ICICI Pru Banking & Financial Services Fund Ret
The scheme seeks to maximize long term capital gains by investing in equity and equity related securities of banking, financial and non-banking financial companies that form a part of Banking and Financial Services Industry. A large share of the assets of the scheme will be invested in the stocks comprising the benchmark, BSE Bankex Index.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #33 of 84 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Sectoral |
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| NAV | ₹131.44 (as of 2026-08-21) |
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| AUM | ₹11,229 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.48% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Antariksha Banerjee |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 15 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 10.12% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.28 |
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| Standard deviation | 14.50% |
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| Max drawdown | -47.85% |
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| Alpha | -0.57 |
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| Beta | 0.9 |
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Over 5 years, captured 92.9% of NIFTY Financial Services's upside and 90.3% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 66.2% |
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| Mid cap | 12.2% |
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| Small cap | 21.6% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 50.4% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 64.6% |
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| Total holdings | 49 |
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Top holdings
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 14.0%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 11.8%
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. — 8.8%
- AXIS Bank Ltd. — 8.4%
- State Bank Of India — 7.4%
- SBI CARDS AND PAYMENT SERVICES LIMITED — 3.1%
- SBI Life Insurance Company Limited — 3.0%
- Lic Housing Finance Ltd. — 2.9%
- TREPS — 2.9%
- HDFC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED — 2.7%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 64.4%
- Finance & Investments — 20.0%
- Miscellaneous — 9.7%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | -5.2% | Q4 (Bottom) | #67 of 76 |
| 2025 | 15.9% | Q1 (Top) | #13 of 69 |
| 2024 | 11.6% | Q4 (Bottom) | #49 of 58 |
| 2023 | 17.9% | Q4 (Bottom) | #46 of 48 |
| 2022 | 11.9% | Q2 | #18 of 46 |