UTI Credit Risk Fund to segregate portfolio of Altico Capital

UTI Mutual Fund has approved the creation of segregated portfolio in UTI Credit Risk Fund in respect of Altico Capital India effective from September 13, 2019. This came after downgrade of debt instruments of Altico Capital India to ‘B’ i.e. ‘below investment grade’ by CARE Ratings Ltd.

UTI Credit Risk Fund has an exposure of Rs 201.82 crore in debt security (INE587O07230) of Altico Capital India, amounting to 5.85 pe rcent of AUM. The exposure is as on September 12.

How will the move impact investors?

Upon recovery of money from Altico Capital India in the segregated portfolio, whether partial or full, it will be distributed to the investors in proportion to their holding in the segregated portfolio.

The existing investors in the scheme, as on the day of creation of segregated portfolio, shall be allotted equal number of units in the segregated portfolio as held in the main portfolio.

No subscription and redemption will be allowed in the segregated portfolio of the captioned schemes.

Investors redeeming their units will get redemption proceeds based on the NAV of main portfolio and will continue to hold the units of segregated portfolio. However, investors subscribing to the scheme will be allotted units only in the main portfolio based on its NAV.

The AMC will enable listing of units of segregated portfolio on the recognized stock exchange within 10 working days of creation of segregated portfolio and enable transfer of such units on receipt of transfer requests. It will disclose separate NAVs of segregated and main portfolios from the date of creation of segregated portfolio.

A statement of account indicating the units held by the investors in the segregated portfolio along with the NAV of both segregated portfolio and the main portfolio as on the day of the credit event shall be communicated to the investors within five working days of creation of the segregated portfolio.