Lahore, June 20, 2018 (PPI-OT): The objective of Faysal MTS Fund is to provide competitive returns primarily through investment in the MTS market. The fund’s mandate is to predominantly invest in Margin Trading System (MTS). MTS is a leveraged product offered by NCCPL. MTS is an undisclosed counterparty market for lenders and borrowers. This is only available for eligible securities also notified by NCCPL. All MTS transactions are entered at financing participation ratio of “15%” for the borrower and “85%” for the lender. Borrowers are required to pay mark-to-market losses to NCCPL on daily basis in cash.
Each MTS contract cannot exceed 60 calendar days and on every fortnight, MTS will automatically reduce 1/4th of the contract value. The rating of Faysal MTS Fund reflects comfort drawn on the elaborated and secure system of NCCPL. At end-Dec17, fund’s 66% net assets were invested in MTS transactions, which due to its self-liquidating nature possess less risk over the short tenure. The remaining assets of the fund were invested as cash 23% with banks rated ‘AA-‘ and Government securities 10%. The unit holding pattern of the fund is highly concentrated towards top 10 investors representing 53% of the fund’s assets.
The fund intends to keep a minimum of 70% in MTS on the quarterly average basis. The rest of the amount would be invested in T-Bills and bank placements, of which the rating may not be lower than ‘A+’. PACRA would monitor continued compliance with the relevant guidelines.
For more information, contact:
Analyst
The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited (PACRA)
Awami Complex, FB1, Usman Block New Garden Town,
Lahore – Pakistan
Tel: +9242 586 9504 -6
Fax: +9242 583 0425
Email: hammad.rashid@pacra.com
Web: www.pacra.com