{"id":19644,"date":"2020-11-11T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/?p=19644"},"modified":"2021-10-29T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T11:05:50","slug":"confused-about-tax-saving-here-are-two-solid-elss-funds-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundsindia.com\/blog\/mf-research\/confused-about-tax-saving-here-are-two-solid-elss-funds-to-consider\/19644","title":{"rendered":"Confused about tax saving? Here are Two Solid ELSS Funds to consider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is that time of the year (albeit, a bit delayed due to the pandemic) where we start getting a flurry of texts, mails and all other sorts of reminders to file our income tax returns for FY 2019-20. The deadline for the same currently stands at Dec 31, 2020 for individual taxpayers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this is the tax-filing season, we also need to keep an eye on tax saving for FY 2020-21. The end of FY 2020-21 is fast approaching &#8211; just four full months to go (how time flies..!)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you haven&#8217;t invested in a tax-saving ELSS (Equity Linked Savings Scheme) yet, then you might want to consider getting it done now rather than push it to the last minute.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, allow us to help you do that by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/research-desk\/elss-options-for-tax-saving\/17415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revisiting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the two ELSS funds that we like.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Fund 1 &#8211; Axis Long Term Equity Fund &#8211; A solid long term performer with a \u2018Quality\u2019 first approach<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Why?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positioned to play the <\/span><b>\u2018Quality\u2019 style of investing<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fund manager with long term track record<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 19 years of experience in capital markets (9 years as a equity fund manager)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Consistent long term performer across market cycles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 6.8% CAGR outperformance over the Nifty 500 TRI since inception (29 Dec 2009) + 100% of the times outperformed the benchmark in all 5 year periods with an average outperformance of 6.9%<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Robust Risk Management <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 lower declines across all periods of major market falls<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Snapshot<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fund Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Jinesh Gopani, Head (Equity), Axis Mutual Fund<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fund Launch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 29 Dec 2009 (10+ year track record)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>AUM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 INR 23,758 Crores<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Market Cap Allocation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 83% Large cap \/ 13% Mid cap \/ 2% Small cap \/ 2% Others<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Quality First Investment Approach with a concentrated portfolio&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Quality First Investment style <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Quality + Growth i.e Quality businesses with long term earnings growth prospects &#8211; ready to pay higher valuations for quality and growth<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Concentrated portfolio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with 30-35 stocks<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>&#8216;Across Market Cap&#8217; approach<\/b> with <\/span><b>large cap bias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 83% in large caps<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Buy &amp; Hold Strategy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 ~60% of the stocks in current portfolio were also part of the portfolio from five years ago<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Backed by an experienced fund manager Jinesh Gopani&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fund is managed by Jinesh Gopani who also heads the equities division of Axis Mutual Fund. Jinesh has been managing this fund close to a decade. He has over 19 years of experience in the financial markets including 9+ years experience as equity fund manager.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS001-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Consistent Long Term Performer&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axis Long Term Equity Fund has outperformed Nifty 500 Total Return Index by around 6% CAGR in the long term (10Y) as on 06-Nov-2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS002-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fund has been a consistent outperformer against the index across all market cycles since inception.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS003-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fund has outperformed the index, 100% of the times on a 5 year rolling return basis and 86% of the times on a 3 year rolling return basis. On a 3-year rolling basis, Axis Long Term Equity Fund has given 2% higher returns than Nifty 500 TRI in 77% of the instances. On a 5-year basis, the number goes up to 92% of the instances.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS004-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>With robust risk management indicated via lower declines&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axis Long Term Equity Fund has also performed well during the times of market downfall. The fund has a downside capture ratio of just 69% since its launch i.e. whenever the markets have fallen the fund has on average captured only around 69% of the fall. The downside capture ratio indicates the ability of the fund to limit its losses when the markets have fallen. A value less than 100% shows that the fund\u2019s returns have fallen lesser than the index returns.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another way to check this is to look at how the fund performed during all major declines of the past. As seen below, Axis Long Term Equity Fund has fallen much lower than the Nifty 500 TRI during all the major market declines.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS005-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the intra-year market declines too, the fund has managed to fall lesser than the benchmark in all years except for one.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS006-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Fund 2 &#8211; Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund &#8211; A consistent performer with a \u2018Growth-at-Reasonable-Price\u2019 approach<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Why?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invests in <\/span><b>strong growth companies at reasonable price<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fund manager with long term track record<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 25 years of experience in financial services (12 years as fund manager)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Consistent performer&nbsp; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 5.9% CAGR outperformance over the Nifty 500 TRI since inception (28 Dec 2015) + 100% of the times outperformed the benchmark in all 3 year periods with an average outperformance of 4.5%<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Good Risk Management <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 indicated by the fund\u2019s ability to capture less of the downside<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Snapshot<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fund Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Neelesh Surana, CIO, Mirae Asset Mutual Fund<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fund Launch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 28 Dec 2015 (~5 year track record)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>AUM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 INR 4,703 Crores<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Market Cap Allocation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 68% Large cap \/ 22% Mid cap \/ 6% Small cap \/ 4% Others<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Diversified approach with preference for growth companies but a reasonable price&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Growth at Reasonable Price<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Diversified portfolio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with ~ 60 stocks<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>&#8216;Across Market Cap&#8217; approach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;with <\/span><b>large cap bias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 68% in large caps<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Backed by an experienced fund manager Neelesh Surana&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund is managed since its launch by Neelesh Surana, who is also the Chief Investment Officer of Mirae Asset AMC. Neelesh has over 25 years of experience in financial services including 12+ years in fund management.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS007.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Consistent Performer&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund has been able to outperform Nifty 500 Total Return Index by 5.9% since its inception (28-Dec-15).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS008.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a 3-year rolling basis, Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund has beaten Nifty 500 TRI consistently. The fund has managed to outperform the index by at least 2%, 100% of the times. Further, 90% of the times the fund has outperformed by more than 3%!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS009.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS010.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund has been in existence for only about 5 years, we can get a sense of the performance consistency by analysing another large cap oriented fund which was managed by Neelesh Surana for more than a decade &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During Neelesh Surana\u2019s tenure (May-2008 to Dec-2019), Mirae Asset Large Cap fund has been able to beat Nifty 500 TRI by at least 2% in all 5-year periods. Such a long track record strengthens our conviction in Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS011.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>With good risk management as evident from lower declines&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund has a downside capture ratio of 93% since its launch. This shows that the fund managed to lose less than Nifty 500 TRI during the declines.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to intra-year market declines, the fund has fallen lesser than the benchmark index.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS012.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>So, how to select between these two funds?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Simple Answer &#8211; Why not have both!<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us see how a &#8220;Combo&#8221; strategy with 50-50 allocation to each of Axis Long Term Equity Fund and Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund will work.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The Combo strategy has delivered an outperformance of 3.6% since Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund&#8217;s launch.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS013.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><b>On a 3Y rolling return basis, this strategy has beaten the Nifty 500 TRI 100% of the times. In fact, 96% of the times the strategy outperformed by more than 2% on a 3-year rolling basis.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELSS014.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Low Overlap ensures diversification &#8211; the portfolio of these two funds overlap by only around 27%.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thus, the &#8220;Combo&#8221; strategy could provide <\/span><b>broader diversification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Who should invest?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Axis Long Term Equity Fund and Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund are suitable for investors looking to save tax and looking to take equity exposure as a part of their long term asset allocation<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investment horizon of at least 5 years (anyway, there is a lock-in period of 3 years)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Summing it up<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axis Long Term Equity Fund follows a focused strategy with quality bias while Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund invests in growing businesses with reasonable valuations<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both these ELSS funds are managed by experienced fund managers with proven track record.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both have been consistent outperformers versus Nifty 500 TRI and have had much lower declines compared to benchmark<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Combo&#8221; strategy has given at least 2% higher returns than the index &#8211; 96% of the times!<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is that time of the year (albeit, a bit delayed due to the pandemic) where we start getting a flurry of texts, mails and all other sorts of reminders to file our income tax returns for FY 2019-20. 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