UTI Asset Management

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UTI Asset Management
FormerlyUnit Trust of India
Company typePublic
IndustryInvestment management
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India and 35 other countries
Key people
Imtaiyazur Rahman
(Managing Director & CEO)
Products
AUMIncrease ₹1,689,318 crore (US$200 billion) (July 2024)[1]
Owner
Number of employees
1,422 (2023)
Websitewww.utimf.com

UTI Asset Management Company (UTI AMC) is one of the largest asset managers in India and the investment manager to the schemes of UTI Mutual Fund.[2]

History

The Unit Trust of India (UTI), deemed to be the first mutual fund in India, was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1963. Mutual funds in India are constituted in the form of trusts under the Indian Trusts Act of 1882. The Unit Trust of India aimed to encourage saving by providing for various classes of investors the facility of investing their money in units of the Trust. In 1964, UTI launched its first investment scheme Unit Scheme-1964 (US-64), initially RBI had the regulatory and administrative control. UTI had the monopoly of the mutual fund industry till 1987 when the Government of India permitted public sector banks and financial institutions to sponsor mutual funds.[3][4]

Golden Jubilee Year - Commemorative Stamp

Under US-64, UTI had sold and repurchased the units at prices fixed arbitrarily by its management rather than on the basis of the actual value of the underlying assets, attributing to its abnormally high dividends. Investment decisions based on political compulsions taken by those in key positions exacerbated by the political instability in the 1990s and the consequent market rout and took a toll on the US-64 scheme which ultimately led to the government intervention in 2002 with a bailout package and the act to repeal and transfer the undertakings of the trust.[5][6][7]

Erstwhile Unit Trust of India was bifurcated with the non-NAV based schemes brought under the government purview and other under the purview of SEBI. While the former came under the Administrator of the Specified Undertaking of The Unit Trust of India (SUTTI) and the latter became the asset manager, UTI Mutual Fund.[8][9][10]

Specified Undertaking of UTI

Restructuring of US-64 brought the large equity holdings along with other assets including real estate and 25 assured-return schemes to the Specified Undertaking of The Unit Trust of India (SUTTI). As of 2016, SUTTI had stakes in 43 listed and 8 unlisted companies valued more than Rs. 60,000 Crores. [11]

UTI Mutual Fund

Considering the active schemes, UTI Mutual Fund is one of the oldest mutual fund companies in India. UTI Mutual Fund has been a pioneer in launching various schemes, such as the UTI Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) with life and accident cover (launched in 1971), UTI Master Share (launched in 1986), India's first Offshore Fund – India Fund (launched in 1986), and the UTI Wealth Builder Fund, the first of its kind in the Indian mutual fund industry combining different asset classes like equity and gold, which are lowly correlated.

The company manages the portfolios of domestic and offshore funds and offers discretionary, non-discretionary and advisory services to HNI clients, corporates, and institutions; and also offers retirement solutions and private equity funds in India and 35+ countries through the principal and subsidiary business entities.

It also manages pension funds in India and currently has an investor base of more than 12 million live folios. UTI Mutual Fund has a nationwide reach through its distribution channels. It currently operates more than 190 branches across the country.

As of 2024, UTI AMC has an Assets Under Management (AUM) of Rs.15.56 lakh crores.

See also

References

  1. ^ "UTI AMC Q2FY24 earnings: Net profit drops 9% to ₹183 crore; AUM up 16.89%". www.livemint.com. 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Subhamoy Das. Perspectives on Financial Services. Allied Publishers. p. 8. ISBN 978-81-8424-409-0.
  3. ^ "The Unit Trust Of India Act, 1963". indiankanoon.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "7 The Unit Trust of India and the Indian Mutual Fund Industry", India at the Crossroads -- Sustaining Growth and Reducing Poverty, International Monetary Fund, ISBN 978-1-55775-992-4, retrieved 16 July 2024
  5. ^ "UTI crisis: Political parties use and abuse India's largest mutual fund". India Today. 13 August 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  6. ^ "UTI flagship scheme US-64 pauperised by former chairman by gambling on high-risk shares". India Today. 23 July 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Backstory: The US-64 crisis and how the government bailed out UTI investors - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Govt breaks the Trust, finally scraps UTI Act". The Economic Times. 29 October 2002. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Administrator of the Specified Undertaking of The Unit Trust of India" (PDF). www.suuti.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "THE UNIT TRUST OF INDIA (TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKING AND REPEAL) ACT, 2002" (PDF). legislative.gov.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Government starts process for sale of SUUTI Holdings". economictimes.indiatimes.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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