This is what Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund has bet most money on

Launched in March 2005, Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund invests predominately in equities and equity-related instruments of both large- and mid-cap companies. It ranked 2 in the large and mid-cap category of CRISIL Mutual Fund Rankings (CMFR) - September 2018. Miyush Gandhi has been managing the fund since April 2018. 

Trailing returns

The fund has outperformed its peers (funds ranked in the large- and mid-cap category in CMFR - September 2018) across all trailing periods under analysis. It outperformed the benchmark (BSE 200 TRI) across all periods except one year and two years.

An investment of Rs 10,000 in the fund on August 1, 2006 would have grown to Rs 66,180 (16.68% CAGR) on October 29, 2018 vis-à-vis the benchmark’s Rs 40,532 (12.1% CAGR) and the category’s Rs 44,465 (12.95% CAGR). 

SIP returns

A monthly investment of Rs 10,000 via a systematic investment plan (SIP) for 10 years would have grown to Rs 36.86 lakh (XIRR 21.28%). A similar investment in the benchmark would have grown to Rs 22.44 lakh (XIRR 12.04%).

Risk-reward matrix

The fund delivered higher average daily returns over the past three years relative to the benchmark and peers but with higher volatility.

Portfolio analysis 

During the past three years, the fund invested in 169 stocks — with average allocations to large cap at 24.62%, mid-cap 32.6% and small cap 36.95%. The fund gradually reduced its exposure to small-cap stocks from 24.74% in April 2018 to 14.02% in September 2018, while simultaneously increasing the exposure to mid-cap stocks to align with the category mandate.  

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The top five sectors constituted 51.5% of the fund’s equity portfolio in September 2018. In the past three years, the finance sector had the highest average allocation of 9.46% followed by the consumer non-durables (9.12%) and banking (8.07%) sectors. IIFL Holdings and Bajaj Finance have been the key contributors from the finance sector during the period under analysis. 

Out of the 169 stocks the fund invested in during the three years, it consistently held 14. Among the consistently held stocks, Escorts, Navin Flourine International, Atul and The Ramco Cements were the biggest contributors to the fund’s performance.

By Crisil Research