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31 MARCH, 2022

Planning for your child’s financial future is not complicated if you follow these rules

Every parent wants to build a secure future for their child. With the help of a good finance professional and strong financial discipline, it is easy to do so. If you are confused as a parent on how to build a corpus, it would help to go down the SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) route via mutual funds.

Planning for your child’s financial future is not complicated if you follow these 7 rules:

  • Start Early: This cannot be emphasized enough. The earlier you plan for your child’s future the better. A SIP of Rs. 6,000 per month for 21 years at a 10% return will give your child a corpus of Rs. 48.16 lakh in 21 years. That’s a solid foundation for your child’s future education. However, if you delay your SIP by just 5 years, you will have to invest ~Rs. 10,700 every month to hit the same target. If you delay it by 10 years, the amount goes up to ~Rs. 21,000.
  • Account for inflation while planning: An education that costs Rs. 20 lakh today will probably cost Rs. 30 lakh in 20 years. A house that costs Rs. 1 crore today will probably cost Rs. 2-3 crore in 20 years. So you should not be planning for your children’s future with today’s prices in mind.
  • Build a portfolio according to your risk profile: Some investors are very conservative while others are aggressive. Make sure that you explain to your finance professional very clearly the kind of volatility you are willing to accept in your investments. Plan your portfolio accordingly.
  • Increase SIP amounts when possible: If you get a bonus or a more-than-expected increment, use that to boost your children’s SIP. That will ensure that the education loan amount for your child will be less. Or it will result in a higher corpus for your child.
  • Track funds periodically: You have a time period of 15-20 years to build a corpus for your child. Ensure that you are tracking your funds and talk to your finance professional once every year regarding the same. You should know the health status of your investments once a year at least.
  • Take risks early on, switch to less volatile funds later: If you have 20 years to build a corpus for your child, you can consider investing in funds which are high risk-high return, however as you get closer to the goal, you should migrate to a slightly less risks fund. This is needed as investment horizon shrinks and risk appetite reduces. 
  • Funds Should Be Withdrawn in the Last 2-3 years: One should withdraw funds from equity investments and park them in fixed-tenured instruments for the last 2-3 years of the investment horizon. This will ensure that your corpus won’t get affected by a sudden change in the market.

Category / Scheme Name

3 years (INR 1,80,000)

5 years (INR 3,00,000)

10 years (INR 3,60,000)

Value (INR)

CAGR

Profit (INR)

Value (INR)

CAGR

Profit (INR)

Value (INR)

CAGR

Profit (INR)

Large Cap Funds

Axis Bluechip Fund

236,137

18.5%

56,137

450,435

16.3%

150,435

1,335,698

15.3%

735,698

HDFC Flexi Cap Fund

262,148

26.1%

82,148

460,947

17.2%

160,947

1,311,613

15.0%

711,613

Kotak Flexicap Fund

239,133

19.4%

59,133

431,578

14.5%

131,578

1,355,870

15.6%

755,870

Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund

244,381

20.9%

64,381

445,896

15.9%

145,896

1,413,637

16.4%

813,637

Multi Cap Funds

Invesco India Growth Opportunities Fund

239,214

19.4%

59,214

433,857

14.8%

133,857

1,306,260

14.9%

706,260

Kotak Equity Opportunities Fund

255,863

24.3%

75,863

465,057

17.6%

165,057

1,410,161

16.3%

810,161

UTI Flexi Cap Fund

257,189

24.7%

77,189

483,838

19.2%

183,838

1,425,324

16.5%

825,324

Multi Cap Funds with Large Cap Bias

Axis Focused 25 Fund

236,760

18.7%

56,760

439,763

15.3%

139,763

-

-

-

Mid Cap Funds

DSP Midcap Fund

241,322

20.0%

61,322

435,018

14.9%

135,018

1,461,129

17.0%

861,129

Kotak Emerging Equity Fund

282,001

31.5%

102,001

508,075

21.2%

208,075

1,752,275

20.3%

1,152,275

Small Cap Funds

Kotak Small Cap Fund

335,494

45.0%

155,494

600,978

28.2%

300,978

1,939,860

22.2%

1,339,860

International Funds

Franklin India Feeder - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund

223,382

14.6%

43,382

464,244

17.5%

164,244

-

-

-

Kotak Global Innovation Fund of Fund

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Indices

Nifty 50

246,971

21.7%

66,971

448,563

16.1%

148,563

1,204,167

13.4%

604,167

Nifty Midcap 150 TRI

282,865

31.7%

102,865

499,055

20.5%

199,055

1,630,052

19.0%

1,030,052

S&P BSE 500 TRI

259,562

25.3%

79,562

468,942

17.9%

168,942

1,352,265

15.5%

752,265

Source: MFI Explorer | Data as on 31st March, 2022

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