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Prudent Investor: Planning for the Second Innings

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April '10, Vol 25 An e-Newsletter for investors of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
Cover Story
Planning for the Second Innings
When a person retires, his regular income stops and he is dependent on his savings accumulated in his earning years to thrive for the rest of the years. For a comfortable living, the savings should be adequate to take care of the needs of self and the dependants after retirement. Also the facts that Average 60 year old Indian has an approximately 20 years of life expectancy, Inflation cuts purchasing power & Income dips but consumption does not change significantly after retirement need to be kept in mind when a person plans for his retirement. ... Read more »
Concept Corner
Indices, the SENSEX & the NIFTY

An Index is used to give information about the price movements of products in the financial, commodities or any other markets. Financial indexes are constructed to measure price movements of stocks, bonds, T-bills and other forms of investments ...
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Market Overview
Equity Outlook
The global economy witnessed an improvement in the macroeconomic indicators suggesting that ...

Debt Outlook
With the country’s growth taking strong roots, the RBI’s focus has shifted towards tapering ...
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You can invest in any of the ICICI Prudential Mutual fund Schemes using your internet banking account with any of these and more banks. To proceed, click on INVEST ONLINE.

 
Award & Ranking Methodology: CNBC TV18 CRISIL Mutual Fund Award 2010 - Debt Mutual Fund House of the Year: In total 37 fund houses were considered as the award universe. The award is based on consistency of a fund house's performance across the Gilt, Income, Income - Short, Liquid - Retail, Liquid - Institutional, Liquid - Super Institutional, MIP - Aggressive, MIP - Conservative, Ultra Short term debt - Retail, Ultra Short term debt - Institutional, Ultra Short term - Super Institutional, Consistent Debt and Consistent Liquid categories in the four quarterly CRISIL CPR rankings released during the calendar year 2009. The individual CRISIL CPR ranks for their schemes were aggregated on a weighted average basis to arrive at the final ranks for fund houses. A detailed methodology of the CRISIL CPR is available at www.crisilfundservices.com. Ranking & Award Source: CRISIL FundServices, CRISIL Ltd. ICRA Fund Award 2010: ICICI Prudential Tax Plan has been ranked as a Seven Star Fund in the category of 'Open Ended Equity - Tax Planning' schemes for its 1 year performance till December 31, 2009. The rank is an outcome of an objective and comparative analysis against various parameters, including: risk adjusted return, fund size, company concentration, portfolio turnover and liquidity. The ranking methodology did not take into account entry and exit loads imposed by the Fund. There were 24 schemes considered in 'Open Ended Equity – Tax Planning' category for the ranking exercise. Ranking Source & Publisher: ICRA Online Limited. The rank is neither a certificate of statutory compliance nor any guarantee of future performance of the scheme. For detailed methodology refer to www.mutualfundsindia.com. Lipper Fund Award 2010: ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan - Growth has been awarded as Best Fund in the category of 'Mixed Asset INR Flexible' schemes for its 3 and 5 years performance till December 31, 2009 out of 6 schemes. Ranking Source & Publisher: Lipper. Methodology: All calculations are based on Lipper's risk adjusted Consistent Return measure. Only the primary fund class is considered. Criteria (Cumulative): The Scheme(s) having at least 36 months of performance history as of 31 December 2009 were considered. Classification averages are calculated with all eligible share classes for each eligible classification. The highest lipper leader for Consistent Return (effective Return) value within each eligible classification determines the fund classification winner over three, five, or ten years. The ranking methodol gy did not take into account entry and exit loads imposed by the Fund. The rank is neither a certificate of statutory compliance nor any guarantee on the future performance of the above stated funds. For detailed ranking methodology kindly visit www.lipperweb.com. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Disclaimer:
The sector(s) mentioned above do not constitute any recommendation of the same. This document is prepared by ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited for general information purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer for purchase of any of the funds of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. It does not consider the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of the recipient. The contents are based on publicly available information and are not intended to provide professional advice and should not be relied upon in that regard. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
Statutory Details: ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (the Fund) was set up as a Trust sponsored by Prudential plc (through its wholly owned subsidiary namely Prudential Corporation Holdings Ltd) and ICICI Bank Ltd. ICICI Prudential Trust Limited (the Trust Company), a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, is the Trustee to the Fund. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd (the AMC) a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, is the Investment Manager to the Fund. ICICI Bank Ltd and Prudential Plc (acting through its wholly owned subsidiary namely Prudential Corporation Holdings Ltd) are the promoters of the AMC and the Trust Company. Risk Factors: Mutual Funds and securities investments are subject to market risks and there is no assurance or guarantee that the objectives of the Schemes will be achieved. As with any securities investment, the NAV of the Units iss ued under the Schemes can go up r down, depending on the factors and forces affecting the capital markets. Past performance of the Sponsors, AMC/Fund does not indicate the future performance of the Schemes of the Fund. The Sponsors are not responsible or liable for any loss resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the contribution of an amount of Rs.22.2 lacs, collectively made by them towards setting up the Fund and such other accretions and additions to the corpus set up by the Sponsors.
In the preparation of the material contained in this document, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (the Fund) has used information that is publicly available, including information developed in-house. Some of the material used in the document may have been obtained from members/persons other than the Fund and/or its affiliates and which may have been made available to the Fund and/or to its affiliates. Information gathered and material used in this document is believed to be from reliable sources. The Fund however does not warrant the accuracy, reasonableness and/or completeness of any information. For data reference to any third party in this material no such party will assume any liability for the same. All recipients of this material should before dealing and or transacting in any of the products referred to in this material make their own investigation, seek appropriate professional advice and carefully read the offer document. We have included statements/opinions/recommenda tions in this document, which co tain words, or phrases such as "will", "expect", "should", "believe" and similar expressions or variations of such expressions, that are "forward looking statements". Actual results may differ materially from those suggested by the forward looking statements due to risk or uncertainties associated with our expectations with respect to, but not limited to, exposure to market risks, general economic and political conditions in India and other countries globally, which have an impact on our services and / or investments, the monitory and interest policies of India, inflation, deflation, unanticipated turbulence in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices or other rates or prices, the performance of the financial markets in India and globally, changes in domestic and foreign laws, regulations and taxes and changes in competition in the industry.
All data/information used in the preparation of this material is dated and may or may not be relevant any time after the issuance of this material. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited takes no responsibility of updating any data/information in this material from time to time. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited (including its affiliates), the Fund and any of its officers directors, personnel and employees, shall not liable for any loss, damage of any nature, including but not limited to direct, indirect, punitive, special, exemplary, consequential, as also any loss of profit in any way arising from the use of this material in any manner. The recipient alone shall be fully responsible/are liable for any decision taken on the basis of this material.
 


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