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  • MF News Small & mid-cap funds outshine other equity categories: CRISIL study

    Small & mid-cap funds outshine other equity categories: CRISIL study

    Small & mid-cap funds have outperformed CNX Nifty and CNX Midcap index over three and five year period.
    Team Cafemutual Jan 27, 2014
    Small & mid-cap funds have outperformed CNX Nifty and CNX Midcap index over three and five year period.

    Small and mid-cap equity funds, as represented by the CRISIL – AMFI Small & Midcap Fund Performance Index, have given the highest returns among equity-oriented funds across 3 & 5 year periods ended December 31, 2013.

    Category and benchmark returns - (%) - quarter ended December 2013

    Categories

    1 Year 

    3 Years 

    5 Years 

    Absolute

    Annualised

    Annualised

    CRISIL – AMFI Large Cap 

    5.74

    2.47

    18.04

    Fund Performance Index

    CRISIL – AMFI Diversified 

    3.92

    1.25

    18.13

    Equity Fund Performance Index

    CRISIL – AMFI Small & 

    4.78

    4.33

    23.7

    Midcap Fund Performance Index

    CRISIL – AMFI ELSS 

    6.54

    2.73

    19.26

    Fund Performance Index

    CRISIL – AMFI Balance 

    4.35

    4.21

    18.24

    Fund Performance Index

    CNX NIFTY Index

    6.76

    0.91

    16.32

    CNX 500 Index

    3.61

    -0.18

    16.43

    CNX Midcap Index

    -5.1

    -3.05

    16.65

    CRISIL Balance Ex

    6.05

    3.26

    13.19

    What helped the small- and mid-cap funds excel?

    Better sector selection – specifically, higher allocation to sectors such as industrial products coupled with lower exposure to oil & gas and power in the latest quarter. The absolute returns for sectoral indices are S&P BSE Capital Goods (33.19%), S&P BSE Oil & Gas (7.52%) and S&P BSE Power (11.69%) compared to CNX Midcap Index (15.34%) over the quarter. Within the small and mid-cap category, CRISIL Fund Rank 1 funds (as of the quarter ended December 2013) had higher exposure to sectors such as pharmaceuticals, auto & auto ancillaries and were underweight banking & financial services, oil & gas and power over the three-year period.

    Sectoral indices return (%) - quarter ended December 2013 

    Scheme/Index Name

    1 Year Absolute

    2 Years Annualised

    3 Years Annualised

    CNX Auto Index

    9.41

    24.77

    7.90

    CNX Bank Index

    -8.73

    19.47

    -1.16

    CNX Finance Index

    -7.32

    18.62

    0.00

    CNX Pharma Index

    26.51

    29.08

    14.49

    S&P BSE Capital Goods

    -5.56

    12.76

    -12.67

    S&P BSE Oil & Gas

    3.71

    8.30

    -5.89

    S&P BSE Power

    -14.57

    -2.68

    -17.12

    CNX Midcap Index

    -5.10

    14.87

    -3.05

     

    At the fund house level, UTI Mutual Fund and Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund led the tally of top-ranked funds for the quarter ended December 2013 with eight funds each under CRISIL Fund Rank 1, followed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund with seven and IDFC Mutual Fund with five funds. The latest CRISIL Mutual Fund Ranking covers close to 90% of the average assets under management of open ended schemes at the end of December 2013.

    CRISIL Fund rank 1 schemes

    Categories

    Schemes

    Large Cap-oriented Equity Funds

    Birla Sun Life Top 100 Fund,

    Canara Robeco Large Cap+ Fund,

    ICICI Prudential Top 100 Fund

    and UTI India Lifestyle Fund

    Diversified Equity Funds

    Birla Sun Life India GenNext Fund,

    ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan,

    ICICI Prudential Exports

    and Other Services Fund, Tata Ethical Fund and UTI MNC Fund

    Small and Mid-cap Equity Funds

    Birla Sun Life MNC Fund,

    Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund

    and Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund

    Thematic - Infrastructure Funds

    Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund

    Equity-Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS)

    Axis Long Term Equity Fund and BNP Paribas Tax Advantage Plan

    Index Funds

    Kotak Nifty ETF

    Balanced Funds

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