Introduction to Methodology
This section focuses on understanding how India’s top fund managers and fund houses navigate the investment landscape. Actions speak louder than words, and the real insights about market trends, macro situations, and sectoral preferences lie in observing their decisions regarding asset allocation, asset class choice, sectoral preference, and weight adjustments.
This section helps our investors ascertain and understand these insights. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any particular fund, sector, or theme but is meant to be an observation tool to gain insight into how the big players are positioning themselves in the market. This includes the subtle differences in the positions of different fund houses, their preferences, and their positioning.
We observe the views of the top three to four fund houses about changing trends in asset classes and asset allocation, hinting towards the optimum level of equity, debt, and gold. Here, I observe the rebalancing and sector rotation executed by these fund houses.
Please note that these observations are based on the latest available data as disclosed by fund houses and are public information.
Observations on ICICI PRU AMC Themes Choice and Asset Allocation
- Overweight Sectors: Banking, Pharma, and Consumption.
- Total Exit: Exited from the Exports & Services Fund in the portfolio.
- Increased Exposure: Increased exposure to the Infrastructure sector in the fund.
Observations on Kotak AMC Themes Choice and Asset Allocation
- Full Exit: Exited from the Flexicap style/strategy.
- New Sectoral Position: Created a new sectoral position in Nifty Bank.
- Significant Cut Down: Reduced exposure to PSU Banks.
Observations on Nippon India AMC Themes Choice and Asset Allocation
- Slight Reduction: Reduced exposure to Gold.
- Increased Allocation: Increased allocation towards Equities versus Debt.
- Preference for Mid Caps: Preferred Mid Caps over Small Caps at the current juncture.
Disclaimer:
Mutual Fund Investments are subject to market risks. Read all scheme-related documents carefully before investing. These observations are not investment advice for your portfolio but merely information sharing on what these fund houses are doing in their strategies, namely ICICI Pru Thematic Advantage Fund, Kotak Multi Asset Allocator Fund of Fund Dynamic, and Nippon India Asset Allocator Fund. All data and observations are based on fact sheets available for the month of July.
P.S. In case you wish to have a deeper insight into the individual methodologies and styles of these funds, please write back to me, and I will be happy to share the details with you.