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 | ₹33.25 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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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 | 6.72% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.32 |
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| Standard deviation | 14.98% |
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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 84.1% of Nifty 500's upside and 87.5% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 46.8% |
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| Mid cap | 34.0% |
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| Small cap | 19.2% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 18.4% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 33.9% |
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| Total holdings | 35 |
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Top holdings
- 7.38% Government of India — 9.4%
- Treps — 8.5%
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. — 4.8%
- Bajaj Auto Limited — 3.7%
- Endurance Technologies Limited — 3.5%
- Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — 3.2%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. — 3.2%
- Cummins India Ltd. — 3.2%
- Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd — 3.1%
- Lumax Auto Technologies Ltd. — 3.1%
Top sectors
- Automobile — 13.4%
- Pharma & Biotech — 13.3%
- Banking & Financial — 10.8%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 1.5% | 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 |