Annual Report Open Ended Debt-1 - IDFC Mutual Fund

ANNUAL REPORT 2006
RISK FACTORS
Risk Factors: Mutual Funds and securities investments are subject to market risks, reinvestment risk, changes in political, economic environment and government
policy and there is no assurance or guarantee that the objectives of the Scheme/s will be achieved. The NAV of the Scheme/s can go up or down depending on factors
and forces affecting the Securities Market including fluctuation in interest rates, trading volumes and reinvestment risk. Past performance of the Sponsor/AMC/
Mutual Fund is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of the Scheme/s. Grindlays Super Saver Income Fund (GSSIF), Grindlays Government
Securities Fund (GGSF) and Grindlays Dynamic Bond Fund (GDBF) are names of the Schemes and do not in any manner indicate either the quality of the Schemes,
their future prospects or returns. The Sponsor or any of its associates is not responsible or liable for any loss resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond
the corpus of the Trust of Rs. 20,000/-. Standard Chartered Mutual Fund has been set up as a trust by Standard Chartered Bank (liability restricted to corpus of Trust
of Rs. 20,000) with Standard Chartered Trustee Company Private Limited (Company with limited liability) as the trustee and Standard Chartered AssetManagement
Company Private Limited (Company with limited liability) as the investment manager.
Terms of Issue & Load Structure: GSSIF, GGSF and GDBF: During the continuous offer the AMC calculates and publishes NAVs and offers for sale and
redemption of units of the Scheme on all Business days. There is no entry/exit load on GGSF-ST and GSSIF Short Term (ST). There is no Entry Load on GSSIF-
Investment Plan (IP), GSSIF-Medium Term (MT), GDBF, GGSF-Provident Fund Plan (PF) and GGSF Investment Plan (IP). A Contingent Exit Load of 0.50%
of NAV will be levied on Units of GSSIF-IP (Plan A) purchased/switched in upto Rs. 10 lacs and redeemed within 6 months of date of purchase/switch in. An exit
load of 0.25% of NAV will be levied on units of GSSIF-MT (Plan A) purchased/switched in and redeemed within 30 days of date of purchase/switch in. An exit load
of 0.50% of NAV will be levied on units of GGSF-IP (Plan A) purchased/switched in upto Rs 10 lacs & redeemed within 6 months of the date of purchase/switch
in. An exit load of 0.50% of NAV will be levied on units of GDBF(Plan A) purchased/switched in upto Rs 5 lacs & redeemed within 6 months of date of purchase
/ switch in. An exit load of 0.60% of NAV will be levied on units of GGSF-PF, purchased/switched in and redeemed within a period of less than or equal to 1 year
(365 days) under all the options in Plan A (Regular Plan) & B (Institutional Plan). Investors opting for Growth-Defined Maturity Date (DMD) or Growth-Appreciation
with DMD of GGSFPF, who wish to redeem before DMD or change the designated DMD date to a shorter time zone the following load structure will be applicable
for Plan A(Regular Plan): Exit load of 0.60% of NAV on investors opting for a DMD for a period of less than or equal to 2 year s and who wish to redeem within /
switch or change the DMD to a period less than or equal to 1 year. Exit load of 0.75% of NAV on investors opting for a DMD for a period greater than 2 years and
less than 3 years and who wish to redeem within/switch or change the DMD to, a period less than or equal to 2 years. Exit load of 0.90% of NAV on investors opting
for a DMD for a period greater than or equal to 3 years and who wish to redeem within/switch or change the DMD to a period less than 3 years or redeem before the
DMD. In case of GGSF PF, Plan B (Institutional Plan) is available for investments by non individuals with minimum application amount of Rs 2500001/-. In case
of GSSIF ST, Plan B (Institutional plan) is available for investment by all categories of investors with minimum application amount of Rs. 25,00,000/-. A Super
Institutional Plan (Plan C) is available for investment by all categories of investors under GSSIF ST with a minimum application amount of Rs. 5 Crores. A MF Plan
(Plan D) is available for investment by all categories of investors with a minimum application amount of Rs 500 and in multiples of Rs 1 thereafter in GSSIF-ST
Investment Objective: GSSIF is an open-ended income scheme, seeking to generate stable returns with a low risk strategy by investing in good quality fixed income
and money market securities. GGSF is an open-ended dedicated gilt scheme with an objective to generate optimal returns with high liquidity by investing in
Government Securities. GDBF is an open ended income scheme seeking to generate optimal returns with high liquidity by active management of the portfolio; by
investing in high quality money market & debt instruments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme / s will be realized.
This document is issued by Standard Chartered Mutual Fund (SCMF). It is for information purposes only. It does not constitute any offer,
recommendation or solicitation to any person to enter into any transaction or adopt any hedging trading or investment strategy, nor does it constitute
any prediction of likely future movements in rates or prices. You are advised to make your own independent judgment with respect to any matter
contained herein.
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