INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: No portfolio manager could make money for high-net worth investors (HNIs) in jittery July, which shaved 5.7 per cent value off
Nifty and up to 10.87 per cent off the broader market indices.
This proved to be a double whammy for HNIs, who were still digesting the
introduction of a new surcharge on income-tax in the July 5 Union Budget.
Among a sample of 102 PMSes, including both aggregate and model
portfolios, just one scheme managed to generate positive return during the month
One-fifth of them eroded investor wealth by over 10 per cent, with the worst drop being 14.60 per cent
As many as 79 schemes erased investor wealth by at least 5 per cent.
Among the PMSes focusing on largecaps, Varanium Capital Advisor’s
Largecap Focused Fund saw a 7.40 per cent drop in asset under management (AUM).
ICICI Pru’s Largecap, Motilal Oswal’s Value, Sanctum
Wealth’s Indian Olympians, Aditya Birla Capital’s Top 200 Core Equity Portfolio and Emkay Investment Manager’s Emkay Lead were other
schemes (with model portfolios as reporting style) that saw 4.6-7.4 per cent drop in assets
Except for Varanium’s scheme, which is not too old, rest of the PMSes mentioned have delivered double-digit growth (CAGR) in returns
since inception.
Among those with aggregate reporting style, Tata PMS’ Consumtion, Alchemy’s Alchemy Leaders, Reliance’s Absolute
Freedom, Marathon Trends’ Megatrends, Tata PMS’ Blue Cip and Accuracap’s Alpha 10 declined 5-7 per cent in July.
Ambit Capital’s
Coffee Can fell just 1 per cent, outperforming the equity benchmark Nifty, which slipped 5.7 per cent
Pelican’s Pelican PE Fund delivered a positive return of 0.47 per cent
LIC MF’s Value Equity dropped 1.11 per cent, while Saurabh Mukherjea-led Marcellus Investment’s Consistent Compounders slipped 1.50 per
cent in a weak month.
“Our focus has consistently been on analysing and looking for companies whose governance is good, accounting is bona
fide and genuine, sell essential products and have monopoly franchises,” Mukherjea told ETNOW last week
Among the 47 multicap PMS schemes, all dropped 3-11 per cent
Among the model ones, Kotak’s Special Situation (Series 1- 2), Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates’ Ace Multicap, Sundaram’s SISOP
and Aditya Birla Capital’s Core Equity Portfolio saw AUM drop between 8.9 per cent and 11.20 per cent.
Alchemy’s Select Stock,
Reliance’s The Indian Economic Transformation, Alchemy’s High Growth, 2point2 Capital’s Long Term Value Fund and Phillip Capital’s
Phillip Signature India Portfolio fell 9-9.7 per cent.
Schemes such as NJ Advisory’s Bluechip, Tamohara Investment Managers’ TOIS, Tata
PMS’ ACT and IDFC Asset Management Neo Equity Portfolio fell lesser at 3-4 per cent.
Meanwhile, smallcap schemes were the worst-hit
Nine Rivers Capital’s Aurum Small Cap Opportunities, Accuracap’s Dynamo, Care PMS’ Growth Plus Value, IndiaNivesh’s Sprout, Ambit
Capital’s Emerging Giants, Accuracap’s Picopower and PGIM India’s (formerly DHFL Pramerica) Phoenix saw their asset values fall 8-13
per cent.
Motilal Oswal (IOP and IOP v2), Sundaram’s Microcap Portfolio, Kotak’s Small - Midcap, Prabhudas Lilladher’s Fortune
Strategy saw 11-13 per cent value erosion during the same period.