Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth)

Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth) is an open ended debt scheme that invests in money market instruments. These investments are in the secondary market. Money Market Mutual Funds (MMMFs) invest primarily in high-quality short-term financial securities, as well as cash and cash equivalents. They are best suited to risk-averse investors with a 1 year to 5 years investment horizon. Despite the fact that they do not guarantee profits, they do provide a predictable return that is usually deemed risk-free due to the high-quality of the investments. The investment manager’s goal will be to allocate the scheme’s assets between various fixed and floating interest rate securities, as well as to properly use derivatives such as swaps and FRAs, in order to achieve steady returns. The Long Term Plan’s portfolio will typically be biased toward longer-term maturities.

Investment Objective of Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth)

The scheme’s main goal is to generate consistent income by investing in a portfolio that consists mostly of floating rate debt or money market instruments. A part of the scheme’s net assets may be invested in fixed-rate debt securities and money market instruments. There will be no investments in any security that has a residual maturity of more than 365 days. It is the intention of the scheme that the investments in securitised debts will not, normally exceed 50% of the net assets of the Scheme.

For the benefit of investors, the scheme will strive to optimize the risk-return proposition. Macroeconomic research, credit risk, and liquidity management will be the focus of the investing process. Based on the  mandates, the scheme will maintain a judicious mix of cash, short-term, and medium-term instruments. In addition to using ratings from rating agencies, the scheme will use its credit evaluation procedure as part of its credit risk assessment. To maintain liquidity, the scheme will invest a reasonable share of its assets in relatively liquid assets. 

Scheme Details of Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth)

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd launched Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth) on 13th October 2005. The fund has been in existence for the past 17 years. 

NAV and Returns – As of 15th April 2022, the Net Asset Value (NAV) of the scheme is Rs  296.50. The risk-o-meter of Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth) is low to moderate risk. While investing an investor must understand that the principal amount invested will be low to moderate risk. Since its inception during the past 17 years, the scheme has provided its investors with a return of 6.80%.

Investment Plans – The scheme offers both Regular plans and Direct plans. Under each Plan, the scheme offers the options of Daily Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal (“IDCW”) Option (Reinvestment), Weekly IDCW Option ^ (Reinvestment), and Growth Option.

Minimum Investment – The minimum amount for a lump sum investment is Rs 5,000. However, the minimum investment amount for SIP is Rs 1,000.

Expense Ratio – An expense ratio of 0.33% is charged on the units of the mutual funds. 

Exit Load – No exit load on redemption of the units. When switching from the Growth option to the IDCW option or vice versa within the Scheme’s various Plans, no Exit Loads / CDSC will be charged.

Units issued to unitholders on Reinvestments of IDCW and units issued to unitholders as Bonus units will not be subject to an entry or exit load.

Switching from the Regular Plan to the Direct Plan, and vice versa, is subject to any applicable exit load.

Fund Manager – Kaustubh Gupta, Mohit Sharma, and Anuj Jain are the scheme’s fund managers. At Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited, Kaustubh Gupta is the Co-Head of Fixed Income (ABSLAMC). Kaustubh has 17 years of investment expertise, having worked in treasury finance, liquidity management, and fund management in various capacities. Kaustubh leads the whole fixed income portfolio management as Co-Head. Prior to joining ABSLAMC in 2009, Kaustubh spent five years in the Asset Liability Management unit of ICICI Bank. Kaustubh is a Chartered Accountant and CFA (Level 2) by qualification. 

With over 15 years of expertise, Mohit Sharma is a Senior Fund Manager at Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited (ABSLAMC). For the past five years, Mohit has been a member of ABSLAMC. He formerly worked for Standard Chartered Bank, ICICI Bank, Irevna Limited (a CRISIL subsidiary), and as an entrepreneur. Anuj Jain works with Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited as a fund manager. He has a total of 14 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined ABSLAMC as a Senior Credit Analyst-Fixed Income in August 2017.

He spent about 9 years at CARE Ratings Ltd. as the Deputy General Manager and Head of Financial Sector Ratings before joining ABSLAMC. Prior to that, he worked as an Analyst for Bank of America Continuum Solutions, covering the Global Technology sector for more than a year.

Other details – There is no lock-in period for the scheme. So, an investor can redeem an investment anytime without any redemption limit. As of 14th April 2022, the AUM of Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth) is Rs 15,981.85 cr. The fund benchmarks to the Nifty Money Market Index. The suitable investment horizon for an investor is 1 year to 5 years.

Growth Review

Scripbox recommends Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund (Growth) for investment within the floating rate mutual fund category. The debt instruments in this category have a maturity of less than one year. Some of the instrument types are treasury bills, commercial paper, and certificate of deposits. Due to high liquidity and low maturity of these instruments the category is relatively safe. The fund was launched in 2005 and currently has the second largest average assets under management at Rs. 10,514 crores. The fund has consistently remained in the top quartile over multiple periods. The 3 year rolling returns at 7.13% is well above the category average. The fund has an average level of return predictability and has one of the lowest market determined risk. 

1. With an AUM of Rs. 15981.85 cr, the fund is a leader in its category
2. With a low credit risk, the fund has a higher credit quality in comparison to other funds in the same category
3. The interest rate risk is low for the scheme. This means that the impact of the interest rate fluctuations will be low on the face value.
4. The fund has an extended history of 17 years that provides enough data for analysis. Moreover, over these 17 years, the track record has been good.

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