Kotak Select Focus Fund

Type or nature of fund

Kotak Select Focus is an open ended equity scheme.

Investment objective

The investment objective of Kotak Select Focus scheme is to generate long term capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments, focusing on select sectors.

Fund information

Fund manager

Mr. Harsha Upadhyaya is the fund manager of Kotak Select Focus Fund. He is 43 years old. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Suratkal 1993. He finished his Post-Graduate Management in Finance from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow 1996. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute.

Mr. Harsha Upadhyaya has over 17 years of rich experience spread over Equity Research & Fund Management. He was previously associated with DSP BlackRock Investment Managers, Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt. Ltd, SG Asia Securities, Reliance Group and UTI Asset Management Co. Ltd. He now handles Kotak Opportunities and Kotak Select Focus Fund.

Investment philosophy or strategy

The scheme will invest in equity and equity linked instruments across companies irrespective of their market capitalisations to achieve the investment objective. Fund Manager will in selected sectors which he sees as a potential. It would be a concentrated strategy but managed actively. There won’t be any restrictions in terms of investments in a single sector. The sectors will be selected based on the growth prospect and valuations of businesses over medium to long term at the fund manager’s description. Fund manager follows the sector classification suggested by AMFI.

Portfolio – Sector / Top 10 holdings

Risk measures

Performance

Expert view of the fund + outlook

Kotak Select Focus Fund is a diversified multi cap fund this means that most of your money will be invested in stocks of large, medium and small-sized firms. This fund is suitable for child’s education, child’ marriage, planning for retirement and home purchase. The fund is not at all suitable for creating wealth, for lifestyle needs and for short term needs. With the growing Indian economy, the companies perform well and their stock prices will follow their performances. Hence if the economy’s growth is expected to grow at 8 percent, then the top performing funds will give you a return in excess of 14 percent. Now is the good time to invest. Instead of trying to time the market especially if it is a SIP. Mutual Fund is unlike stock, the mutual fund scheme manager will look into the stocks for you. If you have made a decision on the investment, then go ahead and invest. But, do not remove the money when the markets go up or down. Stick to your goals.

How to apply – online + distributors

You can buy the Kotak Select Focus Fund through both the online and offline route.

For the online application, if you are an existing investor, then you can login with your existing pin or without the pin. The new investors can make a new purchase. The new investor can be a single applicant or a joint applicant or either or a survivor. To start an investment, you will need to fill in the PAN card details and your date of birth. If you wish to find out more about the fund then you can just drop in your name and your contact detail and an executive will get in touch with you at the earliest.

To apply offline, you will have to physically approach the Kotak branch and submit your KYC form if you are a new investor. You will then have to fill up all the application forms and then submit the form at the respective counter.