Aditya Birla SL Special Opportunities Fund
The scheme seeks to provide long term capital appreciation by investing in opportunities presented by special situations such as corporate restructuring, Government policy change and/or regulatory changes, companies going through temporary but unique challenges and other similar instances.
Growthvine rating: 5/5 — ranked #12 of 186 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Thematic |
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| NAV | ₹26.73 (as of 2026-10-23) |
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| AUM | ₹1,357 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.84% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Dhaval Gala |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 30 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 12.10% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.74 |
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| Standard deviation | 15.22% |
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| Max drawdown | −21.23% |
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| Alpha | 6.19 |
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| Beta | 0.94 |
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Over 5 years, captured 103.9% of Nifty 500's upside and 89.0% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 38.9% |
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| Mid cap | 14.7% |
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| Small cap | 46.4% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 20.1% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 30.9% |
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| Total holdings | 68 |
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Top holdings
- Aditya Infotech Limited — 7.5%
- TREPS — 6.7%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd. — 3.7%
- Meesho Limited — 3.0%
- Shriram Finance Limited — 3.0%
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 2.9%
- SHRIRAM PISTONS & RINGS LTD — 2.6%
- Union Bank of India — 2.1%
- Billionbrains Garage Ventures Limited — 2.0%
- Bank of maharashtra — 2.0%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 16.4%
- Automobile — 12.0%
- Industrial Products — 11.0%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | −0.3% | Q1 (Top) | #36 of 167 |
| 2025 | 13.6% | Q1 (Top) | #11 of 132 |
| 2024 | 21.5% | Q2 | #36 of 86 |
| 2023 | 25.4% | Q3 | #48 of 66 |
| 2022 | −1.0% | Q3 | #35 of 55 |