HSBC Mutual Fund Unveils New Export Opportunities Fund for Indian Market

Sep 16, 2024

HSBC Mutual Fund has launched HSBC India Export Opportunities Fund

It is an open-ended equity scheme following export theme.

India's export market in 2024 is poised to be an interesting landscape, influenced by global economic trends, domestic policy changes, and geopolitical developments. The growth of e-commerce and digital trade platforms is playing an increasingly significant role in India's export market.

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The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long-term capital growth from an actively managed portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in or expected to benefit from export of goods or services. There is no assurance that the objective of the scheme will be realised and the scheme does not assure or guarantee any returns.

Under normal circumstances, HSBC India Export Opportunities Fund will hold an allocation of 80% to 100% in Equities & Equity related securities of companies engaged in or expected to benefit from export of goods or services, 0% to 20% in Debt Securities & Money Market instruments including Cash & cash equivalents, units of Liquid and Overnight mutual funds, 0% to 20% in Debt and Money Market Instruments and 0% to 10% in Units issued by REITs and InvITs

HSBC India Export Opportunities Fund aims to generate long-term capital growth from an actively managed portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in or expected to benefit from export of goods or services.

The fund will take exposure to companies that are likely to involve themselves in activities like – export goods manufactured in India that have the potential to increase employment, benefit from government’s policy and reforms towards exports as a sector, leverages India’s cost benefit arbitrage in services, ease of doing business and highly skilled talent pool and companies that assist in promoting inbound tourism or providing cost-effective world-class healthcare facilities.  

The fund manager in selecting scrips will focus on fundamentals of the business, industry structure and relative business strength amongst peers, quality of the management, sensitivity to economic factors, financial strength of the company and the key earnings drivers.

HSBC India Export Opportunities Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty 500 TRI

HSBC India Export Opportunities Fund will be managed by Mr Abhishek Gupta (Equity) and Ms Sonal Gupta (Overseas Securities)

HSBC India Export Opportunities Fund is open for subscription from September 05, 2024 to September 19, 2024. The fund will reopen for continuous sale and repurchase on September 30, 2024.

The minimum subscription amount is Rs 1,000/- and in multiples of Re. 1 thereafter.

The fund offers Direct Plan and Regular Plan. Under each plan the fund offers Growth option and Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal.