With effect from 14th July 2011, both Benchmark Asset Management Company Private Limited (BAMC) and Benchmark Trustee Company Private Limited (BTC) are a part of the Goldman Sachs group. Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The entire share capital of BAMC is held by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (India) Private Limited (the asset management company of Goldman Sachs Mutual Fund) and another Goldman Sachs group company, whereas the entire share capital of BTC is held by Goldman Sachs Trustee Company (India) Private Limited (the trustee company of Goldman Sachs Mutual Fund) and another Goldman Sachs group company.
 
 
GS Nifty Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme (GS Nifty BeES) won the CNBC TV18 - CRISIL Mutual Fund Awards in the Index Fund category for the year 2007,2008,2009 & 2010 respectively.
Eligibility Criteria & Methodology
In total, 11 schemes in year 2007, 12 schemes in year 2008, 13 schemes in year 2009 and 14 schemes in year 2010 were eligible for award universe.

Schemes present in all four quarterly CRISIL Mutual Fund Ranking for each calendar year were considered for the award. The award is based on consistency of the scheme's performance in the four quarterly CRISIL Mutual Fund Rankings released during the respective calendar year.

The individual CRISIL Mutual Fund Ranking parameter scores averaged for the four quarters, for each calendar year, were further multiplied by the parameter weights, as per the CRISIL Mutual Fund Ranking methodology to arrive at the final scores.

A detailed methodology of the CRISIL Mutual Fund Ranking is available at www.crisil.com. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Rankings and Award Source
CRISIL Fund Services, CRISIL Ltd.