Friday, September 07, 2007 10:31 Hrs IST

DSP ML MF launches new Fixed Term Plan – Series 1P

NFO period from 7 September – 12 September 2007

Name of Fund: DSP Merrill Lynch Fixed Term Plan-Series 1 P

Scheme: It is a close-ended income scheme with maturity period of 3 months.

Objective: The primary investment objective of the scheme is to seek capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of debt and money market securities. It is envisaged that the portfolio of scheme will display a maturity profile that is generally in line with the term of the scheme. The schemes may also use derivatives for hedging and portfolio balancing. The schemes may also invest a certain portion of their corpus in money market securities, in order to meet liquidity requirements from time to time.

Asset Allocation: The scheme will invest 0%-100% in debt instruments, which may include securitised debt up to 100% of the net assets. The scheme may also invest 0%-100% in money market instruments.

Fund Opens: 7 September 2007

Fund Closes: 12 September 2007

Face Value: Rs 1000 per unit.

Investment Options: The scheme offers growth and dividend reinvestment option.

Entry Load: Being a close end scheme it will not charge any entry load during the initial offer.

Exit Load: The scheme charges an exit load of 0.75% on redemption before the maturity date under both regular and institutional plan. There will not be any exit load for the redemption made on maturity date.

Minimum Investment Amount: The minimum investment amount under retail scheme is Rs 25, 000. The minimum investment amount under institutional scheme is Rs 1 crore.

Benchmark Index: CRISIL Liquid Fund Index

Fund Manager: Mr. Dhawal Dalal