Interesting and uninteresting funds

The cover story of 'Mutual Fund Insight' September 2022 issue is about eight interesting fund ideas. Essentially, we have picked out a group of funds, most of them of a type that do not fit often into one of the routine fund choice frameworks that we use. They are one-off or unique funds that are still worth considering for investors. Clearly, none of them are designed to be the core of your fund investment portfolio. You should read about them and if you find an idea interesting, you should invest some amount of your portfolio in them - not so much that the fund becomes the heart of your portfolio, and yet not so little that it's irrelevant. They are an odd lot, with equity as well as debt funds amongst them. For those who are familiar with the Value Research philosophy of fund choice, at least one - SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund - will be quite a surprise. This is a nice equity fund run with a long-term perspective. However, it has some restrictions around the way you