DSP Business Cycle Fund
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity related securities with a focus on riding business cycles through dynamic allocation across various sectors / themes / stocks at different stages of business cycle.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #77 of 186 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Thematic |
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| NAV | ₹9.63 (as of 2026-10-23) |
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| AUM | ₹1,469 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.81% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Anish Tawakley |
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| Exit load | 0.5% for redemption within 10 months |
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Performance & risk
| Standard deviation | 0.00% |
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| Max drawdown | −14.98% |
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| Alpha | 0 |
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| Beta | 0 |
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Over 5 years, captured 95.0% of Nifty 500's upside and 101.1% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 78.7% |
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| Mid cap | 15.0% |
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| Small cap | 6.3% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 40.0% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 55.6% |
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| Total holdings | 56 |
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Top holdings
- TREPS / Reverse Repo Investments — 16.3%
- NIFTY Oct26 — 10.8%
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 9.9%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 9.6%
- AXIS Bank Ltd. — 5.4%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd. — 4.4%
- Larsen & Toubro Limited — 4.0%
- Reliance Industries Ltd — 3.1%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. — 3.1%
- NTPC Limited — 2.7%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 28.6%
- Automobile — 11.6%
- Derivatives — 10.8%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | −6.3% | Q2 | #76 of 167 |
| 2025 | 2.7% | Q3 | #79 of 132 |