Get investors' consent for winding up schemes:SC to Franklin Templeton
Published On: Thursday, December 3, 2020 | By: Team KnowMyStock
The Supreme Court today(3rd December 2020) asked Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund to initiate steps within one week for calling a meeting of unitholders to seek their consent for the closure of six mutual fund schemes and said there will be no redemption of units by investors till further orders. The top court also agreed to hear an appeal filed by Franklin Templeton against the Karnataka High Court order which stopped the fund house from winding up its debt fund schemes without the prior consent of the investors. A bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna observed that the issue is big and people wanted a refund. It said that without prejudice to the rights of any party, trustees are allowed to call a meeting of unitholders to seek their consent for approval, and in this regard, steps are taken within a period of one week.
The bench posted the matter for further hearing next week and directed that all cross appeals be placed on record.
The six schemes are Franklin India Low Duration Fund, Franklin India Ultra Short Bond Fund, Franklin India Short Term Income Plan, Franklin India Credit Risk Fund, Franklin India Dynamic Accrual Fund and Franklin India Income Opportunities Fund.
Franklin Templeton MF closed these six debt mutual fund schemes on April 23, citing redemption pressure and lack of liquidity in the bond market.
Till November 13, the six schemes received total cash flows of Rs 9,682 crore from maturities, pre-payments and coupon payments since April 24, 2020.
The cash available stands at Rs 5,952 crore as of November 13 for the four cash positive schemes, subject to fund running expenses.
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