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Principal Government Securities Fund (QD) SET SMS ALERT

12.301
0.01 (0.06%)
NAV as on May-22-2013

Fund Family PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund

Fund Class Gilt Long Term

ranking by CRISIL

Below average performance in the category

The scheme is ranked 4 in Gilt Long Term category by Crisil. If you are already invested in this scheme, you may consider switching to a better performing scheme.
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Close Principal Government Securities Fund - Investment Plan has been renamed as Principal Government Securities Fund w.e.f. 23-09-2010.
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Returns (NAV as on May-22-2013)

Period Returns (%) Rank #
1 mth 4.2 7
3 mth 5.9 23
6 mth 10.6 28
1 year 14.8 32
2 year 10.6 34
3 year 7.7 35
5 year 7.1 25

# Moneycontrol Rank within 57 Gilt Long Term Schemes.

Absolute Returns (in %)

Year Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Annual
2013 0.6 - - - -
2012 0.6 2.7 0.1 1.0 3.8
2011 0.7 -1.0 -0.8 0.6 -0.7
2010 -1.6 - -0.5 0.3 -1.8
2009 -12.7 1.4 -3.2 -1.5 -14.7
2008 0.1 -1.2 0.3 16.0 15.5

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* Returns over 1 year are Annualised

Performance

Fund returns v/s Category average (Gilt Long Term)

* Returns over 1 year are Annualised
  1 mth (%) 3 mth (%) 6 mth (%) 1 yr (%) 2 yr (%) 3 yr (%) 5yr (%)
Fund Returns 4.2 5.9 10.6 14.8 10.6 7.7 7.1
Category avg 2.7 4.5 8.3 12.1 9.0 6.7 5.7
Difference of Fund returns and Category returns 1.5 1.4 2.3 2.7 1.6 1.0 1.4
Best of category 4.4 7.1 13.1 19.0 15.0 11.3 13.2
Worst of category 0.4 1.4 2.4 5.8 5.8 5.0 3.8
Principal Government Securities Fund (QD) Review by Crisil - Rating: 2 (Rank 4 out of 5)

Investment Info

Investment Objective

To generate return through investment in sovereign securities and thus provide capital gains and income distribution to its Unitholders.

Scheme details

Fund Type Open-Ended
Investment Plan Dividend
Launch date Aug 23, 2001
Benchmark I-Sec Li- BEX
Asset Size (Rs cr) 63.53 (Mar-30-2013)
Minimum Investment Rs.5000
Last Dividend Rs.0.13 (Mar-25-2013)
Bonus N.A.
Fund Manager Bekxy Kuriakose
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Notes Principal Government Securities Fund - Investment Plan has been renamed as Principal Government Securities Fund w.e.f. 23-09-2010.

Load Details

Entry Load N.A
Exit Load 0.00%
Load Comments N.A.

Contact Details

Regd. Office Principal Mutual Fund, Exchange Plaza, 'B' Wing, 2nd Floor, NSE Building, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai, 400 051
Tel. No. 022 - 2202 1111
Fax No. 91 22 2204 4990
Email customer@principalindia.com
Website http://www.principalindia.com/

Peer Comparison

Gilt Long Term Crisil Rank Assets (Rs.cr)
3mth (%) 6mth (%) 1yr (%) 3yr (%) 5yr (%)
DWS Gilt Fund - RP (G) Rank 3
1,066.07 7.1 11.3 16.3 8.9 --
Kotak Gilt Invt - Regular (G) Rank 3
736.89 6.1 11.4 17.5 10.4 11.1
ICICI Pru Gilt Inv Plan - PF (G) Rank 4
502.03 6.7 11.8 16.6 9.2 13.2
Birla Sun Life GSec - LTF (G) Rank 2
457.18 6.6 12.4 17.7 10.3 13.1
ICICI Pru Gilt (IP) (G) Rank 3
390.85 5.9 11.4 16.2 9.9 11.7
* Returns over 1 year are Annualised More »

Portfolio

Sector Allocation (Apr 30, 13)

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Asset Allocation (%)(Apr 30, 13)

Equity 0.00
Others 0.00
Debt 0.00
Mutual Funds N.A
Money Market 95.09
Cash / Call 4.91

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Concentration

Holdings (%)
Top 5 88.09
Top 10 96.32
Sector (%)
Top 3 N.A.

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