the SID in the form of a notice at all the Investor Service
Centers. The introduction/change in the Exit Load would be disclosed in the statement of accounts
issued after the introduction of such Load. Any other measures which the Mutual Fund may feel
necessary would be undertaken.
The investors are requested to check the prevailing load structure of the Scheme before investing. For
the current applicable exit load structure, please refer to the website of the AMC
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds) or may call at 1800 266 7446 (toll free no.) or your
distributor.
Page 29 of 70Section II
I. Introduction
A. Definitions/interpretation
In this Scheme Information Document, the words and expressions shall have the meaning
specified in the following link, unless the context otherwise requires.
https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Other-Disclosures/Others/SID-KIM-
SAI-related-Disclosure
Interpretation
For all purposes of this SID, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:-
• All references to the masculine shall include the feminine and all references to the
singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
• All references to “Dollars” or “$” or USD refer to Dollars of United States of America
and “Rs.” or INR refer to Indian Rupees. A “Crore” means “ten million” and a “lakh”
means a “hundred thousand”.
• All references to timings relate to Indian Standard Time (IST).
• References to a day are to a calendar day, including a non-Business Day.
• All references to “Master Circular” refer to Master Circular for Mutual Funds issued by
SEBI dated June 27, 2024 as amended from time to time.
B. Risk Factors (Std Obvs 2) (Con Std Obvs 8)
i. Standard Risk Factors:
For Standard Risk Factors, kindly refer Statement of Additional Information (SAI).
ii. Scheme Specific Risk Factors
Some of the Scheme specific risk factors include, but not limited, to the following:-
1. Risks associated with investments in Equities
• Equity and equity related securities may be volatile and hence are prone to price
fluctuations on a daily basis. The liquidity of investments made in the Scheme may be
restricted by trading volumes and settlement periods. Settlement periods may be extended
significantly by unforeseen circumstances. The inability of the Scheme to make intended
securities purchases, due to settlement problems, could cause the Scheme to miss certain
investment opportunities. Similarly, the inability to sell securities held in the Scheme
portfolio would result at times, in potential losses to the Scheme, should there be a
subsequent decline in the value of securities held in the Scheme portfolio. Also, the value
of the Scheme investments may be affected by interest rates, currency exchange rates,
changes in law / policies of the government, taxation laws and political, economic or
Page 30 of 70other developments which may have an adverse bearing on individual securities, a
specific sector or all sectors.
• Investments in equity and equity related securities involve a degree of risk and investors
should not invest in the equity Schemes unless they can afford to take the risk of losing
their investment.
2. Risk associated with investing in Fixed Income Securities
• Interest Rate Risk: Market value of fixed income securities is generally inversely
related to interest rate movement. Accordingly, value of portfolio of the scheme may fall
if the market interest rate rise and may appreciate when the market interest rate comes
down.
• Credit Risk: - This is risk associated with default on interest and /or principal amounts
by issuers of fixed income securities. In case of a default, scheme may not fully receive
the due amounts and NAV of the scheme may fall to the extent of default.
• Spread Risk: - Credit spreads on corporate bonds may change with varying market
conditions. Market value of debt securities in portfolio may depreciate if the credit
spreads widen and vice –versa. Similarly, in case of floating rate securities, if the spreads
over the benchmark security / index widen, then the value of such securities may
depreciate.
• Liquidity Risk: - Liquidity condition in market varies from time to time. In an
environment of tight liquidity, necessity to sell securities may have higher than usual
impact cost. Further, liquidity of any particular security in portfolio may lessen depending
on market condition, requiring higher discount at the time of selling.
• Counterparty Risk: - This is the risk of failure of counterparty to a transaction to deliver
securities against consideration received or to pay consideration against securities
delivered, in full or in part or as per the agreed specification. There could be losses to the
Scheme in case of a counterparty default.
• Re-investment Risk: - Investment in fixed income securities carries re-investment risk.
Interest rates prevailing on the coupon payment or maturity date may differ from the
purchase yield of the security. This may result in final realized yield to be lower than that
expected at the time of purchase.
• The Scheme at times may receive large number of redemption requests, leading to an
asset-liability mismatch and therefore, requiring the investment manager to make a
distress sale of the securities leading to realignment of the portfolio and consequently
resulting in investment in lower yield instruments.
• Risks associated with unrated instruments: - Investments in unrated instruments are
subject to the risk associated with investments in any other fixed income securities, as
referred above. However, investments in unrated instruments are considered to be subject
to greater risk of loss of principal and interest than rated instruments.
3. Risk envisaged and mitigation measures for repo transactions :
• Counterparty Risks - Risks could arise if the Counterparty does not return the security
(in a borrowing transaction) as contracted or pay interest (lending transaction) on the due
date. This risk is largely mitigated, as the choice of counterparties is ‘restricted’ and their
Page 31 of 70credit ratings and overall credit risk levels are taken into account before entering into such
transactions.
• Settlement Risks - Operational risks are lower as such trades are settled on a DVP
(Delivery versus Payment – Safe settlement) basis. The trades are settled on a bilateral
basis in the OTC segment.
• Collateral / Credit Risk - In the event of the scheme being unable to pay back the money
to the Counterparty as contracted, the counter party may dispose of the assets (as they have
sufficient margin) and the net proceeds if any after such disposal may be refunded to the
scheme. The value of the collateral will be monitored on a daily basis and shortfalls if any
will lead to demand on the counterparty to top up collateral. In ability to comply with top
up requests could lead to liquidation of security / collateral and an early / premature
termination of the agreement.
• Risk of Co-mingling -Servicers normally deposit all payments received from the Obligors
into the Collection Account. However, there could be a time gap between collection by a
Servicer and depositing the same into the Collection account especially considering that
some of the collections may be in the form of cash. In this interim period, collections from
the Loan Agreements may not be segregated from other funds of the Servicer. If the
Servicer fails to remit such funds due to Investors, the Investors may be exposed to a
potential loss. Due care is normally taken to ensure that the Servicer enjoys highest credit
rating on standalone basis to minimize Co-mingling risk
4. Risk associated with investments in Derivatives (Std Obvs 5)
• Derivative products are leveraged instruments and can provide disproportionate gains as
well as disproportionate losses to the investors. Execution of such strategies depends
upon the ability of the fund manager to identify such opportunities as well as to manage
risks arising thereby. Identification and execution of the strategies to be pursued by the
Scheme involve uncertainty and investment decisions may not always be profitable. No
assurance can be given that the fund manager will be able to identify or execute such
strategies. Derivative investments carry certain risks and issues arising out of such
dealings. The risks associated with the use of derivatives - either for hedging or for
portfolio balancing – are different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated
with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Certain other risks,
one or more, that may arise consequent to use of derivatives are: risk of mis-pricing or
improper valuation of derivatives, credit risk arising out of counterparty failing to honour
its commitment, liquidity risk where the derivatives cannot be sold at prices that reflect
the underlying assets, rates and indices, and price risk where the market price may move
in adverse fashion. Derivatives require the maintenance of adequate controls to monitor
the transactions entered into, the ability to assess the risk that a derivative adds to the
portfolio and the ability to manage the risks as a result of the possible failure of the
counterparty to comply with the terms of the derivative contract.
• To the extent that Derivatives are utilised to seek to achieve the investment objectives of
the Scheme, and for purposes other than hedging, the overall risk of loss to the Scheme
may be increased. To the extent that Derivatives are utilised for hedging purposes, the
risk of loss to the Scheme may be increased where the value of the Derivative instrument
and the value of the Security or position which it is hedging are insufficiently correlated.
• Futures and Call Options:- The Scheme may invest in Derivatives such as futures and
call options. The option buyer’s risk is limited to the premium paid, while the risk of an
option writer is unlimited. However the gains of an option writer are limited to the
Page 32 of 70premiums earned. The writer of a call option bears a risk of loss if the value of the
underlying asset increases above the exercise price. The loss can be unlimited as the
underlying asset can increase to any level. The writer of a put option bears the risk of loss
if the value of the underlying asset declines below the exercise price and the loss is limited
to the strike price. The relevant stock exchange, if any, may impose restrictions on the
exercise of options and may also restrict the exercise of options at certain times in
specified circumstances.
• Risks for writing covered call options for equity shares:
a) Writing call options are highly specialized activities and entail higher than ordinary
investment risks. In such investment strategy, the profits from call option writing is
capped at the option premium, however the downside depends upon the increase in
value of the underlying equity shares.
b) The Scheme may write covered call option only in case it has adequate number of
underlying equity shares as per regulatory requirement.
This would lead to setting aside a portion of investment in underlying equity shares.
If covered call options are sold to the maximum extent allowed by regulatory
authority, the scheme may not be able to sell the underlying equity shares immediately
if the view changes to sell and exit the stock. The covered call options need to be
unwound before the stock positions can be liquidated. This may lead to a loss of
opportunity, or can cause exit issues if the strike price at which the call option
contracts have been written become illiquid. Hence, the scheme may not be able to
sell the underlying equity shares, which can lead to temporary illiquidity of the
underlying equity shares and result in loss of opportunity.
c) The writing of covered call option would lead to loss of opportunity due to
appreciation in value of the underlying equity shares. Hence, when the appreciation
in equity share price is more than the option premium received the scheme would be
at a loss.
d) The total gross exposure related to option premium paid and received must not exceed
the regulatory limits of the net assets of the scheme.
• This may restrict the ability of Scheme to buy any options.
• Investments in index futures face the same risk as investments in a portfolio of shares
representing an index. The extent of loss is the same as in the underlying Securities.
• The risk of loss in trading futures contracts can be substantial, because of the low margin
deposits required, the extremely high degree of leverage involved in futures pricing and
the potential high volatility of the futures markets.
5. Risk associated with Overseas Investment (Std Obvs 3) (Con Std Obvs 11)
• Subject to necessary approvals and within the investment objectives of the Scheme, the
Scheme may invest in overseas markets which carry a risk on account of fluctuations
in the foreign exchange rates, nature of securities market of the country, repatriation of
capital due to exchange controls and political circumstances.
• It is the AMC’s belief that investment in Permitted Foreign Securities offers new
investment and portfolio diversification opportunities into multi-market and multi-
currency products. However, such investments also entail additional risks. Such
Page 33 of 70investment opportunities may be pursued by the AMC provided they are considered
appropriate in terms of the overall investment objectives of the Scheme. Since the
Scheme would invest in Permitted Foreign Securities including but not limited to units/
securities issued by overseas mutual fund or unit trusts which are registered with the
overseas regulator, there may not be readily available and widely accepted benchmarks
to measure performance of the Scheme. To manage risks associated with foreign
currency and interest rate exposure, the Scheme may use derivatives in accordance with
conditions as may be stipulated by SEBI/RBI from time to time.
• Offshore investments will be made subject to any/all approvals, conditions thereof as
may be stipulated by SEBI/RBI and provided such investments do not result in expenses
to the Scheme in excess of the ceiling on expenses prescribed by and consistent with
costs and expenses attendant to international investing.
• To the extent that the assets of the Scheme will be invested in securities denominated in
foreign currencies, the Indian Rupee equivalent of the net assets, distributions and
income may be adversely affected by changes in the value of certain foreign currencies
relative to the Indian Rupee. The repatriation of capital to India may also be hampered
by changes in regulations concerning exchange controls or political circumstances as
well as the application to it of other restrictions on investment. Due to time zone
differences, NAV of investee scheme in such cases may not be available for the same
day.
• The investment limit in foreign securities currently applicable to Mutual Fund under
paragraph 12.19 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds if overall limit for the Mutual
Fund in overseas securities reaches USD 1 billion or the overall limit for Mutual Fund
Industry in overseas securities reaches USD 7 billion, then Mutual Fund will not be able
to invest in overseas securities / will not be able to do incremental overseas investment,
unless such limit is increased or further directions is received from SEBI or RBI in this
regard. It may be noted that the cap of USD 1 billion will be monitored and enforced at
the Mutual Fund level and not at the individual scheme level.
6. Risks associated with investment in Securitised Instruments:
Generally available types of loans for Securitisation in India are:
• Commercial Vehicles
• Auto and Two wheeler pools
• Mortgage pools (residential housing loans)
• Personal Loan, credit card and other retail loans
• Corporate loans/receivables
Underlying Risk: Each asset class has a different underlying risk, however, residential
mortgages are supposed to be having lower default rates. On the other hand, repossession and
subsequent recovery of commercial vehicles and other auto assets is fairly easier and better
compared to mortgages. Some of the asset classes such as personal loans, credit card receivables
etc., being unsecured credits in nature, may witness higher default rates. As regards corporate
loans/receivables, depending upon the nature of the underlying security for the loan or the nature
of the receivable the risks would correspondingly fluctuate. However, the credit enhancement
stipulated by rating agencies for such asset class pools is typically much higher and hence their
overall risks are comparable to other AAA rated asset classes.
The rating agencies have an elaborate system of stipulating margins, over collateralisation and
guarantee to bring risk limits in line with the other AAA rated securities. Please note that the
scheme(s) intends to invest predominantly in AAA rated securitised debt.
Page 34 of 70Investment exposure of the Fund with reference to Securitised Debt:
The Fund will predominantly invest only in those securitization issuances which have AAA
rating indicating the highest level of safety from credit risk point of view at the time of making
an investment. The Fund will not invest in foreign securitised debt.
The Fund may invest in various type of securitisation issuances, including but not limited to Asset
Backed Securitisation, Mortgage Backed Securitisation, Personal Loan Backed Securitisation,
Collateralized Loan Obligation/Collateralized Bond Obligation and so on.
The Fund does not propose to limit its exposure to only one asset class or to have asset class
based sub-limits as it will primarily look towards the AAA rating of the offering.
Risk Factors specific to investments in Securitised and Structured Instruments: Underlying
Risk:
Each asset class has a different underlying risk, however, residential mortgages are supposed to
be having lower default rates. On the other hand, repossession and subsequent recovery of
commercial vehicles and other auto assets is fairly easier and better compared to mortgages.
Some of the asset classes such as personal loans, credit card receivables etc., being unsecured
credits in nature, may witness higher default rates. As regards corporate loans/receivables,
depending upon the nature of the underlying security for the loan or the nature of the receivable
the risks would correspondingly fluctuate. However, the credit enhancement stipulated by rating
agencies for such asset class pools is typically much higher and hence their overall risks are
comparable to other similarly rated asset classes.
Limited Liquidity & Price Risk:
Presently, secondary market for securitised papers is not very liquid. There is no assurance that
a deep secondary market will develop for such securities. This could limit the ability of the
investor to resell them. Even if a secondary market develops and sales were to take place, these
secondary transactions may be at a discount to the initial issue price due to changes in the interest
rate structure.
Limited Recourse, Delinquency and Credit Risk:
Securitised transactions are normally backed by pool of receivables and credit enhancement as
stipulated by the rating agency, which differ from issue to issue. The Credit Enhancement
stipulated represents a limited loss cover to the Investors. These Certificates represent an
undivided beneficial interest in the underlying receivables and there is no obligation of either the
Issuer or the Seller or the originator, or the parent or any affiliate of the Seller, Issuer and
Originator. No financial recourse is available to the Certificate Holders against the Investors’
Representative. Delinquencies and credit losses may cause depletion of the amount available
under the Credit Enhancement and thereby the Investor Payouts may get affected if the amount
available in the Credit Enhancement facility is not enough to cover the shortfall. On persistent
default of a Obligor to repay his obligation, the Servicer may repossess and sell the underlying
Asset.
However many factors may affect, delay or prevent the repossession of such Asset or the length
of time required to realize the sale proceeds on such sales. In addition, the price at which such
Asset may be sold may be lower than the amount due from that Obligor.
Risks due to possible prepayments:
Asset securitisation is a process whereby commercial or consumer credits are packaged and sold
in the form of financial instruments. Full prepayment of underlying loan contract may arise under
any of the following circumstances:
Page 35 of 70• Obligor pays the Receivable due from him at any time prior to the scheduled maturity date
of that Receivable; or
• Receivable is required to be repurchased by the Seller consequent to its inability to rectify a
material misrepresentation with respect to that Receivable; or
• The Servicer recognizing a contract as a defaulted contract and hence repossessing the
underlying Asset and selling the same.
• In the event of prepayments, investors may be exposed to changes in tenor and yield.
Bankruptcy of the Originator or Seller
If originator becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings and the court in the bankruptcy
proceedings concludes that the sale from originator to Trust was not a sale then an Investor could
experience losses or delays in the payments due. All possible care is generally taken in structuring
the transaction so as to minimize the risk of the sale to Trust not being construed as a “True Sale”.
Legal opinion is normally obtained to the effect that the assignment of Receivables to Trust in
trust for and for the benefit of the Investors, as envisaged herein, would constitute a true sale.
Bankruptcy of the Investor’s Agent
If Investor’s agent, becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings and the court in the bankruptcy
proceedings concludes that the recourse of Investor’s Agent to the assets/receivables is not in its
capacity as agent/Trustee but in its personal capacity, then an Investor could experience losses or
delays in the payments due under the swap agreement. All possible care is normally taken in
structuring the transaction and drafting the underlying documents so as to provide that the
assets/receivables if and when held by Investor’s Agent is held as agent and in Trust for the
Investors and shall not form part of the personal assets of Investor’s Agent. Legal opinion is
normally obtained to the effect that the Investors Agent’s recourse to assets/receivables is
restricted in its capacity as agent and trustee and not in its personal capacity.
Credit Rating of the Transaction/Certificate
The credit rating is not a recommendation to purchase, hold or sell the Certificate in as much as
the ratings do not comment on the market price of the Certificate or its suitability to a particular
investor. There is no assurance by the rating agency either that the rating will remain at the same
level for any given period of time or that the rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by
the rating agency.
Risk of Co-mingling
The Servicers normally deposit all payments received from the Obligors into the Collection
Account. However, there could be a time gap between collection by a Servicer and depositing
the same into the Collection account especially considering that some of the collections may be
in the form of cash. In this interim period, collections from the Loan Agreements may not be
segregated from other funds of the Servicer. If the Servicer fails to remit such funds due to
Investors, the Investors may be exposed to a potential loss. Due care is normally taken to ensure
that the Servicer enjoys highest credit rating on standalone basis to minimize Co-mingling risk.
7. Risks associated with segregated portfolio
• Investor holding units of segregated portfolio may not able to liquidate their holding till the
time recovery of money from the issuer.
• Security comprising of segregated portfolio may not realise any value
• Listing of units of segregated portfolio in recognised stock exchange does not necessarily
guarantee their liquidity. There may not be active trading of units in the stock market. Further
trading price of units on the stock market may be significantly lower than the prevailing NAV
8. Risk associated with Short Selling (Std Obvs 6)
Page 36 of 70• Purchasing a security entails the risk of the security price going down. Short selling of securities (i.e.
sale of securities without owning them) entails the risk of the security price going up there by
decreasing the profitability of the short position. Short selling is subject to risks related to
fluctuations in market price, and settlement/liquidity risks. If required by the Regulations, short
selling may entail margin money to be deposited with the clearing house and daily mark to market
of the prices and margins. This may impact fund pricing and may induce liquidity risks if the fund
is not able to provide adequate margins to the clearing house. Failure to meet margin requirements
may result in penalties being imposed by the exchanges and clearing house.
• Engaging in securities lending is subject to risks related to fluctuations in collateral value and
settlement/liquidity and counter party risks. The risks in lending portfolio securities, as with other
extensions of credit, consist of the failure of another party, in this case the approved intermediary,
to comply with the terms of agreement entered into between the lender of securities i.e. the scheme
and the approved intermediary. Such failure to comply can result in the possible loss of rights in the
collateral put up by the borrower of the securities, the inability of the approved intermediary to return
the securities deposited by the lender and the possible loss of any corporate benefits accruing to the
lender from the securities deposited with the approved intermediary. The Mutual Fund may not be
able to sell such lent securities and this can lead to temporary illiquidity and in turn cannot protect
from the falling market price of the said security.
9. Risks associated with Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) (Std Obvs 6)
Securities Lending is lending of securities through an approved intermediary to a borrower under an
agreement for a specified period with the condition that the borrower will return equivalent securities
of the same type or class at the end of the specified period along with the corporate benefits accruing
on the securities borrowed. The risks in security lending consist of the failure of intermediary /
counterparty, to comply with the terms of agreement entered into between the lender of securities
i.e. the scheme and the intermediary / counterparty. Such failure to comply can result in the possible
loss of rights in the collateral put up by the borrower of the securities, the inability of the approved
intermediary to return the securities deposited by the lender and the possible loss of any corporate
benefits accruing to the lender from the securities deposited with the approved intermediary. The
scheme may not be able to sell lent out securities, which can lead to temporary illiquidity & loss of
opportunity.
10. Risk associated with investments in REITs and InvITS:
• Market Risk: REITs and InvITs are volatile and prone to price fluctuations on a daily basis owing
to market movements. Investors may note that AMC/Fund Manager’s investment decisions may not
always be profitable, as actual market movements may be at variance with the anticipated trends.
The NAV of the Scheme is vulnerable to movements in the prices of securities invested by the
scheme, due to various market related factors like changes in the general market conditions, factors
and forces affecting capital market, level of interest rates, trading volumes, settlement periods and
transfer procedures.
• Price-Risk or Interest-Rate Risk: REITs & InvITs run price-risk or interest-rate risk. Generally, when
interest rates rise, prices of existing securities fall and when interest rates drop, such prices increase.
The extent of fall or rise in the prices is a function of the existing coupon, days to maturity and the
increase or decrease in the level of interest rates.
• Liquidity Risk: This refers to the ease with which securities can be sold. There is no assurance that
an active secondary market will develop or be maintained. Hence there would be time when trading
in the units could be infrequent. The subsequent valuation of illiquid units may reflect a discount
from the market price of comparable securities for which a liquid market exists.
• Reinvestment Risk: Investments in REITs & InvITs may carry reinvestment risk as there could be
repatriation of funds by the Trusts in form of buyback of units or Dividend pay-outs, etc.
Consequently, the proceeds may get invested in assets providing lower returns.
Page 37 of 70The above are some of the common risks associated with investments in REITs & InvITs. There can be
no assurance that a Scheme’s investment objectives will be achieved, or that there will be no loss of
capital. Investment results may vary substantially on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis.
11. Risks associated with investing in Tri-Party Repo through CCIL (TREPS)
The mutual fund is a member of securities segment and Tri-party Repo trade settlement of the Clearing
Corporation of India (CCIL). All transactions of the mutual fund in government securities and in Tri-
party Repo trades are settled centrally through the infrastructure and settlement systems provided by
CCIL; thus reducing the settlement and counterparty risks considerably for transactions in the said
segments. CCIL maintains prefunded resources in all the clearing segments to cover potential losses
arising from the default member. In the event of a clearing member failing to honour his settlement
obligations, the default Fund is utilized to complete the settlement. The sequence in which the above
resources are used is known as the “Default Waterfall”. As per the waterfall mechanism, after the
defaulter’s margins and the defaulter’s contribution to the default fund have been appropriated, CCIL’s
contribution is used to meet the losses. Post utilization of CCIL’s contribution if there is a residual loss,
it is appropriated from the default fund contributions of the non-defaulting members. Thus the scheme
is subject to risk of the initial margin and default fund contribution being invoked in the event of failure
of any settlement obligations. In addition, the fund contribution is allowed to be used to meet the
residual loss in case of default by the other clearing member (the defaulting member).
12. Risk associated with investments in Units of Gold ETFs and Silver ETFs
Market Liquidity: Trading in units of Gold/Silver ETF on the Exchange may be halted because of
market conditions or for reasons that in the view of the market authorities or SEBI, trading in
Gold/Silver ETF is not advisable. In addition, trading in Gold/Silver and Gold/Silver ETF is subject to
trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility and pursuant to Stock Exchange(s) and SEBI
‘circuit filter’ rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the market necessary to maintain
the listing of Gold/Silver ETF will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. Gold/Silver ETF may
suffer liquidity risk from domestic as well as international market.
The returns from gold/silver may underperform returns from the various general securities markets or
different asset classes other than gold/silver. Different types of securities tend to go through cycles of
outperformance and underperformance in comparison to the general securities markets.
The scheme may invest in units of Gold/Silver ETFs that may trade above or below their NAV. The
NAV of the underlying Scheme will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the holdings. The
trading prices will fluctuate in accordance with changes in their NAV as well as market supply and
demand. However, given that units of Gold/Silver ETFs can be created and redeemed in Creation Units,
it is expected that large discounts or premiums to the NAV will not sustain due to the arbitrage
opportunity available. The value of Gold/Silver ETFs Units could decrease if unanticipated operational
or trading problems arise.
In case of investment in Gold/Silver ETFs, the scheme can subscribe to the units of Gold/Silver ETFs
according to the value equivalent to unit creation size as applicable.
In addition to recurring expenses of the Scheme, the Unit holders shall also bear the applicable expenses
of Underlying ETF. Further, the tracking error of the underlying ETF may result in returns deviating
from the actual returns that could be generated by holding physical assets. However, this may vary when
the markets are very volatile.
A. Several factors that may affect the price of gold are as follows:
Page 38 of 70Global gold supplies and demand, which is influenced by factors such as forward selling by gold
producers, purchases made by gold producers to unwind gold hedge positions. Productions and cost
levels in major gold producing countries can also impact gold prices. Further, Central bank purchases
and sales also impact the price of Gold. The prices of gold are also affected by:-
Macro-economic factors – Apart from inflation, global or regional political, economic or financial
events and situations of countries can also impact price and demand / supply.
Central banks’ sale - Central banks across the world hold a part of their reserves in gold. The quantum
of their sale in the market is one of the major determinants of gold prices. A higher supply than
anticipated would lead to subdued gold prices and vice versa. Central banks buy gold to augment their
existing reserves and to diversify from other asset classes. This acts as a support factor for gold prices.
Mining & Production - Lower production could have a positive effect on gold prices. Conversely
excessive production capacities would lead to a downward movement in gold prices as the supply goes
up.
Currency exchange rates - A weakening dollar may act in favour of gold prices and vice versa. The
formula for deriving the NAV of the units of the ETFs is based on the imported (landed) value of the
gold, which is computed by multiplying international market price by US Dollar value. Hence the value
of NAV or gold will depend upon the conversion value and attracts all the risk associated with such
conversion.
Changes in indirect taxes or any other levies - The gold held by the Custodian may be subject to loss,
damage, theft or restriction of access due to natural event or human actions.
Seasonal demand - Demand for Gold in India is closely tied to the production of jewellery which tends
to increase ahead of festive seasons. Any factor impacting the seasonal demand will impact the prices
of gold.
Regulatory risk – Restriction on movement/trade of gold that may be imposed by RBI. Trade and
restrictions on import/export of gold or gold jewellery, etc., may also impact prices and
demand/supply.
B. Several factors that may affect the price of Silver are as follows:
Global Silver supplies and demand, which is influenced by factors such as forward selling by silver
producers, purchases made by Silver producers to unwind Silver hedge positions, government
regulations, productions and cost levels in major Silver producing countries.
Macro-economic indicators - Price volatility in Silver as a commodity will be much higher because
of the industrial use of it. Global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations
may also impact the price and demand / supply of the commodity.
Currency exchange rates - The formula for deriving the NAV of the units of the ETFs is based on
the imported (landed) value of the silver, which is computed by multiplying international market
price by US Dollar value. Hence the value of NAV or silver will depend upon the conversion value
and attracts all the risk associated with such conversion.
Regulatory risk – Restriction on movement/trade of silver that may be imposed by RBI. Trade and
restrictions on import/export of silver or silver jewellery, etc., may also impact prices and
demand/supply.
Page 39 of 7013. Risks factors associated with processing of transaction through Stock Exchange Mechanism:
The trading mechanism introduced by the stock exchange(s) is configured to accept and process
transactions for mutual fund units in both Physical and Demat Form. The allotment and/or redemption
of Units through NSE and/or BSE or any other recognised stock exchange(s), on any Business Day will
depend upon the modalities of processing viz. collection of application form, order
processing/settlement, etc. upon which the Fund has no control. Moreover, transactions conducted
through the stock exchange mechanism shall be governed by the operating guidelines and directives
issued by respective recognized stock exchange(s).
14. Risk on Right to limit redemption:
Subject to the approval of Board of Directors of the AMC and Trustee Company and immediate
intimation to SEBI, a restriction on redemptions may be imposed by the Scheme under certain
exceptional circumstances, which the AMC / Trustee believe that may lead to a systemic crisis or event
that constrict liquidity of most securities or the efficient functioning of markets. Please refer to the
paragraph “Right to Limit Redemptions” for further details.
15. Risks associated with investment in mutual fund units:
Investment in units of Mutual Fund scheme involves investment risks such as, but not limited to, trading
volumes, settlement risk, liquidity risk, default risk including the possible loss of principal. The value
of units of mutual fund scheme may fluctuate based on the price / value / interest rates of the underlying
securities in which the mutual fund scheme invests. The value of underlying securities may be affected,
inter-alia, by changes in market environment, interest rates, changes in credit rating, trading volumes,
settlement periods and transfer procedures. The NAV is also exposed to price/interest rate risk and
credit risk and may be affected inter-alia, by the counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its
contractual obligations, government policy, volatility and liquidity in the money markets and pressure
on the exchange rate of the rupee. Investment in units of mutual fund scheme is also exposed to risk of
suspension of subscriptions / redemptions of the units, change in fundamental attributes etc. Since the
Scheme may invest in schemes of Mutual Funds, scheme specific risk factors of each such mutual fund
scheme will be applicable to the Scheme portfolio.
C. Risk Mitigation Strategies: (Con Std Obvs 9)
The Fund by utilizing a holistic risk management strategy will endeavor to manage risks associated with
investing in debt and equity markets. The risk control process involves identifying & measuring the risk
through various risk measurement tools.
The Fund has identified following risks of investing in equity and debt and designed risk management
strategies, which are embedded in the investment process to manage such risks.
Nature of Risk Risk Mitigation Measures by AMC
For making investment in equity schemes
Liquidity Risk: Trading volumes, settlement All trades are executed on the two leading
periods and transfer procedures may restrict the exchanges, the NSE and BSE. The internal
liquidity of underlying investments. investment process incorporates the days required to
sell as an important criteria for investment decisions.
The fund seeks to control such risk by investing in
such stocks having strong fundamentals, sound
financial strength and superior quality of
management and highly liquid papers. Further, the
Page 40 of 70days required to liquidate an investment is actively
monitored by our internal systems. This ensures that
the liquidity risk in the portfolio is minimized.
Settlement Risk: Different segments of Indian The portfolio invests only in stocks listed on the BSE
financial markets have different settlement and/or the NSE. Both these exchanges are regulated
periods and such periods may be extended by SEBI. The counterparty risk and settlement risk
significantly by unforeseen circumstances. The for all trades on the NSE is guaranteed by the
inability of the Schemes to make intended National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd. (a
securities’ purchases due to settlement wholly owned subsidiary of the NSE); and by the
problems could cause the Schemes to miss Trade Guarantee Fund of BSE. Fixed income
certain investment opportunities. investments for equity schemes are limited to highly
liquid money market instruments and used only as a
cash management tool. Therefore, this minimizes the
settlement risk in the portfolio.
Volatility Risk: Equity securities and equity The schemes has a diversified portfolio to counter
related securities are volatile and prone to price the volatility in the prices of individual stocks.
fluctuations on a daily basis. Diversification in the portfolio reduces the impact of
high fluctuations in daily individual stock prices on
the portfolio.
For making investment in fixed income and money markets
Credit Risk: Debt securities are subject to the The fund has a strong credit research process. The
risk of an issuer’s inability to meet principal and credit team analyses and approves each issuer before
interest payments on the obligations. investment by the schemes. There is a regulatory and
internal cap on exposure to each issuer. This ensures
a diversified portfolio and reduced credit risk in the
portfolio.
Liquidity Risk: The corporate debt market is The schemes are envisaged to be actively managed
relatively illiquid vis-à-vis the government portfolios. The liquidity and volatility of a security
securities market. Even though the government are important criteria in security selection process.
securities market is more liquid compared to This ensures that liquidity risk is minimized.
that of other debt instruments, on occasions,
there could be difficulties in transacting in the
market due to extreme volatility or unusual
constriction in market volumes or on occasions
when an unusually large transaction has to be
put through.
Investing in unrated securities: Lower rated The schemes have a strong credit research process
or unrated securities are more likely to react to and as such all investments, rated or unrated, are
developments affecting the market and the analyzed and approved by the credit team before
credit risk than the highly rated securities which investment by the schemes. Further there is a
react primarily to movements in the general regulatory and internal cap on exposure to unrated
level of interest rates. Lower rated securities issuers, limiting exposure to unrated securities.
also tend to be more sensitive to economic
conditions than higher rated securities.
Settlement Risk: Delays or other problems in The AMC has well laid out processes and systems,
settlement of transactions could result in which mitigate operational risks attached with the
temporary periods when the assets of the settlement process.
Page 41 of 70Scheme are not invested and no return is earned
thereon.
Reinvestment Risk: This risk refers to the Reinvestment risk is an inherent feature of the
interest rate levels at which cash flows received portfolio management process. It may be managed,
from the securities in the Plans are reinvested. to a certain extent, by seeking to invest in securities
The additional income from reinvestment is the with relatively low intermittent cash flows.
“interest on interest” component. The risk is
that the rate at which interim cash flows can be
reinvested may be lower than that originally
assumed.
For Investment in Gold & Silver ETFs
Gold & Silver ETFs: Trading in units of Gold Regular monitoring of the ETFs liquidity/ trading
and Silver ETFs on the Exchange may be halted volume & changes in market conditions/ regulatory
because of market conditions or for reasons that changes will help mitigate the same.
in the view of the market authorities or SEBI, is
not advisable.
II. Information about the scheme:
A. Where will the scheme invest – (Std Obvs 15) (Con Std Obvs 29)
Detailed description of the instruments (including overview of debt markets in India, if
applicable) mentioned in Section I.
Subject to the Regulations and other prevailing laws as applicable, the corpus of the Scheme
can be invested in any (but not exclusively) of the following securities:
1) Indian Equity and equity related securities including convertible bonds and debentures and
warrants carrying the right to obtain equity shares.
2) Securities created and issued by the Central and State Governments and/or repos/reverse
repos in such Government Securities as may be permitted by RBI (including but not limited
to coupon bearing bonds, zero coupon bonds and treasury bills)
3) Gold ETFs and Silver ETFs
4) Securities guaranteed by the Central and State Governments (including but not limited to
coupon bearing bonds, zero coupon bonds and treasury bills)
5) Repos of Corporate debt securities.
6) Debt securities issued by domestic Government agencies and statutory bodies, which may or
may not carry a Central/State Government guarantee.
7) Corporate debt securities (of both public and private sector undertakings)
8) Securities issued by banks (both public and private sector) as permitted by SEBI from time
to time and development financial institutions
9) Money market instruments permitted by RBI/SEBI, having maturities of up to one year, or
in alternative investment for the call money market.
10) Certificate of Deposits (CDs)
11) Tri -Party Repo (TREPS)
12) Commercial Paper (CPs)
13) The non-convertible part of convertible securities
14) Securitised Debt, Debt instruments having structured obligations / credit enhancements
15) Investment in units of Real Estate Investment Trust (‘REIT’) & Infrastructure Investment
Trust (‘InvIT’)
Page 42 of 7016) Derivative instruments like, Stock / Index Futures, Stock / Index Options and such other
derivative instruments permitted by SEBI.
17) Cash & cash equivalents
18) Foreign securities as defined under Paragraph 12.19 of SEBI master circular . The
Investment in Foreign Securities shall be in accordance with the guidelines issued by SEBI
and RBI from time to time.
19) Schemes managed by the AMC or the schemes launched by SEBI registered Mutual Funds,
provided it is in conformity to the investment objectives of the Scheme and in terms of the
prevailing Regulations.
20) Any other instruments, as may be permitted by RBI / SEBI / such other Regulatory Authority,
from time to time, subject to Regulatory approvals.
The securities mentioned above could be listed or permitted unlisted, privately placed, secured or
unsecured, rated or un-rated and of any maturity, as enabled under SEBI Regulations/ circulars/
RBI. The securities may be acquired from primary market/ Initial Public Offer (IPO), secondary
market operations, private placement or negotiated deals.
Overseas Investments by the Scheme:
According to paragraph 12.19 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds , mutual funds can invest
in certain permissible foreign securities.
As per paragraph 12.19.1 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds such investments are subject
to an overall limit of US$ 7 billion for all mutual funds put together. The Mutual Funds have been
allowed an individual limit of US$ 1billion for overseas investments. The Scheme may, with the
approval of SEBI/ RBI invest in foreign securities as specified by SEBI. The overall ceiling for
investment in overseas ETFs that invest in securities is US $ 1 billion subject to a maximum of US
$ 300 million per mutual fund.
The AMC is allowed to invest in overseas securities upto 20% of the average Asset Under
Management (‘AUM’) in overseas securities of the previous three calendar months subject to
maximum limit of USD 1billion per Mutual Fund. The above limits shall be considered as soft
limits for the purpose of reporting only by Mutual Funds on monthly basis as per paragraph
12.19.1.3(d) of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds .
The Mutual Fund may, where necessary will appoint intermediaries as sub-managers, sub-
custodians, etc. for managing and administering such investments. The appointment of such
intermediaries shall be in accordance with the applicable requirements of SEBI and within the
permissible ceilings of expenses.
Position of Debt Market in India (Std Obvs 12)
The Indian debt market, one of the largest in Asia, is developing rapidly buoyed by a multitude of
factors including new instruments, increased liquidity, deregulation of interest rates and improved
settlement systems. The major players in the Indian debt markets today are banks, financial
institutions, insurance companies, pension funds, provident funds and mutual funds. The
instruments in the market can be broadly categorized as those issued by corporates, banks, financial
institutions and those issued by state/central governments. The risks associated with any
investments are - credit risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. While corporate papers carry credit
risk due to changing business conditions, government securities carry zero credit risk. Interest rate
risk is present in all debt securities and depends on a variety of macroeconomic factors. The largest
segment of the Indian Debt market consists of the Government of India securities where the daily
average trading volume is in excess of Rs. 50,000 crores, with instrument tenors ranging from short
dated Treasury Bills to long dated securities extending upto 50 years. The Corporate bond market,
though relatively less liquid, is also fast developing with an increased participation from the banks,
Page 43 of 70financial institutions, mutual funds, provident funds, insurance companies and corporate treasuries.
Public Financial Institutions, Public Sector Undertakings and Private AAA Corporates are the major
issuers. Corporate bonds majorly are issued as fixed rate bonds. The yield curve usually tends to
be positive sloping i.e. yield of shorter dated securities being lower than that of longer dated ones.
The money markets in India essentially consist of call money market (i.e. market for overnight and
term money between banks and institutions), repo transactions (temporary sale with an agreement
to buy back the securities at a future date at specified price), Tri-Party Repo, commercial papers
(CPs, short term unsecured promissory note, generally issued by corporates), certificate of deposits
(CDs, issued by banks) and Treasury Bills (issued by RBI). A predominantly institutional market,
the key money market players are banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, mutual funds,
primary dealers and corporates.
The various instruments currently available for investments are:
Yields (%) as on June 23,
Issuer Instrument Maturity 2025 Liquidity
GOI Treasury Bill 91 days 5.32 High
GOI Treasury Bill 364 days 5.47 High
GOI Short Dated 1-3 Years 5.60 - 5.85 High
GOI Medium Dated 3-5 Years 5.85 - 6.10 High
GOI Long Dated 5-10 Years 6.10 - 6.40 High
Corporate Taxable Bonds (AAA) 1-3 Years 6.50 - 6.70 Medium
Corporate Taxable Bonds (AAA) 3-5 Years 6.70 - 6.85 Low to medium
Corporate CPs (A1+) 3 months 5.90 Medium to High
Corporate CPs (A1+) 1 Year 6.45 Medium
Source: CCIL/Market reports
The actual yields will, however, vary in line with general levels of interest rates and debt/money
market conditions prevailing from time to time.
B. What are the investment restrictions? (Std Obvs 11)
Pursuant to Regulations, specifically the Seventh Schedule and amendments thereto, the following
investment restrictions are currently applicable to the Scheme:
• No mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than 10% of its NAV in the equity shares or equity
related instruments of any company; provided that, the limit of 10% shall not be applicable for
investments in case of index fund or exchange traded fund or sector or industry specific scheme.
• All investments by the Scheme in equity shares and equity related instruments shall only be
made provided such securities are listed or to be listed;
• The Mutual Fund under all its Schemes shall not own more than 10% of any company’s paid
up capital carrying voting rights; Provided, investment in the asset management company or
the trustee company of a mutual fund shall be governed by clause(a), of sub-regulation (1), of
regulation 7B;
• The Scheme shall not invest more than 10% of its net assets in debt instruments comprising
money market & non money market instruments issued by a single issuer, which are rated not
below investment grade by a credit rating agency authorized to carry out such activity under
the SEBI Act. Such investment limit may be extended to 12% of the net assets of the Scheme
with the prior approval of the Trustees and the Board of the AMC. Accordingly, within the
Page 44 of 70limits specified in the clause 1 of Seventh Schedule of the MF Regulation, following prudential
limits shall be followed, for schemes other than Credit risk funds:
A mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than:
a) 10% of its NAV in debt and money market securities rated AAA; or
b) 8% of its NAV in debt and money market securities rated AA; or
c) 6% of its NAV in debt and money market securities rated A and below
issued by a single issuer.
The above investment limits may be extended by up to 2% of the NAV of the scheme with prior
approval of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of the AMC, subject to compliance
with the overall 12% limit specified in Clause 1 of Seventh Schedule of MF Regulation
Such limit shall not be applicable for investments in government securities, treasury bills &Tri-
party Repo. Provided further that investment within such limit can be made in mortgage backed
securitised debts which are rated not below investment grade by a credit rating agency
registered with SEBI. Provided further that such limit shall not be applicable for investments
in case of debt exchange traded funds or such other funds as may be specified by the Board
from time to time.
• The Scheme shall not invest in unlisted debt instruments including commercial papers, except
Government Securities and other money market instruments and derivative products such as
Interest Rate Swaps, Interest Rate Futures, etc. which are used by mutual fund for hedging:
Provided that Mutual Fund Schemes may invest in unlisted non-convertible debentures up to a
maximum of 10% of the debt portfolio of the scheme subject to such conditions as may be
specified by SEBI from time to time:
Provided further that mutual fund schemes shall comply with the norms under this clause within
the time and in the manner as may be specified by SEBI:
Provided further that the norms for investments by mutual fund schemes in unrated debt
instruments shall be specified by SEBI from time to time.
Note:
a) As per paragraph 12.1 of SEBI Master Circular , SEBI has issued following guidelines
w.r.t investment in unlisted debt & money market instruments
b) Mutual fund scheme may invest in unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCDs) that
have a simple structure (i.e. with fixed and uniform coupon, fixed maturity period,
without any options, fully paid up upfront, without any credit enhancements or
structured obligations) and are rated and secured with coupon payment frequency on
monthly basis.
c) All fresh investments by mutual fund schemes in CPs would be made only in CPs which
are listed or to be listed with effect from one month from the date of operationalization
of framework for listing of CPs or January 01, 2020, whichever is later.
d) Investment in unrated debt and money market instruments, other than government
securities, treasury bills, derivative products such as Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), Interest
Rate Futures (IRF), etc. by mutual fund schemes shall be subject to the following
I. Investments should only be made in such instruments, including bills re-discounting,
usance bills, etc., that are generally not rated and for which separate investment norms
or limits are not provided in SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations, 1996 and various
circulars issued thereunder.
Page 45 of 70II. Exposure of mutual fund schemes in such instruments, shall not exceed 5% of the net
assets of the schemes.
III. All such investments shall be made with the prior approval of the Board of AMC and
Trustees.
e) Restrictions on Investment in debt instruments having Structured Obligations / Credit
Enhancements:
The investment of mutual fund schemes in the following instruments shall not exceed 10%
of the debt portfolio of the schemes and the group exposure in such instruments shall not
exceed 5% of the debt portfolio of the schemes:
I. Unsupported rating of debt instruments (i.e. without factoring-in credit
enhancements) is below investment grade and
II. Supported rating of debt instruments (i.e. after factoring-in credit enhancement) is
above investment grade.
III. For the purpose of this provision, ‘Group’ shall have the same meaning as defined in
paragraph 12.9.3.3 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds .
IV. Investment limits as mentioned above shall not be applicable on investments in
securitized debt instruments, as defined in SEBI (Public Offer and Listing of
Securitized Debt Instruments) Regulations 2008.
Investment in debt instruments, having credit enhancements backed by equity shares
directly or indirectly, shall have a minimum cover of 4 times considering the market value
of such shares.
• The Scheme may invest in another scheme of the Mutual Fund or any other mutual fund.
The aggregate inter-scheme investment made by all the schemes under the same
management or in schemes under management of any other asset management company
shall not exceed 5% of the net asset value of the Fund. No investment management fees
shall be charged by the Scheme for investing in other schemes of the Mutual Fund or in the
schemes of any other mutual fund.
• The Scheme shall not make any investment in:
a. Any unlisted Security of an associate or group company of the Sponsor; or
b. Any Security issued by way of private placement by an associate or group company of
the Sponsor; or
c. the listed Securities of group companies of the Sponsor which is in excess of 25% of
the net assets.
• Transfer of investments from one scheme to another scheme in the Mutual Fund is
permitted provided – (Con Std Obvs 30)
a) such transfers are done at the prevailing market price for quoted instruments on Spot
Basis (Spot Basis shall have the same meaning as specified by a stock exchange for
spot transactions); and
b) the Securities so transferred shall be in conformity with the investment objective of the
Scheme to which such transfer has been made.
c) The same are in line paragraph 12.30 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds .
• The Mutual Fund shall get the Securities purchased or transferred in the name of the Fund
on account of the Scheme, wherever investments are intended to be of a long-term nature.
Page 46 of 70• The Mutual Fund shall buy and sell securities on the basis of deliveries and shall in all cases
of purchases take delivery of the relevant securities and in all cases of sale, deliver the
securities. The Mutual Fund may however engage in short selling of securities in
accordance with the framework relating to short selling and securities lending and
borrowing specified by SEBI. Further that the Mutual Fund shall enter into derivatives
transactions in a recognised stock exchange, subject to the framework specified by SEBI.
The sale of government securities already contracted for purchase shall be permitted in
accordance with the guidelines issued by the RBI in this regard.
• The Scheme shall not invest in a Fund of Funds scheme.
• The Scheme will comply with the following restrictions for trading in exchange traded
derivatives, as specified by SEBI vide its circular DNPD/Cir-29/2005 dated September 14,
2005, Circular DNPD/Cir-30/2006 dated January 20, 2006 and Circular DNPD/Cir-
31/2006 dated September 22, 2006 read in line with paragraph 7.5 and 12.25 of SEBI
Master Circular for Mutual Funds :
i. Position limit for the Mutual Fund in equity index options contracts:
a. The Mutual Fund position limit in all equity index options contracts on a
particular underlying index shall be Rs. 500 Crores or 15% of the total open
interest of the market in equity index option contracts, whichever is higher, per
Stock Exchange.
b. This limit would be applicable on open positions in all options contracts on a
particular underlying index.
ii. Position limit for the Mutual Fund in equity index futures contracts:
a. The Mutual Fund position limit in all equity index futures contracts on a
particular underlying index shall be Rs. 500 Crores or 15% of the total open
interest in the market in equity index futures contracts, whichever is higher, per
Stock Exchange.
b. This limit would be applicable on open positions in all futures contracts on a
particular underlying index.
iii. Additional position limit for hedging:
In addition to the position limits at point (i) and (ii) above, Mutual Fund may take
exposure in equity index derivatives subject to the following limits:
a. Short positions in index derivatives (short futures, short calls and long puts) shall
not exceed (in notional value) the Mutual Fund’s holding of stocks.
b. Long positions in index derivatives (long futures, long calls and short puts) shall
not exceed (in notional value) the Mutual Fund’s holding of cash, government
securities, T-Bills and similar instruments.
iv. Position limit for the Mutual Fund for stock based derivative contracts:
The Mutual Fund position limit in a derivative contract on a particular underlying
stock, i.e. stock option contracts and stock futures contracts:
Page 47 of 70• The combined futures and options position limit shall be 20% of the applicable
Market Wide Position Limit (MWPL).
v. Position limit for the Scheme:
The position limits for the Scheme and disclosure requirements are as follows–
a. For stock option and stock futures contracts, the gross open position across all
derivative contracts on a particular underlying stock of a scheme of the Mutual
Fund shall not exceed the higher of:
1% of the free float market capitalisation (in terms of number of shares)
Or
5% of the open interest in the derivative contracts on a particular underlying stock
(in terms of number of contracts).
b. This position limit shall be applicable on the combined position in all derivative
contracts on an underlying stock at a Stock Exchange
c. For index based contracts, the Mutual Fund shall disclose the total open interest
held by the Scheme or all schemes put together in a particular underlying index,
if such open interest equals to or exceeds 15% of the open interest of all
derivative contracts on that underlying index.
Further, as per paragraph 12.25 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds, SEBI has
prescribed the following investment restrictions with respect to investment in derivatives:
a) The cumulative gross exposure through equity, debt and derivative positions should
not exceed 100% of the net assets of the scheme. Cash or cash equivalents with
residual maturity of less than 91 days may be treated as not creating any exposure read
in line with AMFI communication dated November 3, 2021. Cash equivalent shall
consist of the following securities having residual maturity of less than 91 days i.e.
Government Securities; T‐Bills; Repo on Government Securities. (Con Std Obvs
14)
b) The total exposure related to option premium paid must not exceed 20% of the net
assets of the scheme.
c) Exposure due to hedging positions may not be included in the above mentioned limits
subject to the following:-
(i) Hedging positions are the derivative positions that reduce possible losses on an
existing position in securities and till the existing position remains;
(ii) Hedging positions cannot be taken for existing derivative positions. Exposure due
to such positions shall have to be added and treated under limits mentioned in Point
(a) above.
(iii) Any derivative instrument used to hedge has the same underlying security as the
existing position being hedged.
Page 48 of 70(iv) The quantity of underlying associated with the derivative position taken for
hedging purposes does not exceed the quantity of the existing position against
which hedge has been taken.
d) Mutual Fund may enter into plain vanilla interest rate swaps for hedging purposes.
The counter party in such transactions has to be an entity recognized as a market maker
by RBI. Further, the value of the notional principal in such cases must not exceed the
value of respective existing assets being hedged by the scheme. Exposure to a single
counterparty in such transactions should not exceed 10% of the net assets of the
scheme.
e) Exposure due to derivative positions taken for hedging purposes in excess of the
underlying position against which the hedging position has been taken, shall be treated
under the limits mentioned in Point (a) above.
f) Investment Restrictions for Covered Call strategy-
The scheme may write Call options under a covered strategy for constituent stocks of
NIFTY 50 and BSE SENSEX subject to the following:
a. The total notional value (taking into account strike price as well as premium
value) of call options written by a scheme shall not exceed 15% of the total
market value of equity shares held in that scheme.
b. The total number of shares underlying the call options written shall not exceed
30% of the unencumbered shares of a particular company held in the scheme.
The unencumbered shares in a scheme shall mean shares that are not part of
Securities Lending and Borrowing Mechanism (SLBM), margin or any other
kind of encumbrances.
c. At all points of time the Mutual Fund scheme shall comply with the provisions
at points (i) and (ii) above. In case of any passive breach of the requirement at
paragraph (i) above, the respective scheme shall have 7 trading days to rebalance
the portfolio. During the rebalancing period, no additional call options can be
written in the said scheme.
d. In case a Mutual Fund scheme needs to sell securities on which a call option is
written under a covered call strategy, it must ensure compliance with paragraphs
(i) and (ii) above while selling the securities.
e. In no case, a scheme shall write a call option without holding the underlying
equity shares. A call option can be written only on shares which are not hedged
using other derivative contracts.
f. The premium received shall be within the requirements prescribed in terms of
paragraph 12.25.2 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds i.e. the total gross
exposure related to option premium paid and received must not exceed 20% of
the net assets of the scheme.
g. The exposure on account of the call option written under the covered call strategy
shall not be considered as exposure in terms of paragraph 12.25.8i(g) of SEBI
Master Circular for Mutual Funds.
Page 49 of 70h. The call option written shall be marked to market daily and the respective gains
or losses factored into the daily NAV of the respective scheme(s) until the
position is closed or expired.
• Pending deployment of funds of a Scheme in terms of the investment objectives of the
Scheme, the AMC may invest the funds of the Scheme in short term deposits of scheduled
commercial banks in accordance with the guidelines set out by SEBI under the Regulations.
The Scheme will comply with the following guidelines/restrictions for parking of funds in
short term deposits:-
a. "Short Term" for parking of funds shall be treated as a period not exceeding 91
days.
b. Such short-term deposits shall be held in the name of the Scheme.
c. The Scheme shall not park more than 15% of the net assets in short term deposit(s)
of all the scheduled commercial banks put together. However, such limit may be
raised to 20% with the approval of the Trustee.
d. Parking of funds in short term deposits of associate and Sponsor scheduled
commercial banks together shall not exceed 20% of total deployment by the Mutual
Fund in short term deposits.
e. The Scheme shall not park more than 10% of the net assets in short term deposit(s),
with any one scheduled commercial bank including its subsidiaries.
f. The Scheme shall not park funds in short-term deposit of a bank which has invested
in the said Scheme. Further Trustees/AMC shall also ensure that a bank in which
scheme has short term deposit does not invest in the Scheme until the Scheme has
short term deposits with such bank.
AMC shall not charge any investment management and advisory fees for parking
of funds in short term deposits of scheduled commercial banks .
However, the above provisions will not apply to term deposits placed as margins for trading
in cash and derivatives market.
• Save as otherwise expressly provided under SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, the
Scheme shall not advance any loans.
• The Fund shall not borrow except to meet temporary liquidity needs of the Fund for the
purpose of repurchase/redemption of Units or payment of interest and/or IDCW to the Unit
holders. Provided that the Fund shall not borrow more than 20% of the net assets of the
individual Scheme and the duration of the borrowing shall not exceed a period of 6 month.
• In term of paragraph 12.2 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds , no Mutual Fund
under all its schemes shall own more than 10% of debt instruments with special features or
Tier 1 bonds and Tier 2 bonds issued under Basel III framework with special features issued
by a single issuer. Further, the scheme shall not invest more than 10% of its NAV of the
debt portfolio of the scheme in such instruments; and shall not invest more than 5% of its
NAV of the debt portfolio of the scheme in such instruments issued by a single issuer.
Participation of Schemes of PGIM India Mutual Fund in Repos of Corporate debt
securities:
In accordance with paragraph 12.28 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds, schemes of the
Mutual Fund shall participate in the ‘Corporate Bond Repo’ transactions as per guidelines
issued by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from time to time. Currently the applicable guidelines
are as under:
Page 50 of 70a. Gross exposure of the scheme to repo transactions in corporate debt securities shall not be
more than 10 % of the net assets of the concerned scheme.
b. The cumulative gross exposure through repo transactions in corporate debt securities
along with debt and derivatives shall not exceed 100% of the net assets of the concerned
scheme Mutual Funds shall participate in repo transactions only in ‘AA and above’ rated
corporate debt securities.
c. In terms of Regulation44 (2) mutual funds shall borrow through repo transactions only if
the tenor of the transaction does not exceed a period of six months
The investment restrictions applicable to the Scheme’s participation in the Corporate Bond
repos will also be as prescribed or varied by SEBI or by the Board of PGIM India Trustees
Pvt. Ltd. (subject to SEBI requirements) from time to time.
The following guidelines shall be followed by PGIM India Mutual Fund for participating
in repo in Corporate debt securities, which have been approved by the Board of AMC and
Trustee Company:
a) Category of Counterparty to be considered for making investment:
All entities eligible for transacting in Corporate Bond repos as defined by SEBI and RBI
shall be considered for repo transactions.
b) Credit rating of Counterparty to be considered for making investment:
The scheme shall participate in Corporate Bond repo transactions with counterparties
having a minimum investment grade rating and approved by the Investment Committee on
a case-to-case basis. In case a Counterparty is unrated, the Investment Committee will
decide/ assign a rating to the Counterparty and report the same to the Board.
c) Tenor of Repo and Collateral:
As a repo seller (borrowing), the scheme will borrow cash for a period not exceeding 6
months or as per extant regulations. As a repo buyer, the Scheme are allowed to undertake
the transactions (lending) for maximum maturity up to one year or such other terms as may
be approved by the Investment Committee. There shall be no restriction / limitation on the
tenor of the underlying collateral that is being accepted.
d) Applicable haircuts:
As per RBI circular RBI/2012-13/365 IDMD.PCD. 09 /14.03.02/2012-13 dated
07/01/2013, all Corporate Bond repo transaction will be subject to a minimum haircut given
as given below:
a. AAA : 7.50%
b. AA+ : 8.50%
c. AA : 10.00%
The haircut will be applicable on the prevailing market value of the said security on the
prevailing date of trade. However, the fund manager may ask for a higher haircut (while
lending) or give a higher haircut (while borrowing) depending on the prevailing market
and liquidity situation.
All investment restrictions shall be applicable at the time of making investment. The
AMC/Trustee may alter these above stated restrictions from time to time to the extent the
Page 51 of 70Regulations change, so as to permit the Scheme to make its investments in the full spectrum of
permitted investments for mutual funds to achieve its respective investment objective.
C. Fundamental Attributes (Std Obvs 8) (Con Std Obvs 59)
Following are the Fundamental Attributes of the Scheme, in terms of Clause 1.14 of SEBI Master
Circular for Mutual Funds:
i. Type of scheme:
An open ended scheme investing in Equity and Equity related instruments, Debt &
Money Market instruments, Gold ETFs and Silver ETFs.
ii. Investment Objective: (Con Std Obvs 26)
• Main Objective
The investment objective of the Scheme is to seek to generate long term capital
appreciation by investing in multiple asset classes including equity and equity related
securities, debt and money market instruments, gold ETFs and silver ETFs.
However, there is no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be
achieved. The Scheme does not guarantee/ indicate any returns.
• Investment pattern: Please refer to section ‘Asset Allocation’ under Section I Part II. C
iii. Terms of Issue:
• Liquidity provisions such as listing, repurchase, redemption. Refer Section I,
Part I – highlights / summary of the Scheme
• Aggregate fees and expenses charged to the Scheme. Refer Section I, Part III,
Point no. C- Annual Scheme recurring Expenses
• The Scheme does not provide any safety net or guarantee).
In accordance with Regulation 18(15A) of the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations and Clause
1.14.1.4 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds , the Trustee will ensure that no change in
the Fundamental Attributes of the Scheme(s) and the Plan(s) / Option(s) thereunder or the Trust
or fees and expenses payable or any other change which would modify the Scheme and the
Plan(s) /Option(s) there under and affect the interest of the Unit holders is carried out unless:
a. SEBI has reviewed and provided its comments on the proposal;
b. written communication about the proposed change is sent to each Unit holder and an
advertisement is given in one English daily newspaper having nationwide circulation as
well as in a newspaper published in the language of the region where the head office of
the Mutual Fund is situated; and
c. the Unit holders are given an option for a period of 30 calendar days to exit at the
prevailing NAV without any exit load.
D. Other Scheme Specific Disclosures:
Listing and transfer The Scheme is an open ended equity scheme under which sale and repurchase
of units will be made on a continuous basis and therefore listing on stock exchanges is
not envisaged. However, the Trustee/AMC reserves the right to list the Units.
Page 52 of 70Units of the Scheme held in the Demat form are fully and freely in accordance
with the provisions of SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018
as may be amended from time to time through off market deals or in accordance
with the stock exchange rules, upon the Scheme being listed. Transfers should
be only in favor of transferees who are eligible for holding Units under the
Scheme.
Units of the Scheme are freely transferable in demat and non demat mode.
If a person becomes a holder of the Units consequent to operation of law, or
upon enforcement of a pledge, the Mutual Fund will, subject to production of
satisfactory evidence, effect the transfer, if the transferee is otherwise eligible
to hold the Units. Similarly, in cases of transmission of Units consequent on the
death of a unitholder, the transferee’s name will be recorded by the AMC /
Registrar subject to production of satisfactory evidence and completing the
requisite procedure / documentation (as explained in SAI).
Dematerialization of The investors shall have an option to hold the Units in demat mode. In case of
units SIP transactions, the units will be allotted based on the applicable NAV, the
same will be credited to unitholder’s Demat account on a weekly basis, upon
(Con Std Obvs
realization of funds/ credit confirmation. For example, for fund realization/
57 a & b)
credit confirmation received from the bankers from Monday to Friday of a
week, the Units will be credited to unitholder’s Demat account with the DP in
the following week on Monday.
To hold the Units in demat mode, the investor will be required to have a
beneficiary account with a Depository Participant (DP) of the NSDL/CDSL and
will be required to mention in the application form, DP’s Name, DP ID and
Beneficiary Account No. with the DP at the time of subscribing to the Units.
The AMC will credit the Units to the Beneficiary Account of Unit holder within
five working days from the date of clearance of the investor’s cheque.
If a Unit holder desires to opt for dematerialization of units held under physical
account statement at a later date, he will be required to make an application to
AMC/ RTA/DP in Conversion Request Form (available on the website of the
Mutual Fund or with the DPs) along with Statement of Account, a copy of
Client Master Report (CMR) or Transaction Statement (only the page of
Transaction Statement reflecting the name and pattern of holding) issued by its
Depository Participant. Application for issue of Units in demat mode may be
submitted to any of the OPAs / ISCs or DPs. The AMC will credit the Units to
the Beneficiary Account of Unit holder within two working days from receipt
of demat request.
In case the unit holders do not provide their Demat Account details, or the demat
details provided in the application form are incomplete / incorrect or do not
match with the details with the Depository records, the Units will be allotted in
physical account statement mode provided the application is otherwise
complete in all respect and accordingly, an Account Statement shall be sent to
them.
Page 53 of 70Minimum Target In accordance with paragraph 6.12.2 of SEBI Master circular, the minimum
amount target amount of the Scheme shall be Rs.10 Crores.
(This is the
minimum amount
required to operate
the scheme and if
this is not collected
during the NFO
period, then all the
investors would be
refunded the
amount invested
without any return.)
Maximum Amount Not Applicable
to be raised (if any)
Dividend Policy Under the Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal option, the Trustee will
(IDCW) have the discretion to declare the IDCW, subject to availability of distributable
surplus calculated in accordance with the Regulations. Further investors are
requested to note that the amounts can be distributed out of investors capital
(Equalization Reserve) which is part of a sale price that represents realized
gains. The actual declaration of IDCW and frequency will inter-alia, depend on
availability of distributable surplus calculated in accordance with the
Regulations and the decisions of the Trustee shall be final in this regard. There
is no assurance or guarantee to the Unit holders as to the rate of IDCW nor that
the IDCW will be paid regularly.
IDCW Distribution Procedure
In accordance with Chapter 11 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Fund the
procedure for IDCW distribution would be as under:
1. Quantum of IDCW and the record date will be fixed by the Trustee. IDCW
so decided shall be paid, subject to availability of distributable surplus.
2. Within one calendar day of decision by the Trustee, the AMC shall issue
notice to the public communicating the decision about the IDCW including
the record date, in one English daily newspaper having nationwide
circulation as well as in a newspaper published in the language of the
region where the head office of the Mutual Fund is situated.
3. Record date shall be the date, which will be considered for the purpose of
determining the eligibility of investors whose names appear on the register
of Unit holders for receiving IDCW. The Record Date will be 2 business
days from the date of issue of notice.
4. The NAV will be adjusted to the extent of IDCW distribution and statutory
levy, if any, at the close of business hours on record date.
Allotment (Detailed Full allotment will be made to all valid applications received, whose
procedure) subscription proceeds have been realized, during the New Fund Offer Period.
Allotment of units, shall be completed not later than 5 business days after the
close of the New Fund Offer Period. On acceptance of the application for
subscription, an allotment confirmation specifying the number of units allotted
by way of e-mail and/or SMS within 5 business days from the date of closure
of new fund offer period will be sent to the Unit Holders registered e-mail
address and/or mobile number.
Page 54 of 70An applicant in a scheme whose application has been accepted shall have the
option either to receive the statement of accounts or to hold the units in
dematerialised form and the asset management company shall issue to such
applicant, a statement of accounts specifying the number of units allotted to the
applicant or issue units in the dematerialized form as soon as possible but not
later than five working days from the date of closure of the initial subscription
list or from the date of receipt of the application.
In case of Unit holder who have provided their e-mail address the Fund will
provide the Account Statement only through e-mail message, subject to
Regulations and unless otherwise required. In cases where the email does not
reach the Unit holder, the Fund / its Registrar & Transfer Agents will not be
responsible, but the Unit holder can request for fresh statement. The Unit holder
shall from time to time intimate the Fund / its Registrar & Transfer Agent about
any changes in his e-mail address.
All Units will rank pari passu, among Units within the same Option in the
Scheme concerned as to assets, earnings and the receipt of IDCW distributions,
if any, as may be declared by the Trustee.
In case the Unit Holder desires to hold Units in dematerialized/rematerialized
form at a later date, the request for conversion of Units held in non-
dematerialized form into dematerialized form or vice-versa should be submitted
along with a dematerialized/rematerialized request form to their Depository
Participants.
Refund If application is rejected, full amount will be refunded within 5 working days
of closure of NFO. If refunded later than 5 working days @ 15% p.a. for delay
period will be paid and charged to the AMC.
Who can invest The following persons are eligible to invest in the Units of the Scheme (subject,
wherever relevant, to the Purchase of Units of the Scheme of the Mutual Fund
(This is an indicative being permitted and duly authorized under their respective by-laws
list and investors /constitutions, charter documents, corporate / other authorisations and relevant
shall consult their statutory provisions etc):-
financial advisor to
ascertain whether 1. Resident Indian adult individuals either singly or jointly (not exceeding
the scheme is three) or on an Anyone or Survivor basis;
suitable to their risk
2. Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) through Karta;
profile).
3. Resident Indian Minors or Non-Resident Indian Minors through their
parent/ legal guardian;
4. Partnership Firms;
5. Proprietorship in the name of the sole proprietor;
6. Companies, Bodies Corporate, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs.),
Association of Persons (AOP) or Bodies of Individuals (BOI) and societies
registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860;
7. Banks (as permitted by RBI) and Financial Institutions;
Page 55 of 708. Religious and Charitable Trusts, Wakfs or endowments of private trusts
(subject to receipt of necessary approvals as “Public Securities” as
required) and Private trusts authorised to invest in mutual fund schemes
under their trust deeds;
9. Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)/ Persons of Indian origin (PIOs) residing
abroad on repatriation basis or on non – repatriation basis;
10. Foreign Portfolio Investors, subject to provisions of Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014;
11. Army, Air Force, Navy and other para-military units and bodies created by
such institutions;
12. Scientific and Industrial Research Organisations;
13. Multilateral Funding Agencies/ Bodies Corporate incorporated outside
India with the permission of Government of India/ RBI
14. Provident/ Pension/ Gratuity Fund to the extent they are permitted;
15. Other schemes of PGIM India Mutual Fund or any other mutual fund
subject to the conditions and limits prescribed by SEBI Regulations;
16. Trustee, AMC or Sponsor or their associates may subscribe to Units under
the Scheme(s)
The AMC reserve the right to include/exclude new/existing categories of
investors to invest in the Scheme from time to time, subject to applicable Laws,
if any. Prospective investors are advised to satisfy themselves that they are not
prohibited by any law governing such entity and any Indian law from investing
in the Scheme and are authorized to invest in mutual fund units as per their
respective constitutions, charter documents, corporate / other authorizations and
relevant statutory provisions.
Subject to the Regulations and applicable law, an application for Units
from an applicant may be accepted or rejected at the sole and absolute
discretion of the AMC/Trustee.
Who cannot invest The following persons cannot invest in the Scheme:
1. United States Person (U.S. person) as defined under the extant laws of the
United States of America;
2. Residents of Canada
3. Any individual who is a foreign national or any entity that is not an Indian
Resident under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, except
where registered with SEBI as a FPIs or FPIs sub account;
4. Non-Resident Indians residing in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Non-Compliant Countries and Territories (NCCTs);
5. Overseas Corporate Bodies;
Page 56 of 70The AMC reserve the right to include/exclude new/existing categories of
investors to invest in the Scheme from time to time, subject to applicable Laws,
if any. Prospective investors are advised to satisfy themselves that they are not
prohibited by any law governing such entity and any Indian law from investing
in the Scheme and are authorized to invest in mutual fund units as per their
respective constitutions, charter documents, corporate / other authorizations and
relevant statutory provisions.
Subject to the Regulations and applicable law, an application for Units
from an applicant may be accepted or rejected at the sole and absolute
discretion of the AMC/Trustee.
How to Apply and The Application form shall be made available availability of application form
other details from either the Investor Service Centers (ISCs)/Official Points of Acceptance
(OPAs) of AMC or may be downloaded from the website of AMC
(Con Std Obvs (https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds)
35)
Please refer to the SAI and Application form for the instructions.
Please refer the AMC website (https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds) for
the list of official points of acceptance, collecting banker details etc.
All transaction requests can be submitted at any of the Official Points of
Acceptance, the addresses of which are given at the end of this SID. (Please
refer to the back cover page of this SID for details) The AMC may designate
additional centres of the Registrar as the Official Points of Acceptance during
the Ongoing Offer Period and change such centres, if necessary.
As per the directives issued by SEBI, it is mandatory for applicants to mention
their bank account numbers in their applications and therefore, investors are
requested to fill-up the appropriate box in the application form failing which
applications are liable to be rejected.
The policy regarding Units once redeemed will be extinguished and will not be reissued.
reissue of
repurchased units,
including the
maximum extent, the
manner of reissue,
the entity (the
scheme or the AMC)
involved in the same.
Restrictions, if any, Pledge of Units:-
on the right to
freely retain or The Units under the Scheme may be offered as security by way of a pledge /
dispose of units charge in favor of scheduled banks, financial institutions, non-banking finance
being offered.
companies (NBFC’s), or any other body. The AMC/RTA will note and record
such Pledged Units. A standard form for this purpose is available on request at
all ISCs. The AMC shall mark a lien on the specified units only upon receiving
the duly completed form and documents as it may require. Disbursement of
such loans will be at the entire discretion of the bank / financial institution /
NBFC or any other body concerned and the Mutual Fund assumes no
responsibility thereof.
Page 57 of 70The Pledgor will not be able to redeem/switch Units that are pledged until the
entity to which the Units are pledged provides a written authorisation to the
Mutual Fund that the pledge / lien/ charge may be removed. As long as Units
are pledged, the Pledgee will have complete authority to redeem such Units.
IDCW declared on Units under lien will be paid / re-invested to the credit of the
Unit Holder and not the lien holder unless specified otherwise in the lien letter.
For units of the Scheme held in electronic (Demat) form, the rules of Depository
applicable for pledge will be applicable for Pledge/Assignment of units of the
Scheme. Pledgor and Pledgee must have a beneficial account with the
Depository. These accounts can be with the same DP or with different DPs.
Lien on Units:-
On an ongoing basis, when existing and new investors make Subscriptions,
pending clearance of the payment instrument, a temporary hold (lien) will be
created on the Units allotted and such Units shall not be available for
redemption/switch out until the payment proceeds are realised by the Fund. In
case a Unit holder redeems Units immediately after making subscription for
purchase of units, the redemption request for such investor shall be rejected. In
case the cheque/draft is dishonored during clearing process by the bank, the
transaction will be reversed and the Units allotted there against shall be
cancelled under intimation to the applicant. In respect of NRIs, the AMC/ RTA
shall mark a temporary hold (lien) on the Units, in case the requisite documents
(such as FIRC/Account debit letter) have not been submitted along with the
application form and before the submission of the redemption request. The
AMC reserves the right to change the operational guidelines for temporary lien
on Units from time to time.
Suspension of sale of units
With the approval of the Boards of Directors of the Trustee and the Asset
Management Company, the sale of Units may be suspended temporarily or
indefinitely when any of the following conditions exist:
1. The equity / debt market stops functioning or trading is restricted.
2. Periods of extreme volatility in the equity / debt market, which, in the opinion
of the Investment Manager, is prejudicial to the interest of the investors.
3. When there is a strike by the banking community or trading is restricted by
RBI or other authority.
4. Period of extreme volatility in the equity / debt / money market, which in the
opinion of the Board of Directors of AMC and Trustee is prejudicial to the interest
of the scheme’s investors.
5. As and when directed by the Government of India or RBI or SEBI to do so or
conditions relating to natural calamity/external aggression/internal disturbances
etc. arises, so as to cause volatile movements in the money or debt market, which
in the opinion of the AMC, will be prejudicial to the interest of the unitholders,
if further trading in the scheme is continued.
6. Break down in the information processing/communication systems affecting
the valuation of investments/processing of sale/repurchase request.
7. Natural calamity.
8. SEBI, by order, so directs.
9. Trustee views that increasing the Scheme’s size further may prove detrimental
to the existing/prospective Unitholders of the Scheme.
Page 58 of 7010. Any other circumstances which in the opinion of the Board of Directors of
AMC and Trustee is prejudicial to the interest of the existing/prospective
investors.
Right to Limit Redemption:-
The AMC may, under the below mentioned circumstances, impose restriction
on redemption (including switch-outs) for a period not exceeding 10 working
days in any 90 days period. Such restriction may be imposed when there are
circumstances leading to a systemic crisis or event that severely constricts
market liquidity or the efficient functioning of markets such as:
o Liquidity issues - When market at large becomes illiquid affecting almost all
securities rather than any issuer specific security;
o Market failures, exchange closures - When markets are affected by unexpected
events which impact the functioning of exchanges or the regular course of
transactions. Such unexpected events could also be related to political,
economic, military, monetary or other emergencies;
o Operational issues - When exceptional circumstances are caused by force
majeure, unpredictable operational problems and technical failures (e.g. a black
out).
However, such restriction would not be applicable to the redemption (including
switch-outs) requests received for up to INR 2 Lakhs. In case of redemption
(including switch-outs) requests above INR 2 Lakhs, the AMC shall redeem the
first INR 2 Lakhs without such restriction and remaining part over and above
INR 2 Lakhs shall be subject to such restriction.
Any imposition of restriction on redemption (including switch-outs) of units of
the Scheme shall be made applicable only after specific approval of Board of
AMC and Trustee and the same shall also be informed to SEBI immediately.
Cut off timing for SUBSCRIPTION/PURCHASE INCLUDING SWITCH-INS:-
subscriptions/
redemptions/ a) In respect of valid application received before 3.00 p.m. on a business day
switches and funds for the entire amount of subscription/ purchase as per the
application are credited to the bank account of the Scheme and are available
This is the time for utilization before the cut-off time, the closing NAV of the day on which
before which your the funds are available for utilisation shall be applicable;
application
b) In respect of valid application received after 3.00 p.m. on a business day and
(complete in all
funds for the entire amount of subscription / purchase as per the application
respects) should
are credited to the bank account of the Scheme and are available for
reach the official
utilization before the cut-off time of the next business day, the closing NAV
points of
of the next business day shall be applicable;
acceptance.
c) However, irrespective of the time of receipt of valid application on a given
Business day, where the funds are not available for utilisation before the cut
off time on the day of the application, the closing NAV of the Business Day
on which the funds are available for utilisation before the cut-off time (3:00
p.m.) shall be applicable.
Page 59 of 70For determining the availability of funds for utilisation, the funds for the entire
amount of subscription/purchase (including switch-in) as per the application
should be credited to the bank account of the scheme before the cut-off time
and the funds are available for utilisation before the cut-off time without
availing any credit facility whether intra-day or otherwise, by the Scheme.
REDEMPTIONS INCLUDING SWITCH–OUTS:
1) In respect of valid applications received upto 3 p.m. on a business day by
the Mutual Fund, closing NAV of the day of receipt of application, shall be
applicable.
2) In respect of valid applications received after 3 p.m. on a business day by
the Mutual Fund, the closing NAV of the next business day shall be
applicable.
Switch Transactions
Valid Switch application will be considered for processing on the earliest day
which is a Business Day for both the ‘Switch out’ scheme and the ‘Switch in’
scheme. Application for ‘Switch in’ shall be treated as purchase application and
the Applicable NAV based on the cut off time for purchase shall be applied.
Application for Switch out shall be treated as redemption application, and the
Applicable NAV based on the cut off time for redemption shall be applied.
Minimum amount Minimum Amount of Purchase/Switch-in –Rs. 5,000/- and in multiples of
for purchase/ Re.1/- thereafter.
redemption/
switches Minimum Additional Purchase - Rs. 1,000/- and in multiples of Re.1/-
thereafter.
Minimum Redemption Amount/Switch-out: - Rs. 1,000/- and in multiples of
Re. 1/- or account balance whichever is lower.
Note:
• In case the Unitholder specifies the number of Units and amount in the
redemption request, the number of Units shall be considered for
Redemption.
• In case the Unit holder does not specify the number of Units or amount in
the redemption request, the request will be rejected.
• If the balance Units in the Unitholder’s account do not cover the amount
specified in the Redemption request, then the Mutual Fund shall
repurchase the entire balance of Units in account of the Unitholder.
In case a Unitholder has purchased Units on multiple days in a single folio, the
Units will be redeemed / switched out on a ‘First in First Out’ (FIFO) basis, i.e.,
the Units acquired chronologically first / earlier will be redeemed / switched out
first, and the Exit Load, if any, applicable to each of the Units would correspond
to the period of time the Units were held by the Unitholder.
Accounts Statements The AMC shall send an allotment confirmation specifying the units allotted by
way of email and/or SMS within 5 working days of receipt of valid
(Std Obvs 18) application/transaction to the Unit holders registered e-mail address and/ or
mobile number (whether units are held in demat mode or in account statement
(Con Std Obvs form).
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A Consolidated Account Statement (CAS) detailing all the transactions across
all mutual funds (including transaction charges paid to the distributor) and
holding at the end of the month shall be sent to the Unit holders in whose folio(s)
transaction(s) have taken place during the month by mail or email on or before
15th of the succeeding month.
Half-yearly CAS shall be issued at the end of every six months (i.e. September/
March) on or before 21st day of succeeding month, to all investors providing the
prescribed details across all schemes of mutual funds and securities held in
dematerialized form across demat accounts, if applicable
For further details, refer SAI.
Dividend/ IDCW The payment of dividend/IDCW to the unitholders shall be made within seven
working days from the record date.
Redemption The redemption or repurchase proceeds shall be dispatched to the unitholders within
three working days from the date of redemption or repurchase.
For list of exceptional circumstances refer para 14.1.3 of SEBI Master Circular for
Mutual Funds
For schemes investing atleast 80% of total assets in permissible overseas investments
(as per Clause 12.19 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Funds ), the transfer of
redemption or repurchase proceeds to the unitholders shall be made within five
working days from the date of redemption or repurchase.
Bank Mandate As per the directives issued by SEBI, it is mandatory for applicants to mention
their bank account numbers in their applications/request for redemption and
(Std Obvs 19) therefore, investors are requested to fill-up the appropriate box in the
application/request for redemption form failing which applications/request for
(Con Std Obvs redemption are liable to be rejected.
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Delay in payment of The Asset Management Company shall be liable to pay interest to the
redemption / unitholders at rate as specified vide clause 14.2 of SEBI Master Circular for
repurchase Mutual Funds by SEBI for the period of such delay.
proceeds/dividend
Unclaimed The unclaimed redemption and IDCW amounts may be deployed by the Mutual
Redemption and Fund in call money market or money market instruments or a separate plan of
Income only Overnight scheme / Liquid scheme / Money Market Mutual Fund scheme
Distribution cum floated by Mutual Fund specifically for deployment of the unclaimed amounts.
Capital Withdrawal Provided that such schemes where the unclaimed redemption and dividend
Amount amounts are deployed shall be only those Overnight scheme/ Liquid scheme /
Money Market Mutual Fund schemes which are placed in A-1 cell (Relatively
(Con Std Obvs
Low Interest Rate Risk and Relatively Low Credit Risk) of Potential Risk Class
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matrix as per paragraph 17.5 of SEBI Master Circular . AMCs shall not be
permitted to charge any exit load in this plan and TER (Total Expense Ratio) of
such plan shall be capped as per the TER of direct plan of such scheme or at
50bps whichever is lower.
Investors who claim these amounts during a period of three years from the due
date shall be paid at the prevailing Net Asset Value. After a period of three
years, this amount will be transferred to a pool account and the investors can
Page 61 of 70claim the amount at prevailing NAV at the end of the third year. The income
earned on such funds will be used for the purpose of investor education. The
AMC will make a continuous effort to remind the investors through letters to
take their unclaimed amounts. The Fund shall not be liable to pay any interest
or compensation on unclaimed amount.
For more details on how to claim the unclaimed redemption/IDCW amount,
please refer to the website of the Fund viz. https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-
funds.
Disclosure w.r.t Payment for investment by any mode shall be accepted from the bank account
investment by minors of the minor, parent or legal guardian of the minor, or from a joint account of
the minor with parent or legal guardian. For existing folios, the AMCs shall
(Con Std Obvs
insist upon a Change of Pay-out Bank mandate before redemption is processed.
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Irrespective of the source of payment for subscription, all redemption proceeds
shall be credited only in the verified bank account of the minor, i.e. the minor
may hold account with the parent/ legal guardian after completing all KYC
formalities.
Upon the minor attaining the status of major, the minor in whose name the
investment was made, shall be required to provide all the KYC details, updated
bank account details including cancelled original cheque leaf of the new
account and his/her specimen signature duly authenticated by banker/guardian.
Investors shall additionally note that, upon the minor attaining the status of
major, the account shall be frozen for operation by the guardian on the day the
minor attains the age of majority and no further transactions including standing
instructions like SIP / STP / SWP shall be allowed till the documents for
changing the status are received.
Acceptance of Non-individual unitholders desiring to avail the facility of carrying out
financial transactions financial transactions through email in respect of PGIM India Mutual Fund
through email in schemes shall be abide by the below mentioned Terms & Conditions:
respect of non-
individual investors
i. For acceptance of financial transactions in respect of non-individual
investors routed through email, a copy of the Board resolution or an
authority letter on the entity’s letter head with the necessary authority /
delegation from the Board of Directors, granting appropriate authority to the
designated officials of the entity. The board resolution/ authority letter shall
explicitly mention the following: a) List of approved authorized officials
who are authorized to transact on behalf of non-individual investors along
with their designation and email IDs. b) An undertaking that the instructions
for any financial transactions sent by email by the authorized officials shall
be binding upon the entity as if it were a written agreement.
ii. In case the transaction document is executed electronically with a valid
Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) or through Aadhaar based e-signature
by the authorized official/s, the same shall be considered as valid and
acceptable, and shall be binding on the non-individual investor even if the
transaction request is not received from the registered email id. of the
authorized official/s. However, in such cases, the domain name of the email
ID should be from the same organization's official domain name.
Page 62 of 70iii. Scanned copy of duly signed transaction form/request letter bearing wet
signatures of the authorized signatories of the entity, received from some
other official / employee of the non individual investor may also be
accepted, and shall be binding on the non-individual investor provided a)
The email is also CC'd (copied) to the registered email ID of the authorized
official / signatory of the non-individual investor; and b) the domain name
of the email ID of the sender of the email is from the same organization's
official domain name.
iv. No change in bank details or addition of bank account of the entity or any
non financial transactions shall be allowed / accepted via email.
v. Request for change in bank details or addition of bank account of the entity
shall be submitted by the non-individual investor using the prescribed
service request form duly signed by the entity's authorized signatories.
vi. Further, any change in the registered email address / contact details of the
entity shall be accepted only through a physical letter (including scan copy
thereof) with wet signature of the designated authorized officials of the
entity, duly supported by copy of the board resolutions/authority letter on
the entity's letter head.
vii. Non-Individual investor to use the KORPCONNECT application of KFIN
Technologies Ltd ( RTA) for upload of financial transactions through mutual
fund distributor of the entity or a third party duly authorized by the non-
individual investor. Alternatively, scanned copies of signed transaction
form/request letter bearing wet signatures of the authorized signatories of
the entity, received from the registered mutual fund distributor of the entity
or a third party duly authorized by the non-individual unitholder may also
be accepted subject to below conditions: a) Authorization letter from the
non-individual unitholder authorizing the MFD/person to send the scanned
copies of signed transaction form/request letter on behalf the non-individual
investor. b) The non-individual unitholder’s registered email id shall also be
copied in the email sent by MFD/person sending the scanned copies of the
duly signed transaction form/request letter
viii. All transaction requests to be sent to transact@pgimindia.co.in only from
registered Email IDs of the entity. Non-compliance to this will result in such
requests being denied by the AMC. Further, these documents shall only be
accepted if they are in PDF or JPG format.
ix. The AMC reserves the right to change its Designated Email ID/designate
more than one email IDs as Designated Email IDs from time to time, and the
same shall be updated on the Statement of Additional Information.
x. Investor availing the facility for submitting financial transactions via email
shall retain records of such transactions and share the same with AMC if
required, in line with the applicable laws / regulations.
xi. The Designated Email ID will be an Official Point of Acceptance for
transactions. The transaction request sent on the Designated Email ID will
be time-stamped as per the date and time of the email received on the server
of the AMC, and such time stamp shall be considered as final and binding
for determining the applicable Net Asset Value (NAV) for the transaction in
accordance with the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996.
Page 63 of 70xii. The Investor agrees and acknowledges and is aware that there may be a
delay in delivery or difference in the date and time of the email received on
the server of the AMC and the date and time of the server through which the
Investor has sent the email, and also that the AMC server may not receive /
reject the email sent by the Investor.
xiii. The AMC shall act in good faith and shall take necessary steps in
connection with the email requests received regardless of the value involved,
and the same shall be binding on the Investor. The AMC/ Mutual Fund/
Registrar shall not be held responsible / liable for any loss caused to the
investor due to any time lag / error / interception in transmission of
transaction through email to the AMC / Mutual Fund/ Registrar and will be
held harmless for loss, if any, suffered by the Investor for processing/ not
processing transactions received through this Facility.
xiv. The Investor acknowledges that it is an electronic service and that
transmissions may not be properly received and may be inadvertently read.
Further, the Investor acknowledges and is fully aware of the risks involved
in using this Facility including but not limited to such transaction requests
being illegible, altered, etc. The Investor agrees that the risk of
misunderstanding and errors shall be borne by the Investor, and the AMC
shall not be responsible for such breach and shall not be liable for any claims,
liability, loss, damage, cost or expenses arising from such misunderstanding
or errors caused in transmission.
xv. Investor shall indemnify the AMC/ Mutual Fund/ Registrar from and
against all claims, liability, loss, damage, cost and expenses incurred by the
AMC/ Mutual Fund/ Registrar arising out of or relating to: a) The AMC/
Mutual Fund/ Registrar acting pursuant to, in accordance with or relying
upon any email requests received or the AMC/ Mutual Fund/ Registrar not
processing the email requests for any reason. b) Any unauthorized or
fraudulent email request received by the AMC/Mutual Fund/ Registrar from
the registered email ID of the investor.
xvi. The Investor also agrees and undertakes to execute any other documents
indemnifying the AMC/Mutual Fund/ Registrar.
xvii. The AMC/ Registrar at its sole discretion and in accordance with the terms
of the SID of the Scheme reject the transaction received through this Facility
and such decision shall be final and binding on the investor.
xviii. The AMC reserves the right to restrict the number / type of schemes
being offered through this facility.
xix. This facility is provided subject to provisions of cut off timing for
applicability of NAV and time stamping requirements, provisions of the SAI
and the respective SID including the provisions of the 'Prevention of Money
Laundering and Know Your Customer' requirements as detailed in the SAI,
and any other applicable laws, rules and regulations as may be enforced from
time to time.
xx. Availing this facility is at the sole discretion of the Investor and that the
Investor understands and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions
applicable to this facility, as amended from time to time.
Page 64 of 70xxi. The AMC reserves the right to modify or discontinue the T&C of the facility
at any time, with any such changes taking effect only on a prospective basis.
III. Other Details
A. Periodic Disclosures:
Monthly / Half – The AMC, shall disclose portfolio (along with ISIN) in a user friendly &
yearly Disclosures: downloadable spreadsheet format, as on the last day of the month/half year for the
Portfolio scheme(s) on its website Monthly Portfolio - https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-
funds/disclosures/Portfolios/Monthly-Portfolio and Half yearly portfolio -
This is a list of https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Financial-
securities where the Statements/Scheme-Financials and on the website of AMFI
corpus of the scheme (https://www.amfiindia.com) within 10 days from the close of each month/half
is currently invested. year.
The market value of
these investments is In case of unitholders whose email addresses are registered with, PGIM India
also stated in Mutual Fund shall send via email both the monthly and half yearly statement of
portfolio disclosures. scheme portfolio within 10 days from the close of each month /half year
respectively.
The AMC shall publish an advertisement every half-year, in the all India edition
of at least two daily newspapers, one each in English and Hindi, disclosing the
hosting of the half yearly statement of the schemes portfolio on the AMC’s
website https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds and on the website of AMFI
(https://www.amfiindia.com). The AMC shall provide physical copy of the
statement of scheme portfolio without any cost, on specific request received from
a unitholder.
For further details, kindly refer AMC website, SAI and AMFI website.
Half Yearly Results The Mutual Fund shall within one month of the close of each half year i.e., 31st
March and 30th September, upload the soft copy of its unaudited financial results
containing the details specified in Regulation 59 on its website
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Financial-
Statements/Scheme-Financials) and shall publish an advertisement disclosing
uploading of such financial results on its website, in one English newspaper
having nationwide circulation and in one regional newspaper circulating in the
region where the head office of the Mutual Fund is situated. This shall also be
displayed on the website of AMFI.
For further details, kindly refer AMC website, SAI and AMFI website.
Annual Report The Scheme wise annual report or an abridged summary thereof shall be provided
to all Unit holders not later than four months (or such other period as may be
specified by SEBI from time to time) from the date of closure of the relevant
accounting year (i.e., 31st March each year). Scheme wise annual report shall be
displayed on the website of the AMC (https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds)
and Association of Mutual Funds in India (https://www.amfiindia.com).
In case of unitholders whose email addresses are available with the Mutual Fund,
the scheme annual reports or abridged summary would be sent only by email.
Unitholders whose email addresses are not available with the Mutual Fund will
Page 65 of 70have an option of receiving a physical copy of scheme annual reports or abridged
summary by post/courier. The AMC shall provide a physical copy of scheme
annual report or abridged summary without charging any cost, upon receipt of a
specific request from the unitholders, irrespective of registration of their email
addresses. Physical copies of annual report will also be available to unitholders at
the registered office at all times. The full annual report shall be available for
inspection at the Head Office of the Mutual Fund and a copy shall be made
available to the Unit holders on request on payment of nominal fees, if any.
The AMC shall publish an advertisement every year, in the all India edition of at
least two daily newspapers, one each in English and Hindi, disclosing the hosting
of the scheme wise annual report on the AMC website
(https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Financial-
Statements/Scheme-Financials) and on the website of AMFI
(https://www.amfiindia.com).
For further details, kindly refer AMC website, SAI and AMFI website.
Risk-o-meter Mutual Fund/AMCs shall disclose risk-o-meter of the scheme and benchmark
while disclosing the performance of scheme vis-à-vis benchmark and shall send
(Con Std Obvs the details of the scheme portfolio while communicating the fortnightly, monthly
and half-yearly statement of scheme portfolio via email. Any change in risk-o-
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meter shall be communicated by way of Notice cum Addendum and by way of an
email or SMS to unitholders of that particular scheme. Risk-o-meter shall be
evaluated on a monthly basis and Mutual Funds/AMCs shall disclose the Risk-o-
meter along with portfolio disclosure for all their schemes on the website of the
Mutual Fund (https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds) and that of AMFI
(https://www.amfiindia.com) within 10 days from the close of each month.
Scheme Summary The AMC has provided on its website a standalone scheme document for all the
Document Schemes which contains all the details of the Scheme including but not limited to
Scheme features, Fund Manager details, investment details, investment objective,
(Con Std Obvs expense ratios, portfolio details, etc. Scheme summary document is uploaded on
the websites of AMC, AMFI and stock exchanges in 3 data formats i.e. PDF,
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Spreadsheet and a machine readable format (either JSON or XML).
B. Transparency/NAV Disclosure: (Std Obvs 17a) (Con Std Obvs 40, 41)
The NAV of the Scheme will be calculated and disclosed on all Business Days. The AMC shall
update the NAVs on the website of the AMC (https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds) and
of the Association of Mutual Funds in India-AMFI (https://www.amfiindia.com) before 11:00
p.m. on every Business Day.
In case of any delay, the reasons for such delay would be explained to AMFI by the next
Business Day. If the NAVs are not available before the commencement of Business Hours on
the following Business day due to any reason, the Mutual Fund shall issue a press release giving
reasons and explaining when the Mutual Fund would be able to publish the NAV.
Investor may write to AMC for availing facility of receiving the latest NAVs through SMS.
The AMC shall disclose portfolio (along with ISIN) in a user friendly & downloadable
spreadsheet format, as on the last day of the month/half year for the scheme(s) on its website
https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds and on the website of AMFI
(https://www.amfiindia.com) within 10 days from the close of each month/half year.
Page 66 of 70In case of unitholders whose email addresses are registered with PGIM India Mutual Fund, the
AMC shall send via email both the monthly and half yearly statement of scheme portfolio
within 10 days from the close of each month/half year respectively. The AMC shall publish an
advertisement every half-year, in the all India edition of at least two daily newspapers, one each
in English and Hindi, disclosing the hosting of the half yearly statement of the schemes portfolio
on the AMC’s website https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds and on the website of AMFI
(https://www.amfiindia.com). The AMC shall provide physical copy of the statement of scheme
portfolio without any cost, on specific request received from a unitholder.
C. Transaction charges and stamp duty:
Transaction charges:
In accordance with paragraph 10.5 of SEBI Master Circular for Mutual Fund , the AMC/ Fund
shall deduct a Transaction Charge on per purchase / subscription of Rs. 10,000/- and above, as
may be received from new investors (an investor who invests for the first time in any mutual
fund schemes) and existing investors.
Investors are requested to note that w.e.f. January 1, 2023, PGIM India has stopped deducting
transaction charges for investments in Regular Plans, and consequently no transaction charges
shall be deducted from the investment amount for transactions / applications received from the
distributor (i.e. in Regular Plan) and full subscription amount will be invested in the Scheme.
Stamp Duty:
Mutual fund units issued against Purchase transactions (whether through lump-sum investments
or SIP or STP or switch-ins or reinvestment under IDCW Option) would be subject to levy of
stamp duty @ 0.005% of the amount invested. The rate and levy of stamp duty may vary as
amended from time to time.
D. Associate Transactions:
Please refer to Statement of Additional Information (SAI).
E. Taxation:
For details on taxation please refer to the clause on Taxation in the SAI apart from the
following:
The information is provided for general information only. However, in view of the
individual nature of the implications, each investor is advised to consult his or her own
tax advisors / authorised dealers with respect to the specific amount of tax and other
implications arising out of his or her participation in the schemes.
Notes –
1. PGIM India Mutual Fund is a Mutual Fund registered with the Securities & Exchange Board
of India and hence the entire income of the Mutual Fund will be exempt from income tax in
accordance with the provisions of section 10(23D) of the Act.
2. An equity oriented fund has been defined as:
a) In case where the fund invests a minimum of 90% of the total proceeds in units of another
fund, which is traded on recognized stock exchange, and such other fund also invests a
Page 67 of 70minimum of 90% of its total proceeds in the equity shares of domestic companies listed on
a recognized stock exchange; and
b) In any other case, a minimum of 65% of the total proceeds of such fund is invested in the
equity shares of domestic companies listed on a recognized stock exchange.
Provided that the percentage of equity shareholding or unit held in respect of the fund, as the
case may be, shall be computed with reference to the annual average of the monthly
averages of the opening and closing figures.
Particulars
Taxability in the hands of Individuals / Non-corporates /
Corporates
Resident Non-Resident
Tax on distributed Taxed in the hands of Taxed in the hands of
income unitholders at applicable rate unitholders at the rate of 20%
under the provisions of the under section 115A/ 115AD of
Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) the Act (plus applicable
surcharge and health and
education cess)
Capital Gains
Long Term Capital 12.5% (plus applicable 12.5% (plus applicable
Gains: surcharge and health and surcharge and health and
education cess) without education cess) without
(Held for a period of
indexation indexation
more than 12
Months) (Refer Note 6) (Refer Note 6)
Short Term Capital 20% (plus applicable 20% (plus applicable surcharge
Gains surcharge and health and and health and education cess)
education cess)
(Held for a period of
12 months or less)
3. Surcharge at the following rate to be levied in case of individual / HUF / non-corporate non-
firm unit holders for equity oriented mutual fund:
Income Individual
/HUF / non-
corporate non-
firm unit
holders
(a) Above Rs 50 lakh upto 1 crore (including dividend income and capital 10%
gains income under section 111A, 112 and 112A of the Act)
(b) Above Rs 1 crore upto Rs 2 crores (including dividend income and 15%
capital gains income under section 111A and 112A of the Act)
(c) Above Rs 2 crores upto Rs 5 crores [excluding dividend income 25%
(dividend received from domestic companies only) and capital gains
income under section 111A, 112 and 112A of the Act)
(d) Above Rs 5 crores [excluding dividend income (dividend received from 37%*
domestic companies only) and capital gains income under section 111A,
112 and 112A of the Act)
(e) Above Rs 2 crores [including dividend income (dividend received from 15%
domestic companies only) and capital gains income under section 111A,
112 and 112A of the Act)] but not covered in point (c) and (d) above
Page 68 of 70*Surcharge rate shall not exceed 25% in case of individual and HUF opting for default tax regime
under section 115BAC of the Act.
4. Surcharge rates for Companies/ firm
Total Income Rate of Surcharge Rate of Surcharge
for Domestic for Foreign
companies* Companies
Above Rs 1 crore upto Rs 10 crores 7% 2%
Above Rs 10 crores 12% 5%
*Surcharge rate shall be 10% in case resident companies opting taxation under section
115BAA and section 115BAB of the Act on any income earned.
In case of firm with total income exceeding Rs 1 crore, surcharge rate shall be 12%.
5. Health and Education cess at 4% on aggregate of base tax and surcharge.
6. As per section 112A of the Act, long-term capital gains, exceeding Rs 1,00,000, arising from
transfer of equity oriented mutual funds, shall be chargeable at the rate of 10% (plus applicable
surcharge and health and education cess).
7. The Scheme will attract securities transaction tax (STT) at 0.001% on the redemption value.
8. Withholding of Taxation by Mutual Fund will as per applicable withholding tax rate.
9. All the above non-resident investors may also claim the tax treaty benefits available, if any.
F. Rights of Unitholders:
Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for details.
G. List of official points of acceptance:
To get more information on list of official point of acceptance, Please refer link:
https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Other-Disclosures/Others/SID-KIM-
SAI-related-Disclosure.
H. Penalties, Pending Litigation or Proceedings, Findings of Inspections or Investigations
For Which Action May Have Been Taken Or Is In The Process Of Being Taken By Any
Regulatory Authority (Std Obvs 20) (Con Std Obvs 48, 49)
For Penalties, Pending Litigation or Proceedings, Findings of Inspections or Investigations For
Which Action May Have Been Taken Or Is In The Process Of Being Taken By Any Regulatory
Authority, please refer link: https://www.pgimindia.com/mutual-funds/disclosures/Other-
Disclosures/Others/SID-KIM-SAI-related-Disclosure
Page 69 of 70The Scheme under this Scheme Information Document was approved by the Board of Directors of
PGIM India Trustees Private Limited (Trustees to PGIM India Mutual Fund) on April 24, 2025. The
Trustees have ensured that the Scheme approved is a new product offered by PGIM India Mutual Fund
and is not a minor modification of its existing schemes.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Scheme Information Document, the provisions of the
SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 and the guidelines there under shall be applicable. (Con
Std Obvs 63) (Std Obvs 22)
For PGIM India Asset Management Private Limited
(Asset Management Company to PGIM India Mutual Fund)
Sd/-
Ajit Menon
Chief Executive Officer
Date: July 10, 2025
Place: Mumbai
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