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Fund Category : Diversified Equity Funds
Fund Identifier FIT
Fund Total Assets* Rs. 807.46(crores)
*As of Month ended July 31, 2010
Launch Date Apr 10, 1999
Base Currency Indian Rupees
Plan details GR, DP
Min. Investment 500
Load details Entry: Nil
  Exit: Nil
Expense Ratio 2.14%
As of 07/09/2010
Dividend Plan Rs. 34.0044
Growth Plan Rs. 206.8527
Growth Plan - NAV Daily Change Rs. 0.57
Annualized Compounded Returns
As of Month ended July 31, 2010
  FIT S&P CNX 500
1 Yr 27.75% 18.89%
3 Yr 9.90% 5.75%
5 Yr 19.42% 17.14%
Life 30.01% 17.91%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Current performance may differ from figures shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate with market conditions, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell/redeem your shares.

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Fund Manager: Anand Radhakrishnan (PDF, 16k)

Invests in companies across sectors and market cap range, offering tax benefits under Sec 80 C. Has a 3-year lock-in.

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Volatility Measures (3 Years)
As of Month ended July 30, 2010
Standard deviation 9.23
Sharpe Ratio * 0.16
R-squared 0.91
Beta 0.78

*Annualised Risk-free rate assumed to be 4.86%
(based on average of 3 month T-Bill Rate "during last 3 months")
Portfolio Turnover Ratio
As of Month ended July 31, 2010
(updated monthly)
98.47
Portfolio Details
Top 10 Holdings (As of Month ended July 31, 2010)
INFOSYS 6.91%
HDFC BANK 6.32%
BHARTI AIRTEL 6.10%
ICICI BANK 4.65%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES 4.20%
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK 4.03%
CROMPTON GREAVES 3.29%
LUPIN LABS 2.88%
BHEL 2.87%
CUMMINS 2.36%
Sector Breakdown (As of Month ended July 31, 2010)
BANKS 18.16%
SOFTWARE 11.04%
INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL GOODS 8.31%
TELECOM - SERVICES 7.88%
PHARMACEUTICALS 5.15%
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 4.20%
OIL 4.07%
FINANCE 3.94%
CEMENT 3.60%
CONSUMER NON DURABLES 3.47%
AUTO ANCILLARIES 3.11%
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 2.99%
POWER 2.52%
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 2.36%
AUTO 2.34%
FERROUS METALS 1.92%
CHEMICALS 1.86%
GAS 1.51%
NON - FERROUS METALS 1.14%
HOTELS 1.08%
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT 0.91%
TRADING 0.58%
MINERALS/MINING 0.40%
Asset Mix (As of Month ended July 31, 2010)

Annualized Compounded Returns
As of Month ended July 31, 2010

  Last 6 Months Last 1 year Last 3 years* Last 5 years* Last 7 years* Last 10 years* Since Inception*
FIT 12.62% 27.75% 9.90% 19.42% 29.61% 21.80% 30.01%
S&P CNX 500 7.68% 18.89% 5.75% 17.14% 24.99% 16.64% 17.91%
Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. Based on Growth Plan NAVs.
Returns for time periods less than one year are computed on an absolute basis and returns for periods greater than one year on a *compounded annualised basis.

Calender Year Total Returns

FIT
S&P CNX 500

SIP - If you have invested Rs 1000 every month in FIT...


As of Month ended July 30, 2010
  Rs.12,000 for 1 year would have grown to Rs.36,000 for 3 years would have grown to Rs.60,000 for 5 years would have grown to Rs.136,000 since inception would have grown to
FIT 13,544 49,300 91,890 680,698
  24.99% 21.60% 17.11% 26.33%
S&P CNX 500 13,014 46,393 85,276 443,134
  16.21% 17.25% 14.06% 19.51%
Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. .
Load is not taken into consideration.

Hypothetical Rs. 10,000 investment
As of Month ended July 31, 2010

Rs. 10,000 invested in the fund at inception, with all dividend and capital gain distributions reinvested, excluding sales charges, would be worth:


Rs. 194,704.30

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Share Prices (As of September 08, 2010)
(updated daily)
NAV (Net Asset Value)1 Rs. 206.8527
NAV change Rs. 0.57
52-Week Range
NAV high (07/09/2010) Rs. 206.8527
NAV low (03/11/2009) Rs. 156.9368
NAV for last 30 days

Dividend
As of September 08, 2010

  Record Date Record Nav (Rs.) Ex. Div Date Ex. Div Nav (Rs.) Div Per Unit (Rs.)
April 17/04/2000 31.02 18/04/2000 22.30
8.00
June 04/06/2000 19.82 05/06/2000 15.16
6.00
April 08/04/2001 11.43 09/04/2001 10.25
1.25
February 24/02/2004 24.01 27/02/2004 19.75
4.00
March 18/03/2005 27.25 21/03/2005 24.11
3.00
February 15/02/2006 38.01 17/02/2006 34.21
3.50
January 10/01/2007 39.43 12/01/2007 32.62
8.00
November 14/11/2007 46.8922 16/11/2007 39.0039
8.0000
December 17/12/2008 20.6881 19/12/2008 18.3787
3.0000
January 15/01/2010 33.0523 18/01/2010 30.3295
3.0000

Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. All dividends are calculated on a face value of Rs. 10 per unit in each of the schemes.

Please note that after the payment of dividend, the NAV falls to the extent of the dividend, distribution tax and cess wherever applicable.

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