Top 10 Mutual Fund Investments you should consider in 2017

There are a lot of mutual fund schemes available in the market for investing. However, it is a very challenging task to choose the best scheme among all the schemes. In the last few years, mutual funds have been considered as the best investment option for wealth creation. Investing in the right mutual fund schemes can improve the performance of your portfolio and give you exceptional returns.

Below are 10 mutual funds across different categories which have performed consistently over the years.

Large-cap Mutual Funds Category

Large-cap funds are the one which invest a significant proportion of their corpus in companies with a large market capitalisation.

SBI Blue Chip Mutual Fund

Launched in the year 2006, SBI Blue Chip Fund weights heavily on the financial services sector. The fund comes with an exit load of 1% if an investor wishes to exit before 1 year of investing. If he exits after 1 year, there is no exit load applicable. The total assets under management (AUM) of the fund stands at Rs. 10,105.45 crore as on 31st December, 2016. The fund is suitable for investors who want exposure to blue chip Indian companies from a medium to long term perspective.

Reliance Top 200 Mutual Fund

Launched in the year 2007, Reliance Top 200 Fund invests 23.10% of its corpus in the banking sector. Managed by Sailesh Raj Bhan and Ashwani Kumar, the total assets under management of the fund stand at Rs. 2,338 crore as on 31st December, 2016. This fund is suitable for investors who are willing to take moderately high level of risk.

Diversified or Multi-cap Category

Diversified or multi-cap funds are the one which invest across all the categories like large cap, mid-cap and small-cap stocks.

Birla Sun Life Equity Mutual Fund

Birla Sun Life Equity Fund was launched in the year 1998 and the fund has given returns of 24.50% since then. The objective of the scheme is long term growth of capital, through a portfolio with a target allocation of 90% equity and 10% debt and money market securities. Managed by Anil Shah, the total assets under management of the fund currently stand at Rs. 3,451 crore as on 30th November, 2016.

ICICI Pru Value Discovery Mutual Fund

ICICI Pru Value Discovery Fund is an open-ended equity fund which adopts a bottom-up approach to identify and pick its investments. Managed by Mrinal Singh, the total assets under management of the fund stand at Rs. 14,919 crore as on 31st Secember, 2016. The fund was launched in the year 2004 and has given returns of 22.17% since then.

Small & Mid-cap Category

The funds which invest in a mix of small-cap and mid-cap stocks come under the category of small and mid-cap funds.

HDFC Mid-cap Opportunities Mutual Fund

HDFC Mid-cap Opportunities Fund is an open-ended equity scheme which was launched in the year 2007. Managed by Chirag Setalvad, the total assets under management of the fund stand at Rs. 12,848 crore as on 31st December, 2016. The fund has given returns of 16.65% since its launch. The fund is suitable for investors who are willing to take a moderately high level of risk.

SBI Small & Mid-cap Mutual Fund

Managed by R Srinivasan, SBI Small & Mid-cap Fund was launched in the year 2009. The fund has given returns of 19.17% since then. The fund is suitable for high-risk appetite investors. The total assets under management of the fund stands at Rs. 719 crore as on 31st December, 2016. The fund invests majority of its corpus in the consumer goods sector.

Hybrid Category

Hybrid funds are the one which consist a mix of equity and debt.

HDFC Prudence Mutual Fund

HDFC Prudence Fund is an open-ended balanced scheme which was launched in the year 1994. Managed by Prashant Jain, the total assets under management of the fund stands at Rs. 14,953 crore as on 31st December, 2016. The fund has a total of 94 stocks in its portfolio and has a higher exposure to the financial sector.

ICICI Prudential Balanced Mutual Fund

ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund was launched in the year 1999 and has given returns of 14.72% since its launch. The fund seeks to optimize the risk-adjusted return by distributing assets between both equity and debt markets. Managed by Atul Patel, Manish Banthia and Sankaran Naren, the total assets under management of the fund stands at Rs. 5,098 crore as on 31st December, 2016.

ELSS Category

The funds in the equity linked savings scheme (ELSS) category are eligible for a tax deduction of up to Rs. 1.5 lakh under section 80C of the Income Tax Act. ELSS funds come with a lock-in period of three years.

Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96

Launched in the year 1996, Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 has given returns of 25.34% since its inception. The fund has a total of 51 stocks in its portfolio. Managed by Ajay Garg, the total assets under management (AUM) of the fund currently stands at Rs. 2,358 crore.

Reliance Tax Saver Mutual Fund

Launched in the year 2005, Reliance Tax Saver Fund has given returns of 14.85% since its inception. The fund has outperformed its category returns over a longer period of time. Managed by Ashwani Kumar, the fund has a total of 57 stocks in its portfolio. The total assets under management of the fund currently stand at Rs. 5,882 crore.

Source: Ace Equity