Morningstar: Mutual Fund Guide

UTI Gilt Fund Investment Strategy   “Amandeep Singh Chopra has been managing funds since 2006 and has been at the helm of this strategy since February 2012. He heads the fixed income desk at UTI and is supported by two other portfolio managers with an average experience of around 10 years. The analyst team includes an economist who tracks the domestic and the international macro factors. The Gilt fund invests in a combination of G-Secs and State Development Loans with duration positioning based on the team’s macro research and its views on the interest-rate directional movements. The team constantly tracks the markets to ensure it is invested in the most liquid papers that ensure tradability. Investments in SDLs are used as a tactical tool to generate additional alpha and can vary significantly. The fund tends to actively trade in Gilts to generate alpha and can invest...