BNP Paribas Mid Cap Growth

About BNP Paribas Midcap Fund

The BNP Paribas Midcap Fund is an open-ended, equity (mid-cap) scheme. It seeks to offer long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies that have a high potential for growth in the mid-cap segment.

Pros & Cons of BNP Paribas Midcap Fund

1. This scheme is benchmarked against the NIFTY Midcap 100 TRI. Further, it focuses on companies that offer long-term growth opportunities and are driven by the entrepreneurial flair and unique style of management.
2. As on September 30, 2018, the scheme is ranked 4 under CRISIL’s Mid Cap Fund category.
3. Further, it has generated returns of 21.3% per year over the last 10 years (as on January 03, 2018). However, over the last year, the returns have been negative (-18.73%).

Fund Information and Statistics of BNP Paribas Midcap Fund

i) Inception / Launch Date

The scheme was launched on 02 May 2006 by BNP Paribas Mutual Fund.

ii) Risk Level

Being a midcap scheme, the BNP Paribas Midcap Fund carries a high risk. It is suitable for investors with relatively longer investment horizons (5 years and more) as can be seen from the returns.

iii) Redemption

The minimum amount of redemption is Rs. 1,000 and in multiples of Re. 1. Further, the redemption proceeds are dispatched within 10 business days of the receipt of a valid redemption request.

iv) Fund Manager(s)

Mr. Karthikraj Lakshmanan and Mr. Abhijeet Dey are the Fund Managers of the BNP Paribas Midcap Fund.

v) Entry / Exit Load

There is no entry load in this scheme.

The exit load structure is as follows:

• If the units are redeemed after the completion of one year from the date of allotment of the units, then the exit load = Nil
• If the units are redeemed within one year from the date of allotment of the units and:
• The units redeemed are up to 10% of the allotted units, then exit load = Nil
• The units redeemed are more than 10% of the allotted units, then the exit load = 1% of the applicable NAV

Tax benefits of investing in BNP Paribas Midcap Fund

The following taxes are applicable to income arising from investing in this scheme: 1. STCG tax (units are held for a period of less than 12 months) of 15 percent on redemption of units. 2. LTCG, in excess of Rs 1 lakh, (units are held for a period of more than 12 months) component is taxed at 10 percent without indexation benefits on the redemption of units.

About BNP Paribas Mutual Fund

Globally, BNP Paribas has been operational since the 19th century. It endeavors to take an approach between the traditional value and growth investing styles and combines the top-down and bottom-up approaches along with tactical asset allocation to offer some great schemes to investors.