Bandhan Equity Savings Fund
The scheme seeks to generate income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segments of the equity markets along with debt and money market instruments and to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing a portion of the Schemes assets in equity and equity related instruments.
Growthvine rating: 2/5 — ranked #16 of 25 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Hybrid: Equity Savings |
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| NAV | ₹32.61 (as of 2026-08-21) |
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| AUM | ₹401 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 0.93% |
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| Riskometer | Low to Moderate |
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| Fund manager | Kapil Kankonkar |
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| Exit load | For units in excess of 10% of the investment, 0.25% will be charged for redemption within 7 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 6.46% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.3 |
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| Standard deviation | 2.55% |
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| Max drawdown | -17.48% |
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| Alpha | 0 |
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| Beta | 0 |
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Over 5 years, captured 75.7% of NIFTY 50 Hybrid Short Duration Debt 25:75 Index's upside and 46.4% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 94.5% |
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| Mid cap | 5.5% |
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| Small cap | 0.0% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 18.0% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 31.5% |
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| Total holdings | 101 |
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Top holdings
- Net Receivable / Payable — 45.5%
- Bandhan Money Market Fund -Direct Plan-Growth — 7.1%
- 7.48% National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development — 7.0%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 4.0%
- AXIS Bank Ltd. — 3.8%
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. — 3.6%
- Reliance Industries Ltd — 3.4%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd. — 3.2%
- Larsen & Toubro Limited — 3.0%
- Canara Bank — 3.0%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 19.3%
- Construction — 6.1%
- Pharma & Biotech — 5.5%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 2.1% | Q3 | #14 of 25 |
| 2025 | 6.4% | Q3 | #13 of 22 |
| 2024 | 7.6% | Q4 (Bottom) | #21 of 22 |
| 2023 | 9.6% | Q4 (Bottom) | #20 of 21 |
| 2022 | 2.5% | Q3 | #13 of 19 |