NFO Alert: ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund Launches Nifty EV & New Age Automotive ETF FoF

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has announced a New Fund Offer (NFO) under its ETF category – ICICI Prudential Nifty EV & New Age Automotive ETF FoF. This is an open-ended fund-of-fund (FoF) scheme that will invest in units of the ICICI Prudential Nifty EV & New Age Automotive ETF.

Fund Details

• Fund Name: ICICI Prudential Nifty EV & New Age Automotive ETF FoF
• Category: Equity – Thematic
• Type: Open-ended
• Benchmark: Nifty EV & New Age Automotive TRI
• Riskometer: Very High
• Fund Managers: Nishit Patel and Ashwini Shinde
• Registrar & Transfer Agent: CAMS

NFO Timeline and Investment Amount

• Issue Opens: March 28, 2025
• Issue Closes: April 10, 2025
• Reopens: Within five business days from the date of allotment
• Minimum Investment: ₹1,000 and in multiples of any amount thereafter
• Plans Offered: Growth and IDCW
• Exit Load: Nil
• Lock-in Period: Not applicable

Objective and Strategy

The scheme aims to generate returns that correspond to the total returns of the underlying index – Nifty EV & New Age Automotive TRI, subject to tracking error. The corpus will be invested in the ETF, which replicates the stocks of the benchmark index in the same proportion.

The fund will predominantly invest in equity and equity-related instruments of companies included in the Nifty EV & New Age Automotive TRI, covering sectors like electric mobility, new-age automotive technologies, and related industries.

Systematic investment solutions like SIP and SWP are available to enable regular investments or withdrawals based on investor preferences.

Conclusion

The NFO offers access to a specific segment of the market – electric vehicles and evolving automotive technologies through a passive investment structure.

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