LIC MF Childrens Fund
The scheme seeks to provide long term growth of capital through a judicious mix of investments mainly in quality debt securities with relatively low level of risks.
Growthvine rating: 2/5 — ranked #5 of 8 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Solution: Children Equity |
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| NAV | ₹34.45 (as of 2026-09-11) |
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| AUM | ₹16 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 2.09% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Siddharth Panjwani |
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| Exit load | 0 |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 7.99% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.27 |
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| Standard deviation | 14.92% |
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| Max drawdown | -75.38% |
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| Alpha | -1.92 |
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| Beta | 0.9 |
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Over 5 years, captured 83.6% of Nifty 500's upside and 88.4% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 48.9% |
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| Mid cap | 30.6% |
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| Small cap | 20.5% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 18.9% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 33.4% |
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| Total holdings | 37 |
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Top holdings
- Treps — 9.8%
- 7.38% Government of India — 9.6%
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. — 5.0%
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 3.6%
- Cummins India Ltd. — 3.5%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. — 3.4%
- TVS Motor Company Ltd. — 3.4%
- Persistent Systems Limited — 3.0%
- Titan Company Limited — 3.0%
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited — 3.0%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 14.5%
- Pharma & Biotech — 12.4%
- Electricals — 7.4%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 5.2% | Q1 (Top) | #2 of 9 |
| 2025 | -4.9% | Q4 (Bottom) | #9 of 9 |
| 2024 | 18.5% | Q2 | #3 of 8 |
| 2023 | 22.1% | Q3 | #6 of 7 |
| 2022 | -1.0% | Q3 | #5 of 7 |