Invesco MF Launches Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund

Invesco Mutual Fund has launched a new fund offer (NFO). Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund NFO, a multi-cap fund, opens on September 9 and closes on September 23. 

Investment strategy

The Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund will be an open-ended equity scheme that will have a maximum of 20 stocks in its portfolio, The stocks will be across market capitalisations which means this will be a multi-cap equity fund.

According to the fund’s scheme information document (SID), the allocation strategy under ‘normal circumstances’ will be as follows:

Instruments	Indicative Allocation(% of net assets)		Risk Profile
	Minimum	Maximum	High/Medium/Low
Equity & Equity Related Instruments	65	100	High
Debt & Money Market Instruments	0	35	Low to Medium
Units issued by REITs and InvITs	0	10	Medium to High

Within equity, the fund may have the following classification:

• Large cap stocks: Around 50% – 70%
• Mid cap stocks: Around 30% – 50%
• Small cap stocks: Around 0% – 20%

Benchmark

The scheme will benchmark its performance to S&P BSE 500 TRI. BSE 500 is a stock market index with the Bombay Stock Exchange. It has stocks of 500 companies listed under it.  Since it has the top 500 companies listed with the BSE, the exchange claims that this index covers all major industries in the country.

Fund Details

Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund will have regular and direct plans. Each plan will have the growth and dividend options under them. The dividend option will have a dividend payout option and dividend reinvestment facility.

Name of the Fund	Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund
Type of Scheme	An open-ended equity fund which invests in a maximum 20 stocks across different market capitalization. It is a multicap fund.
Benchmark	S&P BSE 500 TRI
NFO Dates	Opens on September 9, 2020, and closes on September 23, 2020
Fund Manager	Taher Badshah
Minimum Application Amount/Minimum Purchase Amount	Rs. 1,000 and in multiples of Re. 1 after that
Minimum Additional Investment	Rs 1,000 and in multiples of Re 1 after that
Minimum Redemption Amount	Whichever is lower: Rs. 1,000/- or 0.001 unit or account balance
Entry Load	Nil
Exit Load	NIL: If up to 10% units are redeemed or switched on or before 12 months from the date of allotment of units 1: If more than 10% of units is redeemed/switched on or before 12 months from the date of allotment of Unit1%: In case of a dividend transfer plan (DTP) when the units are switched out on/redeemed before 1 year from the date of allotment of unitsNIL: If Units are redeemed/switched after 12 months from the date of allotment of units: Nil
Plans	Regular Plan and Direct Plan
Options	Growth and Dividend Option, Dividend Reinvestment Option

SIP Details:

SIP
Type	Minimum Installments	Minimum Amount
Monthly SIP	12	Rs. 500 /- and in multiples of Re. 1/- after that per instalment
	6	Rs. 1,000 /- and in multiples of Re. 1/- after that per instalment
Quarterly	4	Rs. 1,500/- and in multiples of Re. 1/- after that per instalment

Fund Manager Details

Taher Badshah: Mr Badshah has over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. His previous stints include Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. where he headed equities and Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd. as a fund manager.

• Invesco India Contra Fund: Mr. Taher Badshah & Mr. Dhimant Kothari 
• Invesco India Dynamic Equity Fund, India Growth Opportunities Fund, Invesco India Multicap Fund and Invesco India Smallcap Fund: Mr. Taher Badshah & Mr. Pranav Gokhale 
• Invesco India Equity & Bond Fund: Mr. Taher Badshah & Mr. Pranav Gokhale (Equity); Mr. Krishna Cheemalapati (Debt) 

Suitable for investors who are seeking* • Capital appreciation over long-term • Investments primarily in equity & equity related instruments across market capitalization subject to maximum 20 stocks *Investors should consult their financial advisers if in doubt about whether the product is suitable for them.

Mutual Fund investments are subject to markets risks. Read all scheme related documents carefully.