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FUND PHILOSOPHY

Contained headline inflation and slower growth is positive for fixed income market. It will not only help RBI to infuse necessary durable system liquidity but also opens up the possibility of further rate cuts. Global growth inflation dynamics also prompted other key central banks to maintain their growth supportive stance. All these factors are favourable for the domestic fixed income market. Hence, in the near term interest rate movement is likely to be range bound with softer bias. However, over the medium term, Government’s commitment towards fiscal deficit target, crude price movement, progress of monsoon and FII flows are likely to impact the market sentiment.

OVERVIEW OF MARKET

March was marked by a resurgence in commodities across the board, while equity markets continued their upwards momentum. Brent crude (+5%) made a four-month high, while strong gains were also seen in Silver (+14%), Gold (+9%), Aluminum (+9%), Copper (+8%) and Zinc (+4%). This risk-on sentiment rubbed onto the equity markets as well, with Nifty, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all creating fresh lifetime highs. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 crossed 40,000 for the first time and is now up 21% for CY2024. For the Nifty, it was the eighth month in FY2023-24 where it created a fresh lifetime high. Fixed income markets traded within a tight range of 7.03% - 7.09% for the 10Y G-Sec, as FPIs contiuned to position themselves ahead of the inclusion in global emerging market bond indices later CY24. Yields might have softened further if not for a late borrowing flurry from states, looking to catch-up on their under-borrowing earlier in the year.

On the macro front, retail and wholesale inflation numbers for Feb’24 were flat m-o-m, indicating stable inflation, though on the upper end of the RBI’s tolerance range. The CAD for Q3 FY24 contracted to 1.2% of GDP, from 1.3% in Q2 FY24, bringing with it rising hopes of potential CAD surplus by FY2025-26. On the currency front, though the INR created a new low against greenback (USD) of Rs 83.7, it showed remarkable stability amid rising DXY and volatility in currencies of emerging economies. Globally, the US Fed didn’t change their outlook of 75bps rate cut by the end of the FY, but the expectations for the commencement of the rate cut cycle have been pushed out to July’24 now. Despite strong growth in the US, investors remain concerned about the widening fiscal deficit. The US is also witnessing a deep crisis in the commercial real estate sector, the fall out of which will be felt by regional banks and private credit funds.

Beyond the US, the Bank of Japan took a major decision of abondoning it’s Yield Curve Control policy and ended negative interest rates by raising interest rates for the first time in 17 years., From a sectoral point of view, Auto (~5%), Metal (~4%) and Infra (~3%) were the top gainers, while, IT (~7%) was the top loser. During the period, FIIs bought equities to the tune of ~Rs 3,314 Cr and DIIs bought equities to the tune of ~Rs 56,312 Cr. During the month, FPIs were net buyers of Indian equities at 4-month high of Rs 35,098 Cr.

EQUITY

Equity markets will be on the watchout to see if FY2023- 24 earnings can keep up with the valuations. Currently most of the sectors and stocks are trading at rich valuations, therefore we expect markets to remain range bound for the next couple of months unless the FII flows, or results of general election surprise the markets. Moving forward, we expect financials, metals and real estate sectors to outperform the market.

FIXED INCOME

Indian bond yields are expected to remain ~7% (10Y G-Sec) with a downward bias driven by continued interest from foreign investors are expected to keep a lid on the yields, along with improving fiscal deficit and easing liquidity conditions even as elevated commodity prices could create an upward thrust. Inflation remains in control, if elevated, and the expectations of a strong monsoon expected could provide the necessary cushion against price rise.

INVESTOR PHILOSOPHY

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Vision
To be the preferred Life Insurer; to ensure Safety, Liquidity and Profitability of funds, encompassing integrity and transparency in its operations, with an overall objective to meet the Reasonable Expectations of Policyholders.

Objectives

  • To invest the funds in matching assets, to the extent possible, so as to meet the liabilities as and when due
  • To effectively manage the portfolio of investments to yield optimum return
  • To be compliant with all Regulatory norms and to follow prudent practices in operations
  • To carry out the fund management activities in a cost efficient manner

COMPANY INITIATIVE

Constant growth and development

Attract and retain talent and imparts training to the manpower to develop the needed skill sets; In-house Research team and framework for informed fund management decisions. State of the art Investment Management System seamlessly integrating the Front, Mid and Back offices, to effectively manage risks, investment accounting, MIS etc

MODIFIED NAVCOMPUTATION

As per IRDA Circulars ref: IRDA/F&I/CIR/INV/173/08/2011 dated July 29, 2011 and IRDA/F&I/CIR/INV/187/08/2011 dated August 17, 2011, computation of Net Asset Value stands modified with effect from August 18, 2011, as below:

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Fund Nav

NAVs (in Rs) as on 26-Apr-2024

  • Sr. No.1

  • Fund

  • Segregated Fund Identification No.

  • NAV

1 Balanced fundULIF 001 18/02/09 SUD-LI-BL1 14236.7758SD001
2 Equity FundULIF 002 25/02/09 SUD-LI-EQ1 14275.6492SD002
3 Bond FundULIF 004 25/02/09 SUD-LI-BN1 14226.9563SD003
4 Growth FundULIF 003 25/02/09 SUD-LI-GR1 14264.8667SD004
5 Individual Pension Fund - EquityULIF 005 31/03/09 SUD-PI-EQ1 14264.7779SD005
6 Individual Pension Fund - BondULIF 008 31/03/09 SUD-PI-BN1 14226.8065SD006
7 Individual Pension Fund - GrowthULIF 006 31/03/09 SUD-PI-GR1 14251.3096SD007
8 Individual Pension Fund - BalancedULIF 007 31/03/09 SUD-PI-BL1 14236.2945SD008
9 Apex Equity FundULIF 009 20/01/10 SUD-LA-EQ1 14243.4612SD009
10 Apex Bond FundULIF 012 20/01/10 SUD-LA-BN1 14226.5084SD010
11 Apex Growth FundULIF 010 20/01/10 SUD-LA-GR1 14239.7809SD011
12 Apex Balanced FundULIF 011 20/01/10 SUD-LA-BL1 14236.2159SD012
13 Individual Pension Fund - Apex EquityULIF 013 20/01/10 SUD-PA-EQ1 14243.6902SD013
14 Individual Pension Fund - Apex BondULIF 016 20/01/10 SUD-PA-BN1 14225.4107SD014
15 Individual Pension Fund - Apex GrowthULIF 014 20/01/10 SUD-PA-GR1 14238.7787SD015
16 Individual Pension Fund - Apex BalancedULIF 015 20/01/10 SUD-PA-BL1 14235.2098SD016
17 Express Balanced FundULIF 017 29/04/11 SUD-LX-BL1 14228.5695SD017
18 Discontinued FundULIF 018 03/06/11 SUD-UL-DP1 14221.8689SD018
19 Individual Life - Bluechip Equity FundULIF 019 11/12/13 SUD-LI-EQ2 14232.1906SD019
20 Individual Life - Income FundULIF 020 11/12/13 SUD-LI-BN2 14219.5522SD020
21 Individual Life - Growth Plus FundULIF 023 11/12/13 SUD-LI-GR2 14229.2631SD023
22 Individual Life - Balanced Plus FundULIF 024 11/12/13 SUD-LI-BL2 14224.0040SD024
23 Unclaimed Policies Unit Linked FundULIF 025 09/11/16 SUD-LN-UUF14215.0160SD029
24 Group Debt FundULGF 003 20/03/15 SUD-GN-BN1 14217.3431SD027
25 Group Money Market FundULGF 004 20/03/15 SUD-GN-MM1 14212.3944SD028
26 Group Balanced FundULGF 002 20/03/15 SUD-GN-BL1 14213.8026SD026
27 Individual Life - Mid Cap FundULIF 026 14/10/19 SUD-LI-MID 14221.0755SD030
28 Individual Life - Gilt FundULIF 027 14/10/19 SUD-LI-GLT 14211.9862SD031
29 Dynamic FundULIF 028 11/06/21 SUD-LI-DYN 14212.4385SD032
30 Money Market FundULIF 029 11/06/21 SUD-LI-MMF 14211.2258SD033
31 Pension Equity Plus FundULIF 030 08/09/23 SUD-PI-EQ2 14210.4269SD034
32 Pension Growth Plus FundULIF 031 08/09/23 SUD-PI-GR2 14210.3855SD035
33 Pension Balanced Plus FundULIF 032 08/09/23 SUD-PI-BL2 14210.2751SD036
34 Pension Gilt Plus FundULIF 033 08/09/23 SUD-PI-GL2 14210.2545SD037
35 Pension Discontinued Policy FundULIF 021 10/04/13 SUD-PA-DP2 14210.0000SD038
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Mr. Prashant Sharma

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Qualifications: CA, CFA

Experience: More than two decades of experience of handling Investments. Prashant has been responsible for overall investment portfolios, formulating investment policies, generating reasonable returns and appropriate risk management. He has been also responsible for Corporate Strategy, Products, MIS and Assurance services in his previous roles and has been an active member of Executive Committee and Steering committees.

Prior to joining the company, he was Chief Investment Officer at Aviva Life Insurance. He was also associated with Max Life Insurance in the capacity of Chief Investment Officer in the past.

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Mr. Ram Kamal Samanta

HEAD OF FIXED INCOME

Qualifications: Post--graduation in Economics from JNU, PGDBA with specialisation in Finance, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA – ICFAI India), certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM from GARP USA) and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers(CAIIB),Fellow of Life Insurance from Insurance Institute of India.

Experience: More than two decades of experience in financial markets (both fixed income and equity) as a research analyst and fund manager. Prior to joining SUD Life, he was with SBI DFHI LTD as Vice President, Investment for 13 years.

Guest speaker at various reputed institutes including Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata, National Institute of Securities Market (NISM) and National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) Pune.

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Mr. Jagdish Bhanushali

FUND MANAGER – EQUITY

Qualifications: CFA (CFA Institute) & FRM (Global Association of Risk Professional)

Experience: Greater than 13 years’ of Experience in to Indian Equity Market. Prior joining SUD Life, he worked as Senior Equity Analyst with Florintree Advisors.

Along with being Equity Analyst, he was also associated as Guest Faculty with Mithibai College of Science & Commerce and SIES College of Commerce & Economics.

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Mr. Sujay Nimkar

FUND MANAGER - FIXED INCOME​

Qualifications: MBA (Finance) & B.E. (Mechanical)

Experience: 10+ years of experience in fixed income markets across rating agencies and Investment banks.

Prior to joining SUD Life, he was working as senior analyst with ICRA Ltd,He has also been associated with Deutsche bank, Credit Suisse and CRISIL Ltd.

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Mr. Jimesh Sanghvi

SR EQUITY RESEARCH ANALYST​

Qualifications: Chartered Accountant

Experience: More than 17 years of experience as an Equity Research Analyst for the Indian markets both on the buy side as well as sell side.

Prior to joining SUD Life, he was a senior Equity Research Analyst with Principal Asset Management covering multiple sectors.

He has also been associated with SBICAP Securities and Avendus Securities in the past..

Awarded Reuters Star Mine award for stock picking in Metals and Mining Sector during 2013 and 2014.

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Mr. Hasmukh Vishariya

EQUITY RESEARCH ANALYST​

A qualified Chartered Accountant started his career with the company in October 2017

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Mr. Rishav Jain

CREDIT ANALYST​

Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, B.Com(H)

Experience: 3 years post qualification experience, with 1.5 years as macro and credit analyst.

Prior to joining SUD Life, he was associated with PwC.

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Mr. Meet Kachhy

LEAD ANALYST ON ALTERNATE ASSETS​

Qualifications: MBA, CFA, B.E. (Hons)

Experience: More than a decade’s experience across investing (public & private markets ), corporate finance & strategy.

Prior experience includes stints at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, VC fund Jupiter Capital and education start-up XSeed.

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