Principal Mutual Fund has unveiled a new fund named as Principal Small Cap Fund, an open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in small cap stocks. The New Fund Offer (NFO) price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The new issue will be open for subscription from 22 April 2019 to 06 May 2019.

The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long term capital appreciation by predominantly investing in equity and equity related instruments of small cap companies.

The scheme offers regular and direct plan. Both the plans will have growth option and dividend payout & reinvestment facility.

The scheme will invest 65%-100% of assets in equity and equity related instruments of small companies with high risk profile and invest upto 35% of assets in equity and equity related instruments of other than small companies with high risk profile and invest upto 35% of assets in debt and money market instrument including units of debt & liquid schemes with low to medium risk profile.

The minimum application amount will be Rs. 5000/- For both dividend and growth option and any amount thereafter under each plan/ option.

The minimum additional purchase amount will be Rs. 1000/- and any amount thereafter under each plan/ option.

The fund seeks to collect a minimum subscription (minimum target) amount of Rs 10 crore under the scheme.

Entry load: Not Applicable

Exit load: If redeemed/ switched on or before 1 year from the date of allotment: - Nil for redemption/ switch out of units upto 25% of the units allotted (the limit)

1% on redemption in excess of 25% of the limit stated above- Redemption of units would be done on First in First out Basis (FIFO)

Nil thereafter

The Benchmark Index for the scheme shall be Nifty Small cap 100 index

The fund managers of the scheme are P.V.K Mohan and Siddarth Mohta.