NFO Alert: Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund closes on 29 November

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Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund is an open-ended mutual fund scheme that follows a business cycles based investing theme.     

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What is a business cycle?

A business cycle refers to the changes in economic activities over a period of time. An economy goes through various phases such as growth, slowdown, recession and recovery. For instance, when the expansion ends, the slowdown begins. Following this, there may be a recession and then the recovery commences. This again leads to expansion or growth. Simply put, an economy goes through cyclical upward and downward trends, which are characterised as business or economic cycles.

Investment objective

Business cycles play an important role in investing, as investors need to align their investments accordingly to garner strong returns. For instance, defensive sectors such as FMCG, healthcare and IT tend to provide better returns when the economy is in the contraction phase. Whereas, non-defensive or cyclical sectors like metals, financials and cement provide good returns during the expansionary phase of the economy. 

Hence, Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund offers an opportunity to investors to benefit from such different stages of business cycles in an economy. It will focus on riding business cycles through dynamic asset allocations between various sectors and stocks. 

For identifying investment opportunities, the fund will follow a top down approach by examining multiple parameters, sector cycles and opportunities. Following which, it will also deploy a bottom-up approach to identify strong companies within sectors by using the fund house’s Growth at Reasonable Price (GARP) philosophy. It will also aim to capitalise on select global opportunities by following global industry trends. 

This fund is suitable for investors with a long-term horizon.

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Instrument Indicative Allocations (% of total assets) Risk Profile
Minimum Maximum
Equity & equity-related instruments selected on basis of business cycle 80 100 High
Other equity and equity-related instruments 0 20 High
Debt and money market instruments 0 20 Low to medium
Units issued by REITs and INVITs 0 10 Medium to high

Scheme details

Name Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund
Type An open-ended equity scheme following business cycles based investing theme
Category Equity
Plans Regular and direct
Benchmark S&P BSE 500 TRI
Entry/Exit Load
  • Entry load: NA
  • Exit load:
    Within 365 days if more than 12%: 1%
    After 365 days: Nil
Fund managers Mr. Vineet Maloo and Mr. Nitesh Jain
Options Growth and IDCW
 Expense ratio Up to 2.25%
Minimum application amount ₹500 and in multiples of ₹1 thereafter
Additional application amount ₹500 and in multiples of ₹1 thereafter

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This product is suitable for investors who are seeking**: Riskometer
  • Long-term capital appreciation.
  • An equity scheme investing in Indian equity & equity related securities with focus on riding business cycles through dynamic allocation between various sectors and stocks at different stages of business cycles in the economy.

**Investors should consult their financial advisors if in doubt about whether the product is suitable for them. 

Note: The above information has been sourced from the Scheme Information Document provided by Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management. To read the entire document, click here

Disclaimer: RKSV Securities India Private Limited (ARN/Distributor - 107930; brand name Upstox) is the distributor of the mutual fund. Please consult your investment advisor before investing.

Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.

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