Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, one of the leading Mutual Fund houses in India has announced a dividend of Rs 0.73 per unit under Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund (Plan A) and Rs 0.71 per unit under Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Plus.
Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund is an open ended growth scheme with an investment objective to provide medium to long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in a diversified portfolio of equity and equity related securities of companies that are participating in the growth and development of infrastructure in India.
Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Plus is an open ended growth scheme with an investment objective to provide capital growth and income by investing primarily in a well diversified portfolio of dividend paying companies that have a relatively high dividend yield
The record date for the dividend shall be 25th June 2010. The NAV of the schemes on 22nd June were 13.15 for Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund (Plan A – dividend option) and 14.66 for Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Plus (dividend option).
After the payment of dividend, NAV will fall to the extent of the payout and statutory levy, if any. Past performance may or may not be sustained in the future.
Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company
Established in 1994, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company (BSLAMC) is a joint venture between Aditya Birla Group, a well known Indian conglomerate and Sun Life Financial Inc, leading international financial services organization from Canada.
BSLAMC is the 5th largest asset management company in India with an average asset under management of Rs 73,828 crores as on May 31, 2010. An impressive mix of reach through 105 branches, wide range of product offerings across equity, debt, balanced as well as structured asset classes and strong investment performance has helped the Company garner over 2.4 Million investor scheme accounts. Known for its consistent investment performance, BSLAMC has received recognition from various institutes of international repute like Lipper and The Asset Magazine - Hong Kong.
Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG)
The Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG) has a significant presence across various verticals, including life insurance, insurance broking, mutual funds, private equity, security based lending, factoring, insurance advisory services, wealth management, retail broking and distribution of third party products.
The seven companies representing Aditya Birla Financial Services Group are Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd., Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd., Aditya Birla Capital Advisors Ltd., Aditya Birla Money Ltd., Aditya Birla Money Mart Ltd, Aditya Birla Finance Ltd. and Birla Insurance Advisory & Broking Services Ltd.
The ABFSG is committed to being a leader and role model in a broad based and integrated financial services business. Its 7 lines of businesses, with over 5.5 million customers manages assets worth USD 18 billion approximately and prides itself for having a talent pool of over 16,000 committed employees. ABFSG has its wings spread across more than 500 cities in India through 1600 branches and over 200,000 channel partners. This allows ABFSG to offer its customers virtually anything other than a savings or current account. With over a billion dollar revenue, ABFSG is a significant non bank player and one of the few players who have a top 5 position in both life insurance and mutual funds.
ABFSG is a part of Aditya Birla Nuvo Litd (ABNL), a USD 3 billion conglomerate having leadership position across its manufacturing as well as services sector businesses. ABNL is a part of the Aditya Birla Group, a USD 29 billion Indian business house operating in 25 countries across the globe.
Sun Life Financial Inc
Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of protection and wealth accumulation products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Chartered in 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of March 31, 2010, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $435 billion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.
Unitholders whose name appears in the Register of Unitholders on the record date shall be entitled to the dividend proposed under the said Schemes. The dividend declared shall be subject to availability of distributable surplus on the record date.
