"The markets may be volatile closer to general elections as we have seen in the past instances and have seen varied market reactions for different outcomes. However, eventually, the market fundamentals along with continuity of reform measures and fiscal prudence matters more for the equities. Hence, the approach needs to be far more focused on long term fundamentals than rejig the portfolio for general elections or any other event when it comes to long-term investing."
UTI Asset Management Company (UTI AMC) rose 2.07% to Rs 621.55 after the company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 133.92 crore in Q4 FY21 compared with net loss of Rs 25.48 crore in Q4 FY20.
Total income during the quarter increased 100.7% to Rs 292.98 crore from Rs 145.98 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter last year.
Operating expenses declined by 12% to Rs 141 crore in Q4 FY21 over Q4 FY20. The asset manager reported a pre-tax profit of Rs 151.62 crore in Q4 March 2021 as against a pre-tax loss of Rs 14.97 crore in Q4 March 2020.
UTI MF March 2021 Quarterly Average Assets Under Management (QAAUM) stood at Rs 1,82,853 crore. For the quarter ended 31 March 2021, equity assets (active+passive) contributed 51% to UTI MF s total average AUM.
UTI AMC has launched the country s first momentum-based passively managed fund, based on the Nifty 200 index. UTI, which manages seven equity ETF funds with an AUM of around Rs 44,000 crore, making it the second-largest such equity fund in the country, said the new fund will be based on the 30 best performing stocks from the Nifty 200 index. Sharwan Kumar Goyal, the fund manager of the scheme, said the new fund was opened on Thursday to good investor response but was quick to add that AMC has not set any internal targets in terms of AUM or folios. Since it a passively managed fund and a new concept as the fund is benchmarked and based on the smart beta fund, we have not set any target for sales or AUM, he told PTI.
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