Taurus Infrastructure Fund - Growth Option

About Taurus Infrastructure Fund

The Taurus Infrastructure Fund is an open-ended equity scheme. It seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation and income distribution to unitholders by investing predominantly in equity and equity-related instruments of companies belonging to the infrastructure sector and its related industries.

Pros & Cons of Taurus Infrastructure Fund

• The scheme invests in stocks after considering certain business fundamentals like nature and stability of business, prospects of future growth and scalability, financial discipline and returns, valuations in relation to the broad market and expected growth in earnings, the company’s financial strength and track record.
• As on September 30, 2018, the scheme is not ranked under CRISIL’s Sectoral/ Thematic Fund category.
• Further, it has generated returns of 15.71% per year over the 10 last years (as on January 16, 2019). However, the returns over the last year have been negative (-11.95%).

Fund Information and Statistics of Taurus Infrastructure Fund

i) Inception / Launch Date

The scheme was launched on 05 March 2007 by Taurus Mutual Fund.

ii) Risk Level

According to the investment objective and asset allocation of the scheme, it has a High risk-level associated with it.

iii) Redemption

The redemption proceeds are dispatched within 10 business days of the receipt of a valid redemption request.

iv) Fund Manager(s)

Mr. Prasanna Pathak is the Fund Manager of the Taurus Infrastructure 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 7 days from the date of allotment of the said units, then the exit load = Nil
• If the units are redeemed within 7 days from the date of allotment of the said units, then the exit load = 0.50% of the applicable NAV

Tax benefits of investing in Taurus Infrastructure Fund

The following taxes are applicable to income arising from investing in this scheme:

• STCG tax (units are held for a period of less than 12 months) of 15 percent on redemption of units.
• LTCG (units are held for a period of more than 12 months), in excess of Rs 1 Lakh, is taxed at 10 percent without indexation benefits on the redemption of units.

About Taurus Mutual Fund

Established in 1993, Taurus Mutual Fund launched its first scheme in early 1994 and has established its presence in many cities across India. Further, it offers some innovative schemes to investors by leveraging its expertise and market knowledge along with research capabilities.