Edelweiss Balanced Advantage Fund
The scheme will invest in arbitrage opportunities, equity derivative strategies, pure equity investments and the balance in debt and money market instruments.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #16 of 35 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Hybrid: Balanced Advantage |
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| NAV | ₹52.99 (as of 2026-09-11) |
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| AUM | ₹13,031 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.46% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Bharat Lahoti |
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| Exit load | For units in excess of 10% of the investment, 1% will be charged for redemption within 90 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 8.68% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.46 |
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| Standard deviation | 9.16% |
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| Max drawdown | -16.36% |
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| Alpha | 0 |
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| Beta | 0 |
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Over 5 years, captured 113.5% of NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index's upside and 100.0% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 75.7% |
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| Mid cap | 18.1% |
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| Small cap | 6.2% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 17.7% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 27.4% |
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| Total holdings | 107 |
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Top holdings
- Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. — 5.6%
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 4.9%
- Net Receivable / Payable — 3.8%
- Reliance Industries Ltd — 3.7%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 3.1%
- Larsen & Toubro Limited — 3.1%
- TVS Motor Company Ltd. — 2.8%
- State Bank Of India — 2.4%
- Infosys Ltd — 2.4%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd. — 1.9%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 16.8%
- Automobile — 10.1%
- Software & Services — 7.1%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 0.6% | Q2 | #10 of 35 |
| 2025 | 7.0% | Q2 | #12 of 34 |
| 2024 | 13.1% | Q2 | #14 of 30 |
| 2023 | 18.8% | Q2 | #11 of 26 |
| 2022 | 2.1% | Q3 | #14 of 21 |