The Nippon India Income Plus Arbitrage Omni Fund of Fund opens for subscription on August 17 and will close on August 31.
The fund will invest almost the entire corpus (95% to 100%) in a combination of arbitrage mutual funds, active and passive debt mutual funds and an optional small proportion of a maximum 5% in debt and money market instruments.
The new fund offer a minimum of 35% in arbitrage funds while the corpus in active debt funds, passive debt funds and money markets will be less than 65% at any point of time.
The structure also has tax implications for investors.
Since the fund’s allocation to specified equity-oriented assets remains below 65%, gains on units held for more than 24 months will be taxed as long-term capital gains at 12.5%. For holdings of up to 24 months, gains will be taxed according to the investor’s applicable slab rate.
Unlike a pure debt or arbitrage fund, the scheme will combine both strategies and allow the fund manager to change allocations among the underlying schemes without requiring investors to switch between funds themselves.The fund is positioned for investors seeking accrual-oriented returns with lower exposure to interest-rate volatility and who can stay invested for around two to three years. However, returns are market-linked and the tax treatment or portfolio allocation does not eliminate investment risk.
