Nippon India Gilt Securities Fund- Direct Plan

ISIN INF204K01XP8

Performance analysis

Rolling returns in quartiles

The 3-year rolling excess median return has gradually come down from around 0.57% from May 2016 to -0.20% in April 2023. The dispersion between upper and lower quartile is still wide at +1.58% and -1.67% pa.

The fund has generated positive excess returns during the period between 2016 to 2023. The blue line’s time above the median line indicates that the fund has outperformed the performance of the median. In June 2019, the peak of the excess return was at 3% per annum. However, in April 2023, the excess returns came down to 0.2% per annum.

Rolling risk/return (Snail-trail) 

Funds in this category have shown slightly higher (-2 to +1.8) standard deviation compared to the volatility of the index.

The fund has shown a significant time around 2% – 1.5% per annum, whilst higher than the index volatility of 0.6% – 0.8% per annum. However, in May 2023, the excess returns came down to around 0.1%.

Tracking error

The tracking error ranges between 2.60% to 0.60% for the period May 2020 to May 2023.

The tracking error was the highest at 1.5% for 4 months in 2022. However, in May 2023, the tracking error came down to 1.03%. The overall range has been around 1.5% to 0.4%.

Information ratio

The rolling IR has been quite volatile ranging from -2.5 to 3 making it difficult to discern any skill.

In May 2020, the information ratio reached the peak at 2.2. However, in May 2023, the ratio came down to -1.22. The information ratio for the fund has mostly been above -0.5. The overall range has been around 2.2 to -0.5.

Prepared by – Oraina Dsouza, June 2023

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