The last week of September delivered one of the busiest new-fund calendars of the year: six mutual fund NFOs and one Specialised Investment Fund opened within days of each other, spanning contra, small-cap, life-cycle, gilt, total-market index and long-short strategies. Here's each one in plain language — with the dates and minimums that matter.
NFO: September 28 – October 12, minimum ₹5,000, reopens October 21. This is a multi-asset fund (equity, debt, gold and silver, InvITs, arbitrage) with a rule-based glide path: it automatically shifts from aggressive to conservative as the target year 2056 approaches. It arrives just as SEBI has created Life Cycle Funds as a formal category, replacing the old solution-oriented bucket.
Source: Outlook Money
NFO: September 30 – October 14. Aditya Birla Sun Life launched the industry's first fund tracking the BSE Total Market Index (plus a companion ETF): roughly 93% of India's market capitalisation across 1,000+ stocks — currently about 56% large-cap, 20% mid-cap, 10% small-cap and 7% micro-cap, rebalanced semi-annually. The launch cited a 13.82% CAGR over 20 years, about 50 bps a year ahead of the BSE 500.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
NFO: September 25 – October 9, minimum just ₹500. Tracks the Nifty REITs & Realty Total Return Index — a blend of listed REITs (rental cash flows) and real-estate developer stocks (capital growth). Exit load: 1% if redeemed within 15 days, nil after.
Source: MFNewsDaily
NFO: September 30 – October 14, reopens October 26. This one sits under SEBI's Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) framework — a new lane between mutual funds and PMS/AIFs. The strategy pairs long equity positions with derivative-based shorts against the Nifty 500 TRI, carrying risk band 5 out of 5. Minimum investment: ₹10 lakh (₹1 lakh for accredited investors); exit load 0.5% within 3 months.
Sources: MFNewsDaily, INDmoney
Source: 5paisa
From October 8, PGIM India resumes fresh lump-sum purchases and switch-ins into its Global Select Real Estate Securities Fund of Fund. But new SIPs and STPs stay paused — the industry-wide cap on overseas investments hasn't lifted. Existing SIPs continue untouched.
Source: MFNewsDaily
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