UTI Gold Exchange Traded Scheme

About UTI Gold ETF

Being an open ended scheme, it aims to deliver returns that are similar to the performance and yield of gold bullion. However, the scheme does not guarantee assured returns. Moreover, fund returns may differ from the performance of the underlying asset as a result of tracking error.

Pros & Cons of UTI Gold ETF

UTI Gold ETF offers the following benefits:

1. Opportunity to grow wealth by investing at real time NAV during trading hours
2. The fund is suitable for investors who want to build their portfolio around passive investing
3. Being a star-rated fund, it has beaten the benchmark and category in the 3 year and 5 year time horizon.

Fund Information and Statistics of UTI Gold ETF

i) Inception / Launch date

UTI Gold ETF was launched on 12 March 2007 by UTI Mutual Fund.

ii) Risk level

Being an exchange-traded fund, UTI Gold ETF is a moderately high risk bet and suitable for investors who have a medium-term investment horizon of more than 3 years.

iii) Redemption

The units of the scheme can be sold in demat form on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) or on any other recognised stock exchange at the real time NAVs prevailing on the said date. In other cases, the investors may redeem the units of the scheme directly with the fund house at NAV based prices. Under normal conditions, your fund house will dispatch the redemption proceeds within 5 business days from date of receipt of request.

iv) Fund Manager

Mr. Rajeev Gupta has been handling multiple functions of the fund house like investment monitoring, corporate actions and exercise of voting rights. He has been managing the UTI Gold ETF since July 2018.

v) Entry / Exit load

The fund house does not charge any entry load and exit load for investing in UTI Gold ETF.

Tax benefits of investing in UTI Gold ETF

The short-term capital gains made on sale of units within 3 years from the date of allotment will be taxed at the income tax slab rates of the investor. The long term capital gains made on sale of units after 3 years from the date of allotment will be taxable at the rate of 20% (with benefit of indexation).

About UTI Mutual Fund

UTI Mutual Funds are managed by UTI Asset Management Company Ltd. (UTI AMC). The AMC was established on November 14, 2002 and started functioning in the investment domain from February 1, 2003. The fund attempts to provide an effective combination of the domain leadership in the capital markets coupled with state-of-the-art technological expertise. Efforts are made to offer investing solution which match the risk-return needs of the clients.