If you’re looking for a great long-term investment, then you certainly can’t go wrong with the Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 fund. Here’s all you need to know!
Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 was launched on March 29, 1996 and has a track record of more than 20 years. This fund is one of the best performing ELSS schemes in the category and has a credible track record. The fund has given 24.56% returns since its inception in March 1996. It has delivered superior performance and has beaten peers across different phases of the market cycle
Fund Management Team & philosophy
The fund is managed by Ajay Garg, who has managed the fund since October 2006. The fund manager follows a combination of the top down and bottom up approach in the stock selection process.
Performance
This fund, in the three, five and ten year time frames, has ranked consistently in the top quartile in its category. It has also beaten the benchmark by a strong margin over the long term.
Returns are on compounded annualised basis and as on December 31, 2018
Consistent Performance
The portfolio is well balanced and tends to do well across different market conditions, as is evident from the rolling returns of the fund over the previous years. The fund has beaten the benchmark 100% of the time over the last 5 years and 3 years. This consistent outperformance shows that the fund manager employs a stable strategy.
| 3 Year Returns calculated on a daily basis for the last 3 years | 5 Year Returns calculated on a daily basis for the last 5 years | |
| Number of times the fund outperformed the benchmark | 100% | 100% |
| Average Fund Returns | 19.4 | 19.9 |
| Average Benchmark Returns | 11.9 | 12.6 |
| Outperformance | 7.5% | 7.3% |
SIP Performance
With a monthly SIP of Rs. 5,000 over the last 5 years, you would have accumulated a corpus of Rs. 4.2 lakhs with a cumulative investment of Rs 3 lakhs; a profit of Rs. 1.2 lakhs. SIP is one the best investment modes for tax-saving ELSS investments.
Not only does an SIP ensure that you remain disciplined in your tax planning investments and avoid last minute hassles, it also enables you to take advantage of market volatility through rupee cost averaging.
| SIP Performance | Investment | Value | Returns |
| 10 Years | 6 Lakhs | 13.6 Lakhs | 16% |
| 5 Years | 3 Lakhs | 4.2 Lakhs | 13% |
| 3 Years | 1.8 Lakhs | 2.1 Lakhs | 11% |
Returns and value as on December 31, 2018
Portfolio And Sector Allocation
The fund is ideal for investors who are investing for the first time with the twin objective of tax saving and capital appreciation. Equity markets can be quite volatile in the short term and hence investors should ideally keep a minimum 3-5 year horizon. The lock-in period of 3 years ensures that investors do not get swayed by short-term volatility.
This scheme is a well-diversified, multi-cap fund with a tilt towards mid-cap stocks. The average market cap of the fund is Rs. 37,416 crores. The fund is overweight in healthcare, services & engineering and underweight in financials, technology and energy.
The fund has an AUM of Rs 6,984 crores. Ajay Garg also manages ABSL Index Fund, ABSL MNC Fund, ABSL Dual Advantage Fund – Series 1. Investments in Aditya Birla Tax Relief 96 will be locked in for 3 years.
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