UTI Offshore Funds and Rainbow Funds
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UTI Offshore Funds and Rainbow Funds
UTI OFFSHORE FUNDS & UTI RAINBOW FUNDS FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY NOT FOR SALE August 29, 2008 Contact us UTI International Ltd. UTI International Limited, Kingsway House, Havilland Street, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3FN (T): +44 1481 726141, (F): +44 1481 726142. www.uti-intl.co.uk Branch offices london office (1) Mr. Gajendra Kothari - Manager - Business Development, gajendra@uti-intl.co.uk Address: UTI International Ltd., 32, City Road, London, EC1Y 2BD, United Kingdom (T): + 44 20 7374 4719, (F): + 44 20 7374 4720. Dubai office (1) Mr. Sameer Bhatia - Country Head - Dubai, sameer@uti-intl.co.uk (2) Mr. Naresh Sood - Marketing Manager, naresh@uti-intl.co.uk Address: UTI International Limited, P.O. Box 29288, 17 Al Maskan Building, Karama, Dubai, UAE. (T): + 971 4 3356656, (F): + 971 4 3356636. Bahrain Office (1) Mr. Rajesh Deore - Country Head - Bahrain, rajesh@uti-intl.co.uk (2) Mr. Vinesh Nair - Marketing Manager - Bahrain, vinesh@uti-intl.co.uk Address: Bahrain Representative Office, 16, Ground Floor, Manama Centre, Government Avenue, P. O. Box 1395, Kingdom of Bahrain (T): + 973 17212410, (F): + 973 17212415. INVESTMENT MANAGER UTI Asset Management company Ltd. (1) Ms. Silpita Guha - Head, Offshore Funds,shilpita.guha@uti.co.in (2) Mr. V. Srivatsa - Fund Manager, v.srivatsa@uti.co.in Address: UTI AMC Ltd., UTI Tower, Gn Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400 051, India. (T): +91 22 66786661, (F) +91 22 66786626. www.utimf.com 2 Equity Market Overview • Sensex: Markets remained range-bound in August. The benchmark index Sensex recovered slightly to 14,564 points, a recovery of 1.4% over the previous month. • Key stock performers: Key outperformers of the month are, Educomp (28%), Gujarat Gas (25%), Indian Bank (19%), Ashok Leyland (17%), HCL (16%), and Titan (15%). Key underperformers were led by RCOM (-23%), Aban Offshore (-21%), HPCL (-12%), Sun TV (-12%), Hexaware (-11%), Tata Tea (-10%), NALCO (-10%). • FII’s net sellers & MF’s net buyers during August’08: FIIs remained bearish and were net sellers with net outflow of USD 300mn compared to a net outflow US$450mn in the previous month. Domestic Mutual funds however were net sellers with outflows of USD92mn compared to USD285mn of inflow in August’08. • JP Associates signs 4 MOUs: JP Associates has signed four MOUs with MP Govt. to invest Rs130bn for setting up two cement units, an aluminium production factory and a power plant for generating power. • HCC wins contract in AP: Hindustan Construction Company led consortium has bagged a contract worth Rs14bn from the AP Government for an irrigation project. • Monsoons 1% below normal as on 27th Aug, 2008: Cumulative Rainfall was excess/normal in 32 and deficient/ scanty in 4 out of 36 meteorological sub-divisions. • Core sector growth falls to 3.4% in June: Output of six core industries remained weak and grew by 3.4% in June’08 vs. 3.5% in the previous month. • Industrial production recovers to 5.4% y/y in Jun: YoY IIP growth recovered to 5.4% from 3.8% in previous month as manufacturing rose by a higher rate. • Trade deficit widens in July: Trade deficit widened in July by USD 10.8 bn as compared to USD 9.8 bn a month earlier. Exports rose by 31.2% to USD 16.3 bn in July, while imports rose by 48.1% to USD 27.1 bn. • Forex reserves rise: Forex reserves decreased by $1.1bn to $297.2bn for the week ended 22nd August. • Inflation moderates but still high at 12.4%: WPI inflation remained high at 12.4% in the week ended 13th August’08 compared to last month’s 12.4%. • Liquidity growth increases: Liquidity growth moderated but still remained at a high rate, with YoY M3 growth at 20.6% (as on Aug16th, ’08) compared to 20.4% the previous month. • Tata Power bids for Senoko of Singapore: Tata Power is bidding for Senoko Power Ltd of Singapore which will give access to generation capacity of 3,300MW should it win the bid. • ICICI reduces focus on 2-wheeler loans: Seeking to cut down its operating costs and leverage from an expanded branch network, ICICI Bank has decided to source twowheeler loans only through its branches and not at the dealers’ end. 4000 2000 0 -2000 -4000 FIIs Cash -6000 DIIs Aug-08 Jul-08 Jun-08 May-08 Apr-08 Mar-08 Feb-08 Jan-08 -10000 Dec-07 -8000 Nov-07 • India GDP slows down to 7.9%: Indian economic growth moderated to 7.9% in the first quarter of current fiscal, against 9.2% a year ago as rising borrowing costs impacted manufacturing and some other sectors. Manufacturing grew at 5.6%, services at 10.2% and agriculture at 3%. Net Investment by various categories for the month US$ mn 6000 Oct-07 Macro Economy Overview Sources: BSE & NSE Sep-07 • RCOM launches GSM services in Delhi: RCOM has launched GSM service in Delhi. It has been offering CDMA based mobile service throughout the country and has recently been allowed by the government to start GSM service simultaneously. Aug-07 • BHEL wins project in Africa: BHEL has won Rs 4bn contract for setting a hydro power project in Rwanda. • Govt. allows PFs to invest in equities: The govt. has permitted non-government provident funds (PFs) and other private provident funds to invest 15 per cent of their corpus in equities on which F&O trades are available. “Please refer to important disclaimers on last page” 3 UTI INDIA FUND - 1986 SHARES Scheme Details “The UTI India Fund Limited - 1986 shares is an open-ended multi-class investment company incorporated in Mauritius and invests in India through a domestic scheme managed by UTI Asset Management Company Ltd. The principal investment objective is long-term capital appreciation primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of Indian equity and equity-linked securities listed on an Indian stock exchange. Income, which will not be substantial after expenses, will generally be distributed”. Portfolio as on August 29, 2008 Name of the Company % of Total Portfolio Bharti Airtel Ltd. 6.57 I.t.c Limited 5.40 Reliance Industries Ltd. 4.87 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 4.14 Icici Bank Ltd. 4.00 Bank of Baroda 3.04 Deepak Fertilisers 2.81 Federal Bank Ltd. 2.78 Texmaco Ltd. 2.69 Ballarpur Industries Ltd. 2.61 Bharat Electronics Ltd. 2.57 Reliance Communications Ltd. 2.57 Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. 2.44 Shanthi Gears Ltd. 2.29 Amarraja Batteries Ltd. 2.24 Punjab National Bank 2.19 Satyam Computers 2.16 Biocon Ltd. Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Ltd. Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. Rain Commodities Ltd. Panacea Biotec Ltd. Tata Steel Ltd. Lic Housing Finance Ltd. Axis Bank Ltd. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Rallis India Ltd. Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. Niit Technologies Ltd. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Dlf Ltd. Astra Microwave Products Ltd. Aban Offshore Ltd. Others Cash & Other Equivalents Total 2.07 1.90 1.81 1.79 1.68 1.63 1.55 1.49 1.48 1.47 1.26 1.23 1.18 1.16 1.12 1.09 1.06 4.15 11.81 100.00% Fund Performance as on August 29, 2008 Absolute Returns 29-Aug-08 1986 share (£)* 10.16 3 Months -6.61% 15th June, 1986 Restructuring Date* 4th June, 2007 Head-Offshore Funds Silpita Guha Fund Manager V. Srivatsa Fund Size USD (mn) 40.21 NAV per unit as on August 29, 2008 1986 shares GBP 10.16 USD 18.54 High/Low of NAV in the month 1986 Shares High Low GBP 10.52 9.98 USD 20.02 18.35 Load Structure Entry Load Exit Load up to 3% 0.50% Administrator An nualised Returns 6 Months 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 5 Years -14.26% -0.29% 19.57% 20.73% 32.67% BSE 100 Index (£) 95.21 -7.72% -19.71% 0.02% 19.31% 21.37% 27.14% 1986 Share ($) 18.53 -13.81% -21.42% -9.83% 17.01% 21.66% 33.48% BSE 100 Index ($) 174.04 -14.63% -26.13% -9.27% 16.85% 22.35% 30.98% BSE Sensex ($) 332.60 -13.71% -24.47% -11.07% 15.04% 23.35% 30.65% 80.05 -4.88% 0.93% -3.03% -5.01% 0.62% 2.08% Exchange Rate (Rs/GBP) Launch Date Exchange Rate (Rs/US$) 43.79 2.82% 9.69% 6.91% -3.01% -0.19% -0.91% *Please note the India Fund A and B shares have been merged with effect from June 4, 2007 and the new shares are now called The UTI India Fund Limited - 1986 shares. UTI International Ltd. c/o Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Ltd. ISIN No. – MU0217S00127 SEDOL No. – 6BDZP86 Bloomberg Code – INDFUND MP Reuters Code – UTIP.CH MEXID – UUI1 / UUI2 Fund Manager’s Comments The UTI India Fund has consistently been in line with the benchmark over the last three years and has outperformed the benchmark in the last five years. The fund increased its cash position over the last month by reducing exposure in the banking sector and increased its exposure in the agrculture sector. The fund continues to be overweight on telecom, pharma, IT , Agriculture related sectors and Fast Moving Consumenr Goods. The fund also maintains a good blend of large cap and mid cap stocks in its portfolio to drive consistent outperformance. “Please refer to important disclaimers on last page” 4 29 29 Performance of UTI India Fund vis-à-vis the benchmark BSE 100 THE INDIA I.T. FUND Scheme Details Launch Date The India I.T. Fund Limited is an open-ended investment company incorporated in Mauritius and invests 27th June, 1997 substantially all of its assets, in India through a domestic scheme managed by UTI Asset Management Head-Offshore Funds Silpita Guha Company Ltd. The principal objective of the Fund is to achieve capital appreciation through investment Fund Manager V. Srivatsa in a portfolio of equity and equity-linked securities of Indian information technology companies listed in India. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its NAV in unlisted equity and equity-linked securities of Indian information technology companies and up to 10% of its NAV in equity and equity-linked USD (mn) 7.46 securities traded outside India, such as ADRs and GDRs. Portfolio as on August 29, 2008 Fund Size Infotech Enterprises Limited 2.75 NAV per unit as on August 29, 2008 Name of the Company % of Total Portfolio Geodesic Information Systems Ltd. 2.35 USD Infosys Technologies Ltd. 21.56 Hcl Infosystems Ltd. 2.10 35.38 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 20.89 Hexaware Technologies Ltd 1.69 Wipro Limited. 10.97 Zensar Technologies Ltd. 1.36 Tanla Solutions Ltd. 1.30 Sonata Software Ltd 1.30 Allsec Technologies Ltd. 0.67 Cash And Cash Equivalent 3.23 Satyam Computers Ltd. 8.78 Hcl Technologies Ltd. 8.27 Niit Technologies Ltd. 3.85 Tech Mahindra Ltd. 3.26 Mphasis Bfl Ltd. 2.92 Patni Computer Systems Ltd. 2.77 TOTAL 100.00 Fund Performance as on August 29, 2008 Absolute Returns Annualised Returns High/Low of NAV in the month USD High 36.62 Low 34.99 Load Structure Entry Load up to 3% Exit Load 0.50% Administrator 29-Aug-08 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 5 Years India I.T. Fund NAV ($) 35.38 -18.57% -14.02% -27.34% -0.04% 9.12% 24.22% S&P CNX IT Index ($) 89.67 -18.54% -10.16% -23.69% -3.10% 7.52% 22.25% BSE Sensex ($) 332.60 -13.71% -24.47% -11.07% 15.04% 23.35% 30.65% Exchange Rate (Rs./$) 43.79 2.82% 9.69% 6.91% -3.01% -0.19% 2.08% UTI International Ltd. c/o Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Ltd. Performance of India IT Fund vis-à-vis the benchmark S&P CNX IT Index ISIN No. – MU0126S00120 SEDOL No. – 6019293 Bloomberg Code – UTIINII MP Reuters Code – IAIT.CH MEXID – UUII Fund Manager’s Comments The India I.T. Fund has underperformed in the last one year time frame while it has outperformed the benchmark in the longer time frame from 2 years to 5 years. The results of the IT sector were broadly in line with expectations and the guidance given by the top tier IT firms at the begining of the year. The fund has increased its exposure in the mid cap segment given the sharp valuation differential between the large cap and mid cap stocks. The underperformance of the fund is attributed to the sharp 29 underperformance of the mid cap stocks and larger weightage of the fund in mid cap stocks vis a vis the Index. The India I.T. Fund is ideally positioned to capture the growth in the Indian IT sector. “Please refer to important disclaimers on last page” 5 THE INDIA PHARMA FUND Scheme Details Launch Date The India Pharma Fund Limited is an open-ended multi-class investment company incorporated in 22nd March, 2005 Mauritius and invests substantially all of its assets, in India through a domestic scheme managed by UTI Asset Management Company Ltd. The principal objective of the Fund is to achieve capital Head-Offshore Funds Silpita Guha Fund Manager V. Srivatsa appreciation through investment in a portfolio of equity and equity-linked securities of Indian pharmaceutical companies listed in India. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its NAV in unlisted equity and equity-linked securities of Indian Pharmaceutical companies and can also invest in equity Name of the Company % of Total Portfolio Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. 13.42 Cipla Ltd 8.57 Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. 8.53 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 6.33 Lupin Ltd 6.15 Biocon Ltd. 5.91 Cadila Healthcare Ltd. 5.76 Glaxosmithkline Pharmacueticals Ltd. 5.53 Divis Laboratories Ltd. 5.52 Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. 4.89 Panacea Biotec Ltd. 4.60 USD (mn) 12.91 and equity-linked securities traded outside India, such as ADRs and GDRs. Portfolio as on August 29, 2008 Fund Size NAV per unit as on August 29, 2008 Ipca Laboratories Ltd. 3.50 Piramal Healthcare Ltd. 3.48 USD Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 2.43 14.71 Unichem Laboratories 2.31 Indoco Remedies Ltd. 2.26 Shasun Chemicals And Drugs Ltd. 1.67 Sun Pharma Advanced REsearch Co Ltd. 1.61 Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd 1.02 Piramal Life Sciences Ltd. 0.30 Cash & Other Equivalents 6.22 Total 100.00% USD High 15.19 Low 14.62 Load Structure Entry Load up to 3% Exit Load 0.50% Administrator Fund Performance as on August 29, 2008 Absolute Returns High/Low of NAV in the month Annualised Returns 29-Aug-08 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years India Pharma Fund NAV ($) 14.71 -4.91% -0.07% 0.62% 10.03% 8.05% S&P CNX Pharma Index ($) 118.17 -3.46% 0.99% 11.13% 15.13% 13.95% BSE Sensex ($) 332.60 -13.71% -24.47% -11.07% 15.04% 23.35% Exchange Rate (Rs./$) 43.79 2.82% 9.69% 6.91% -3.01% -0.19% UTI International Ltd. c/o Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Ltd. ISIN No. – MU0180S00010 Performance of India Pharma Fund vis-à-vis the S&P CNX Pharma Index SEDOL No. – B06JKD3 Bloomberg Code – INPHRMA MP Reuters Code – IPFA.CH MEXID – UUIPH Fund Manager’s Comments The India Pharma Fund has underperformed the benchmark on account of higher exposure to mid cap stocks which has underperformed the large cap pharma stocks. The fund continues to find the valuation gap between the large cap pharma stocks and mid cap stocks attractive and continues to hold good weightages in mid cap pharma stocks. In the last month, the fund trimmed its weightages in Ranbaxy and shifted to Dr Reddy amongst the large cap holdings. The portfolio has a good blend of generics, branded and contract research and manufacturing (CRAMS) companies and the India Pharma Fund remains a good option to ride in the growth in the 29 Indian pharma industry. “Please refer to important disclaimers on last page” 6 UTI RAINBOW FUNDS 7 Contact us UTI International Ltd. UTI International Limited, Kingsway House, Havilland Street, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3FN (T): +44 1481 726141, (F): +44 1481 726142. www.uti-intl.co.uk Branch offices london office (1) Mr. Gajendra Kothari - Manager - Business Development, gajendra@uti-intl.co.uk Address: UTI International Ltd., 32, City Road, London, EC1Y 2BD, United Kingdom (T): + 44 20 7374 4719, (F): + 44 20 7374 4720. Dubai office (1) Mr. Sameer Bhatia - Country Head - Dubai, sameer@uti-intl.co.uk (2) Mr. Naresh Sood - Marketing Manager, naresh@uti-intl.co.uk Address: UTI International Limited, P.O. Box 29288, 17 Al Maskan Building, Karama, Dubai, UAE. (T): + 971 4 3356656, (F): + 971 4 3356636. Bahrain Office (1) Mr. Rajesh Deore - Country Head - Bahrain, rajesh@uti-intl.co.uk (2) Mr. Vinesh Nair - Marketing Manager - Bahrain, vinesh@uti-intl.co.uk Address: Bahrain Representative Office, 16, Ground Floor, Manama Centre, Government Avenue, P. O. Box 1395, Kingdom of Bahrain (T): + 973 17212410, (F): + 973 17212415. INVESTMENT MANAGER UTI Investment Management Company (Mauritius) Limited, Address: Suite 450, 4th Floor, Barkly Wharf East, Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius. iNVESTMENT ADVISOR UTI Asset Management company Ltd. (1) Mr. Ashish Ranawade - Head - Portfolio Management Division, a.ranawade@uti.co.in (2) Mr. Ajay Tyagi - Fund Manager, ajay.tyagi@uti.co.in Address: UTI AMC Ltd., UTI Tower, Gn Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400 051, India. (T): +91 22 66786739, (F) +91 22 66786776. www.utimf.com 8 Fund Manager’s Report The DJIA closed the month at 11,543 up 1.5% over the month from 11,378 last month. The index was mostly range bound between 11,360 and 11,650 levels. NASDAQ was up 1.2% over the month to close at 1,872 levels. FTSE 100 was up 4.1% and CAC-40 was up 2% over the month. The economic growth in the Euro zone and U.K. has shown some sign of faltering. The ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet stated that the economic growth will be particularly weak through third quarter. Growth concerns were raised by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistar Darling who said that U.K. faced the worst economic slump in 60 years; GBP fell to its lowest levels since April 2006. One has to wait to see whether the central banks will cut rates to help support growth. However with inflation rate at more that twice their 2% target the central bankers face a tough decision. Also this month, sub-prime crisis had its latest victim; Allianz SE has agreed to sell off Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank AG for a $ 14.4 Bn. This is the biggest financial services takeover in Europe this year. Allianz had bought Dresdner in 2001 with the aim of selling more insurance products through bank branches. The revised estimates of U.S. Q2 GDP growth put it at 3.3% on an annualized basis; GDP was buoyed by strong exports and consumer spending (supported by government stimulus checks). The provisional numbers released in July had estimated the GDP growth at 1.9%; this upward revision was much greater than analyst’s estimates and led to a rally in the markets. However it is unlikely that the economy will show a repeat performance in the coming quarters, the slowing down in the world economy and the dollar appreciation will moderate export growth. The economic stimulus brought about by the tax rebates will slow down in the quarters to come. The minutes of the 5’th Aug FOMC meeting indicated that although the economic activity had expanded in the second quarter, the labor markets softened and the financial markets remained under considerable stress. Tight credit conditions, the housing contraction and elevated energy prices are likely to weigh on economic growth in the next few quarters. The FOMC expressed its belief that current high inflation will moderate over the period of one year, but maintained the outlook to be highly uncertain. The press release mentioned that although downside risks to growth remained, they appeared to have diminished somewhat, the upside risks to inflation and inflation expectations increased. Crude oil futures started the month at $ 127 per bbl but declined to close at $ 118 per bbl. Oil prices received support over the last week of the month by intensification of hurricane Gustav. The approach of hurricane Gustav has shut eight U.S. Gulf Coast refineries and 96 percent of offshore oil production. Crude oil for October delivery rose as much as $2.54, or 2.2 percent, to $118 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil futures are up 22 percent this year and have gained 1.6 percent since Gustav formed on Aug. 25. India’s WPI Inflation eased marginally to 12.40% for the week ended August 16, 2008 versus 12.63% reported a week earlier. On w-o-w basis, the decline was primarily on account of a sharp downward movement in various mineral oils like naphtha and furnace oil. These are basically the non-administered fuel-group items whose prices largely depend on crude prices. With the decline in crude prices from their all time high of ~USD 147/bbl in mid-July, the prices of mineral oils too have shown a downward movement. Manufactured products inflation, on the other hand, rose to their highest level since June 1995, largely owing to higher prices of textiles and food products. The sub-indices of Primary Articles, Fuel Power Electricity and Manufactured Products grew 11.63%, 16.76% and 11.02% respectively on a y-o-y basis. The last few inflation readings have been benign; however it must be kept in mind that the adverse base effects will continue till October 2008. In the absence of adverse commodity shocks and with the effectiveness of monetary policy, we could expect inflation to reach single digits by March 2009. This Monsoon season has not been disappointing, with only 4 of 36 zones receiving deficient rainfall; the country overall received “Normal” rainfall. RBI’s Annual report for 2007-2008 was released in August. RBI stressed that protecting the economy from adverse effects of rising inflation would dominate monetary action going ahead. RBI also expressed discomfort over higher credit off take and money supply prevailing in the economy in spite of the tightening of the monetary policy. RBI has cautioned banks to moderate loan book growth in the higher interest rate scenario, it must be noted that asset quality of India banks is one of the best in the world with high provision coverage. The report acknowledged that India’s GDP which grew at a rate of over 9% CAGR over the last three years is expected to slow down to 8% in FY09 primarily due to tighter liquidity conditions. RBI expressed its concern on rising fiscal deficit on back of the rising government liabilities due to farm loan waiver package, subsidies on food products, oil and fertilizers, one time liability on account of sixth pay commission and annual liability of increase in wages. Banking liquidity continued to remain negative, with banks being the net borrowers in LAF repo/reverse repo auctions with RBI. The cooling off of commodity prices and the expectation of peaking out of inflation rate led to a rally in the bond market with 10 year yields falling from 9.4% to 8.62% over the month. The yield curve on GSecs continued to remain flattish. IIP growth for June’08 was 5.4% vs. 10.3% reported in June’07 and was far better than 4.1% IIP growth in May’08. Consumer goods were the best performer for the month, growing 10% y-o-y compared to 3.6% a year earlier. The IIP has been showing a declining trend over the last one year or so, this is not just due to RBI’s tightening stance but also due to genuine supply side constraints faced by the industries, particularly power sector. There is increasing evidence that the supply side constraints are getting addressed, which makes it likely for the IIP to improve over the coming quarters. Further the unfavorable base effect will also tend to wear out in the coming quarters leading to better y-o-y IIP numbers. India’s forex reserves decreased by $ 9.5 Bn. over the month to close at $ 297 Bn. The non-food credit grew by 26% y-o-y to reach Rs. 23,960 Bn. Deposits outstanding grew 21.6% y-o-y to reach Rs. 33,382 Bn. M3 growth was strong at 20.6%, higher than RBI’s comfort level of 17-18%. USDINR had started the month at 42.37 levels and rose sharply in the second half of the month to reach 43.8; the dollar appreciated 3.4 % over the month. This appreciation of the USD can be attributed to strength in the dollar rather than any particular weakness in the INR; USD has gained 1.35% vs. JPY and 6.15% vs. Euro in the same time period. The USD rose over the month on speculation that the Federal Reserve is done with rate cuts and may in fact increase interest rates to counter inflation risks in USA and also on speculation that the ECB and BoE will aggressively cut rates to support growth, which is seen faltering, in Euro zone and UK. Sensex had closed July at 14,355 and was range bound for the month to rise only 200 points over the month to close at 14,565 i.e. a rise of 1.5% over the month. Nifty was up 60 bps over the month to close at 4,360. Sensex is trading at PE of 14.7x on FY09 earnings estimates. FII’s were net sellers with net outflow of Rs.20.65 Bn or $ 480 Mn over the month; this was the fourth consecutive month with net FII outflow from equity markets. Domestic mutual funds were more bullish and had net purchases of Rs. 11.88 Bn or $ 275 Mn over the month, MF’s had purchased similar quantities last month as well. The markets continue to trade in a range bound manner. We feel that the broader markets are fairly valued at this point in time. Any movement in stock valuations from here on shall depend on the individual business prospects for a particular industry/ company. Although from a market wide perspective the valuations seem to be fair but we are observing a lot of value in some companies, especially in the midcap segment, which have a strong business model but have yet been beaten down in the last few months. We feel that such stocks can provide the return kicker to the fund over the next few quarters. We continue to remain bullish on the India growth story and strongly feel that even though we might see some slow down in GDP in the short term (which can be partly attributed to the high base effect of previous years) but the medium to long term structural story still remains intact. We view the current market scenario as an opportunity to build exposure for long term investors. Disclaimer: “This report is not an offer or sale in or into the United States of any equity shares or any other security of the company. The securities of the company have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time and may not be sold in the United States absent registration under US securities laws or an exemption form such registration.” 9 UTI RAINBOW FUND - CLASS A (India Diversified Equity Fund) Scheme Details Launch Date The Rainbow Fund is a Mauritius based open ended multi-class fund. Class A shares of the Rainbow October 29, 2007 Fund corresponds to a plain vanilla diversified fund with moderate risk profile. The investment objective of Class A shares is to achieve medium to long term growth of net assets through investments into Indian stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange and Mumbai Stock Exchange. The fund endeavours Fund Manager Ajay Tyagi Head-PMS Ashish Ranawade to have an equal mix of large caps and midcaps in the portfolio. Portfolio as on August 29, 2008 Name of the Company % of Total Portfolio Infosys Technologies Ltd. Bharti Airtel Ltd. Reliance Industries Ltd. Hdfc Bank Limited Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Reliance Communication Ltd. Icsa (India) Ltd. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Satyam Computers Ltd. Suzlon Energy Ltd. Core Projects & Technologies Limited Geodesic Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. Hdfc Ltd. Bartronics India Ltd 5.1 5.0 4.6 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 Axis Bank Ltd. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. Opto Circuits (India) Ltd Yes Bank Ltd. Tulip It Services Ltd. Tanla Solutions Ltd. 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 Hanung Toys And Textiles Ltd. Punj Lloyd Ltd. Sintex Ltd. Allied Digital Services Limited Icici Bank Ltd Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. Jain Irrigation System Havells India Ltd. K.L.G.Systel Ltd Jyoti Structures Ltd. Areva T&D Ltd. Maruti Udyog Ltd. Everest Kanto Cylinder Ltd Voltas Ltd. Praj Industries Ltd. Rajesh Exports Ltd A I A Engineering Limited Lloyd Electric & Engineering Limited 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.5 Spanco Telesystems & Solutions Ltd. 0.4 Cash & Cash Equivalents NAV per unit as on August 29, 2008 Class A High/Low of NAV in the month Exchange Rate (Rs/US$) Low USD 6.625 Entry Load upto 5% Exit Load 0% Deutsche International Trust Corporation (Maurtius) Limited, 4th Floor, Barkly Wharf East, Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius. 100.00 Fund Manager’s Comments The Indian markets were down by about 5% in rupee terms in the month of August mainly on account of crude oil correcting significantly. The markets continue to trade in a range bound manner. We feel that the broader markets are fairly valued at this point in time. Any movement in stock valuations from here on shall depend on the individual business prospects for a particular industry/company. Although from a market wide perspective the valuations seem to be fair but we are observing a lot of value in some companies, especially in the midcap segment, which have a strong business model but have yet been beaten down in the last few months. We feel that such stocks can provide the return kicker to the fund over the next few quarters. We view the current market scenario as an opportunity to build exposure for long term investors. Absolute Returns BSE 500 Index ($) USD 7.449 Administrator Fund Performance as on August 29, 2008 Class A share ($) High Load Structure 6.5 Total USD 6.826 29-Aug-08 1 month 3 months 6 months Since Inception 6.83 1.91% -12.99% -25.13% -32.81% 128.60 2.40% -15.08% -27.78% -34.63% 43.79 -2.86% -2.33% -8.84% -10.07% Performance of UTI Rainbow Fund - Class A Shares ($) vis-à-vis the benchmark BSE 500 Index ($) Sector Allocation as on August 29, 2008 Class A composition (Sectoral%) 6.50% 1.48% 12.00% 5.71% 10.71% 8.15% 1.06% 10.78% 15.03% 29 6.01% “Please refer to important disclaimers on last page” 10 1.81% 20.76% Auto & Auto Ancilliary Banking & Financial Services Diversified Engineering & Captialgoods Health Care Information Technology Media Power & Power Equipments Retail Telecommunicaion Textiles Cash & equivalents UTI RAINBOW FUND - CLASS B (Infrastructure Shareclass) Scheme Details Launch Date The Rainbow Fund is a Mauritius based open ended multi-class fund. Infrastructure Shareclass of the Rainbow Fund corresponds to an infrastructure fund. The investment objective of Class B is to achieve medium to long term growth of net assets through investments into Indian stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange and Mumbai Stock Exchange which derive their business from infrastructure or infrastructure related sectors. The fund endeavours to have a diversified holding covering various infrastructure sub-sectors like Power, Engineering & Capital Goods, Telecom, Energy, Oil & Gas, Construction etc. Portfolio as on August 29, 2008 Name of the Company % of Total Portfolio Reliance Industries Ltd. Bharti Airtel Ltd. Reliance Communication Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Suzlon Energy Ltd. Areva T&D Ltd. Abb Ltd. Hdfc Ltd. Punj Lloyd Ltd. Icsa (India) Ltd. Crompton Greaves Ltd. A I A Engineering Limited Blue Star Limited Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Thermax Ltd. Tulip It Services Ltd Texmaco Ltd Dlf Ltd. K.L.G. Systel Ltd Everest Kanto Cylinder Ltd Praj Industries Ltd. 6.8 6.2 4.6 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 December 17, 2007 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 Elecon Engineering Co. Ltd. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Voltas Ltd. Jain Irrigation System Ltd Jyoti Structures Ltd. Idea Celluar Ltd Transformer & Rectifier (India) Ltd Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd. I D F C Ltd Kavveri Telecom Products Limited Siemens India Ltd. A B G Shipyard Ltd Jindal Saw Ltd Genus Power Infrastructure Ltd Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd. Bharati Shipyard Ltd Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. Ivrcl Infrastructures & Projects Ltd. Nagarjuna Construction Co.Ltd. Icici Bank Ltd Alstom Projects India Ltd. Havells India Ltd. Cash And Cash Equivalents Total Exchange Rate (Rs/US$) Head-PMS Ashish Ranawade Class B USD 5.95 High/Low of NAV in the month High USD 6.94 Low USD 5.83 Load Structure Entry Load upto 5% Exit Load 0% Administrator 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 6.2 100.00 Deutsche International Trust Corporation (Mauritus) Limited, 4th Floor, Barkly Wharf East, Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius. Fund Manager’s Comments Absolute Returns BSE SENSEX Index ($) Ajay Tyagi NAV per unit as on August 29, 2008 Fund Performance as on August 29, 2008 Class B share ($) Fund Manager 31-Jul-08 1 month 3 months 6 months Since Inception 6.00 1.20% -14.28% -30.95% -40.05% 332.60 2.59% -12.82% -24.47% -34.66% 43.79 -2.86% -2.33% -8.84% -10.14% Performance of UTI Rainbow Fund - Class B Shares ($) vis-à-vis the benchmark BSE Sensex ($) The infrastructure sector witnessed some stability in the month of August. Although over the longer term the growth drivers for the infrastructure sector seem to be in place but the fears of slowdown in capex on account of higher interest rates seem to be the worrying factors in the short term. We feel that the companies shall continue to show robust volume growth on account of huge order book position although the growth on the profitability could be lower on account of margin pressures. Sector Allocation as on August 29, 2008 Class B composition (Sectoral%) 6.20% 1.73% Auto & Auo Ancilliary 4.97% Banking & Financial Services 8.46% Diversified 15.33% Engineering & Capitalgoods Infrastructure & Construction 27.81% 25.62% Oil & Gas Power & Power Equipments Telecommiunication 3.37% 6.51% Cash and equivalents “Please refer to important disclaimers on last page” 11 Disclaimer This report should only be distributed or passed on to current shareholders of the Funds, investment institutions and professional advisors. 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