Target Investment Plan - An Innovative and Intelligent Investment Strategy

We all have multiple goals in our life and it is therefore very important to ensure that we have plans to achieve them despite market volatility. At ICICIdirect.com, we want you to stay focused on your goals and let the new Target Investment Plan (TIP) take advantage of the market volatility and work for you.

We have recently introduced TIP, an innovative addition to the Mutual Fund Product basket that works similar to a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) i.e. it is an investment option for those who prefer disciplined investing over a period of time.

TIP differs from SIP in the monthly installments that are invested. TIP helps you invest in line with the key investment principle of investing less when the price is high and investing more when the price is low. This also helps in lowering the average price of investment and provides better return than a SIP most of the time.

To help you understand, set up a TIP please see below illustration.

For example in case you are planning to save 100,000 to be used as down payment for a new car which you wish to buy next year. You may look at creating a Target Investment Plan with a target of 100,000 and tenure of 1 year. This not only helps you to save for the car but also ensures that you are able to achieve your goals.

Some of the key features of TIP.

• Plan multiple goals and set a target amount and period for each goal
• Invest in scheme/s from recommended MF schemes
• Set an average monthly investment amount basis details given and additionally offers the option of providing a maximum amount, basis some predefined limits
• TIP follows the key principle of investing less when prices are high and more when prices are low resulting in cost averaging over a period of time
• TIP provides better returns than a SIP most of the times

You can continue to enjoy paperless investing in Mutual Funds with TIP and stay on track with your financial goals.

To set up a TIP today, please login to ICICIdirect.com and select TIP under Mutual Fund section.

In case you need assistance on identifying and creating your goal, you can use the 'Wealth GRIP' under the customer service section after you login to your account.

You may also contact your Relationship Manager or your nearest Branch to start a TIP today. Login to ICICIdirect.com to find the contact details of your Relationship Manager. To locate our nearest branch click here.

The Target Investment Plan offers to create a simple process that helps an
investor to achieve a specific medium to long-term financial goal. It helps to
achieve the target amount of the goal on a given time frame and budget of the
customer.

TIP works on an innovative and intelligent investment strategy that is similar to
Systematic Investment Plan in terms of a regular periodic investment, but
differs in the amount invested in each instalment.