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Retail Research 1 ELSS Picks . ELSS Picks December 21, 2012 Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) offer multiple advantages of providing equity returns along with tax benefit on investment in a short lock in period of 3 years. The lock-in period applicable to ELSS is 3 years, while it is 6 years in the case of National Savings Certificates and 15 years in the case of PPF. Opting for the dividend option in the ELSS allows investors to realise some gains even during the lock-in period. Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) are mutual fund schemes providing tax benefit to the investors for investments up to overall limit of Rs. 1,00,000 under Section 80 C of the Income tax Act. Investors get a deduction of the amount invested from their taxable income. The tax payer straightaway saves to the extent of tax applicable on the invested amount. Hence depending on the applicable tax rate, the returns earned can be calculated on the net-of-tax-benefit investment and hence are superior. ELSS are equity linked products which allow investors to participate in equity markets and provide higher return potential (on the flip side, risk is also higher but the tax benefit acts as a buffer). Since the investments in equity over long-term delivers better returns, the lock-in period of 3 years allows the fund managers of ELSS to build a portfolio for the long term without worrying about early redemptions. This helps the investors to boost their wealth to achieve their long term goals. Preferred picks - Consistent Performing ELSS Schemes: Advantages of investing in ELSS Schemes: Note: NAV values are as on December 19, 2012. Preferred picks arrived based on the 3 year and 5 year rolling returns calculated for last 6 years period.

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• Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) offer multiple advantages of providing equity returns along with tax benefit on investment in a short lock in period of 3 years. The lock-in period applicable to ELSS is 3 years, while it is 6 years in the case of National Savings Certificates and 15 years in the case of PPF. Opting for the dividend option in the ELSS allows investors to realise some gains even during the lock-in period.

• Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) are mutual fund schemes providing tax benefit to the investors for investments up to overall limit of Rs. 1,00,000 under Section 80 C of the Income tax Act. Investors get a deduction of the amount invested from their taxable income. The tax payer straightaway saves to the extent of tax applicable on the invested amount. Hence depending on the applicable tax rate, the returns earned can be calculated on the net-of-tax-benefit investment and hence are superior.

• ELSS are equity linked products which allow investors to participate in equity markets and provide higher return potential (on the flip side, risk is also higher but the tax benefit acts as a buffer).

• Since the investments in equity over long-term delivers better returns, the lock-in period of 3 years allows the fund managers of ELSS to build a portfolio for the long term without worrying about early redemptions. This helps the investors to boost their wealth to achieve their long term goals.

Preferred picks - Consistent Performing ELSS Schemes:

Advantages of investing in ELSS Schemes:Note: NAV values are as on December 19, 2012. Preferred picks arrived based on the 3 year and 5 year rolling returns calculated for last 6 years period.

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Prologue: Among the many tax saving options, investment in ELSS is considered as one of the better options as they provide better returns along with tax benefit and with a short lock in period of 3 years. Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) are mutual fund schemes providing tax benefit to the investors for investments up to overall limit of Rs. 1,00,000 under Section 80 C of the Income tax Act.

Some of other options that one can invest in to avail section 80C benefits (within the overall limit of Rs. 1,00,000) are Employees provident fund (EPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF), Five-year fixed deposits with Banks, National Savings Certificate (NSC), Life insurance premiums, Pension policy premium, Senior Citizens Savings Scheme etc.

ELSS are equity-diversified schemes which invest primarily in equity and equity related instruments across market capitalization. They have a lock in period of 3 years and hence eligible for tax benefit. Investors cannot redeem the units that have been invested in the ELSS schemes before end of 3 years.

The top performing tax planning schemes have managed to deliver good returns over the long run compared to other tax saving options available for investments.

Currently, there are 49 ELSS schemes in the market, out of which 37 are open ended and 12 are close ended schemes.

The category comprises 3.2% of industry AUM as on November 30, 2012, worth Rs. 22,521 crore out of Rs. 7,93,152 crore of industry AUM (AMFI monthly data) and 12% of the total equity AUM of Rs. 1,87,607 crore.

*** - Category average rolling return.

Comparison of some of investment products qualifying under Section 80C:

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Benefits of investing in ELSS:

By investing in ELSS schemes, an investor can get benefits like tax saving, decent returns and option to invest for a longer period.

Tax Benefit: An investor attains tax benefit for the amount invested into the ELSS schemes since investments up to Rs. 1,00,000 are eligible for deduction from the gross total income under Section 80 C of the Income tax Act.

For example, an investor who has earned an income of Rs. 5,00,000 for the financial year invests Rs. 1,00,000 in an ELSS. The taxable income in this case (for 10% tax slab) would come down by Rs. 1,00,000 to Rs. 4,00,000. In this way he will save tax of Rs.10,000 + surcharge/cess. The savings for investors who fall in higher slabs (30% tax slab) is higher (taxable income over Rs.8 lakhs) where they could save about Rs.30,000 + surcharge/cess.

Dividends that are declared by ELSS are currently tax-free in the hands of investors.

Freedom to Fund Manager to invest without redemption pressure: As the amount invested in ELSS is meant to be locked in for 3 years, the fund manager of the scheme has the leeway to take calls without having any redemption pressure. He may take calls on companies where he believes that there is potential for value to be unlocked in the medium to longer term.

Investing through SIP mode: Investing through the staggered investment mode like Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) in such schemes helps to invest in disciplined manner creating a good corpus over time to earn decent returns in future. The SIP option helps start tax planning from the beginning of the financial year. But investors have to keep in mind that every SIP installment is meant to be locked in for 3 years.

Basic Details of ELSS: There are no entry and exit loads charged to invest in ELSS schemes. Investors are given three options to invest including growth, dividend payout and dividend reinvestment option. Growth option enables to compound benefits to build up substantial wealth over time while the dividend option allow the investors to earn tax-free dividends periodically. Considering Dividend Re-investment option, each re-investment will be treated as a fresh investment and will be locked in for another 3 years. Hence Dividend Reinvestment option is not recommended. Further, one can invest in an ELSS with as little as Rs 500, unlike the other equity oriented funds, which generally seek Rs 5,000 as the minimum investment amount.

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Comparison of Asset weighted average returns of equity oriented categories with top performing ELSS:

Note: Weighted returns (in proportion to corpus) are trailing & up to 1 year are absolute and over 1 year are CAGR. NAV/index values are as on December 19, 2012.

The above table portrays the relative performance of ELSS category with other equity oriented mutual fund categories over different time frames.

It is worth noting that the ELSS category has been neither a top performer nor a bottom performer in any of the time frames or market cycles. It has been average performer most of the periods as most of the schemes are large cap oriented multi-cap schemes which failed to participate in the recent rally by the mid-cap stocks.

Even though the ELSS category underperformed Equity diversified categories, the top performing schemes from the ELSS category outperformed most of other equity oriented schemes over the both short term as well as long term periods.

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Investments which are done through Systematic Investment Plan have grown firmly and given significantly higher returns over the longer term. Investors can prefer monthly or quarterly frequency to invest in ELSS schemes given the current market condition. SIP works well across market cycles and helps to average out the cost of investment that are done in different periods.

The following table depicts the return earned by resorting to monthly SIP in ELSS scheme over the past three years in the top 3 ELSS schemes.

Investments through SIP:

SIP & Lump sum performance by top performing schemes from ELSS category:

We arrived the picks based on the relative performance of 3 year and 5 year rolling returns that are calculated for last six years period. Our preferred picks are Canara Robeco Equity - Tax Saver, ICICI Pru Tax Plan and HDFC Tax Saver Fund. They delivered above average performance in all the market cycles such as Bull Run, Bear Run and volatile periods.

Our preferred picks:

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I. Canara Robeco Equity - Tax Saver:

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Canara Robeco Equity - Tax Saver has been the best performing scheme from ELSS category. The scheme continuously outperformed its category and benchmark for years. The performance during various market cycles is also commendable. It showed better performance during markets rallies compared to peers thanks to its stock picking ability.

Contd…….. Canara Robeco Equity - Tax Saver

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Though the scheme adapts to multi-cap orientation on stock picking, it prefers to hold maximum assets into large-cap stocks. However, its best performance is mainly attributable to the right balance maintained between Large cap and midcap stocks. The scheme was fully invested in the recent periods into equities and is all set to benefit from the recent rally in the equity market. The better cash strategy taken during recession helped the scheme to out perform the peers over periods.

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II. ICICI Pru Tax Plan:

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ICICI Pru Tax Plan is an above average performer within this category. Its consistency of generating higher risk adjusted returns over long term is notable. The scheme witnessed outperformance in the market upturns thanks to considerable allocation into mid and smallcap stocks historically . That was also the reason of underperforming during market correction (see below chart during bear run).

Contd…….. ICICI Pru Tax Plan

Yearly Returns over periods: Allocation into Market Capitalisations:

Performance during various market cycles: Cash call Vs. Equity Market Movement:

The fund manager follows growth style of investing with a blended portfolio of large, mid and small cap stocks. However, the recent portfolios show that he prefers to invest predominantly in large cap stocks. As far as cash strategy is concerned, the scheme is meant for higher churning as the higher turnover ratio of 205% proves the same.

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III. HDFC Tax Saver Fund:

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HDFC Tax Saver Fund is a another consistent performer from the ELSS category. The scheme outperformed its peers and benchmark most of the time in the past thanks to quality stocks. The scheme takes top down approach with no bias towards any market cap. This helped to catch the initial leg of the market rally and appreciates assets faster than the peers. However, the underperformance during downturn was more due to considerable allocation into midcap stocks.

Contd…….. HDFC Tax Saver Fund

Yearly Returns over periods: Allocation into Market Capitalisations:

Performance during various market cycles: Cash call Vs. Equity Market Movement:

The scheme follows a balanced approach of maintaining the assets between large cap and midcap stocks. The portfolio of the scheme held an average of 35% of equity assets into midcap stocks. The scheme churns its portfolio less as the turnover ratio of 21% proves the same. The scheme was fully invested into equities to attain the benefit from the current equity market rally.

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Analyst: Dhuraivel Gunasekaran.

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