The Fund shall be managed according to the Investment Objective - to generate returns commensurate with the low risk of the portfolio. This scheme is positioned to meet the needs of those investors who want to deploy their funds for a short period of time with the low risk. The returns would match the levels of risk taken in the portfolio.

The composition of the Indian Debt market (both the primary and secondary) is dominated by money market instruments in the short end of the yield curve and by medium and long term bonds and debentures in the long end of the curve. Since the objective of the scheme is to generate returns with the low commensurate risk, the scheme would predominantly invest in money market and debt instruments such that the Macaulay duration of the portfolio is between 3 months – 6 months. As the turnover of the portfolio would be high, given the fact the investors in ultra-short term fund would deploy their funds for a short period of time, the portfolio would be structured to incorporate high liquidity by the use of cash and cash equivalents.

The yield curve in the short end (overnight to 3 months) of the curve tends to remain flat with the least amount of volatility. In such a scenario, the fund manager would make attempts to invest the scheme proceeds uniformly across all the maturity buckets. The investment team would carry out rigorous in depth credit evaluation of the money market and debt instruments the scheme proposes to invest in. The credit evaluation will essentially be a bottom up approach and include a study of the operating environment of the issuer, the past track record as well as the future prospects of the issuer and the short term / long term financial health of the issuer.