ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

Hybrid

Direct

Dynamic Asset Allocation

NAV as on 20-02-2025

₹ 76.18

0.1%

1D

Inception Returns

13%

/yr

About ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth is a hybrid fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Akhil Kakkar, Rajat Chandak, Sankaran Naren, Manish Banthia, Ihab Dalwai. This fund gives you the benefit of diversification.

Key Parameters

  1. ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has ₹60434 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jan 2025 and is more than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.9.

Returns

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 13.00% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 8.32%, 12.23% and 12.96% respectively.

Holdings

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Consumer Cyclical, Corporate, Government, Tech, Industrial, Consumer Defensive, Basic Materials, Securitize, Energy, Health, Communication, Utilities, Real Estate.

Taxation

As it is a dynamic asset allocation mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
If the fund is equity oriented i.e. asset allocation of more than 65% in equity instruments:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 20%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 12.5% without indexation benefit
Long term gains up to Rs 1 lakh are exempt from taxation (more than 12 months).

Investment objective of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

To provide capital appreciation/income by investing in equity and equity related instruments including derivatives and debt and money market instruments. However, there can be no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme would be achieved.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 500.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.

Historical NAV & Returns

Absolute

zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
7043 people have invested ₹ 8.1Cr in ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

INDmoney Rank for ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

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14% Performance
71% Risk Management
6% Cost
9 out of 16 among dynamic asset allocation

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth Overview

Expense ratio0.92%
Benchmark
CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 - Moderate TR INR
AUM₹60434 Cr
Inception Date1 January, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹500/₹100
Exit Load
1.0%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
64.02%
STCGSelling mutual fund before 1 year, returns taxed at 20%.
LTCGAfter 1 year, 12.5% tax on returns over ₹1.25 lakh/year.
Risk
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Very High Risk

Trailing Returns

as on (20-Feb-25)

Period
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth
Dynamic Asset Allocation Index
1M
-0.5%
-2.7%
3M
-0.6%
-3.1%
6M
-1.4%
-5.2%
1Y
8.3%
4.5%
3Y
12.2%
10.7%
5Y
13%
11.3%

Fund Distribution

as on (31-Jan-25)

  • Equity 46.7%

  • Debt & Cash 53%

Large cap
59.9%

Mid cap
5.8%

Small cap
1%

Sector Allocation

Jan'25

Dec'24

Nov'24

Financial Services
28.1%
Consumer Cyclical
20.2%
Tech
9.8%
Consumer Defensive
9.7%
Industrial
9%
Basic Materials
7.1%
Energy
4.9%
Health
4.2%
Communication
3.5%
Utilities
3.1%
Real Estate
0.5%
All changes are between Oct'69 and Dec'69
Parameters
Jan'25
Dec'24
Nov'24
AUM
₹ 60.4K Cr
₹ 60.5K Cr
₹ 60.5K Cr
  • AUM of the fund stands at 60.4K Cr as of Jan'25
  • AUM decreased by 100 Cr between Jan'25 and Dec'24
Top Stocks bought last month
Mankind Pharma Ltd's allocation increased from 0.13% to 0.33%
Mankind Pharma Ltd's allocation increased from 0.13% to 0.33%
Bharti Telecom Limited's allocation increased from 0.33% to 0.53%
Bharti Telecom Limited's allocation increased from 0.33% to 0.53%
Torrent Power Limited's allocation increased from 0.02% to 0.12%
Torrent Power Limited's allocation increased from 0.02% to 0.12%
Top Stocks sold last month
Bajaj Finserv Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 0.63 %
Bajaj Finserv Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 0.63 %
Tata Steel Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 0.57 %
Tata Steel Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 0.57 %
Muthoot Finance Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 0.25 %
Muthoot Finance Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 0.25 %

Top 3 Sectors in January were Financial Services, Corporate & Consumer Cyclical

Jan'25
Financial Services
28%
Corporate
21%
Consumer Cyclical
20%
Dec'24
Financial Services
29%
Corporate
21%
Consumer Cyclical
21%
Fund
Jan'25
Dec'24
Nov'24
No of Holdings
196
204
204
Top 5 Company Concentration
19.3%
19.7%
19.7%
Company having highest exposure
TVS Motor Co Ltd (4.4%)
TVS Motor Co Ltd (4.5%)
TVS Motor Co Ltd (4.5%)
No of Sectors
14
14
14
Top 5 Sectors Concentration
90%
90%
90.7%
Sector having highest exposure
Financial Services (28.1%)
Financial Services (28.1%)
Financial Services (28.7%)
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Akhil Kakkar
Akhil Kakkar
Fund Manager of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth, since 22 January 2024
Rajat Chandak
Rajat Chandak
Fund Manager of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth, since 7 September 2015
Top funds managed
Scheme
Annualised Returns(3Y)
Category Returns(3Y)
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Plan Growth
12.19%
10.61%
Sankaran Naren
Sankaran Naren
Fund Manager of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth, since 14 July 2017
Manish Banthia
Manish Banthia
Fund Manager of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth, since 18 November 2009
Ihab Dalwai
Ihab Dalwai
Fund Manager of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth, since 29 January 2018
Fund House
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited
Total Schemes
Total AUM
₹8.31L Cr
as on 31-Jan-2025
Address
ICICI Prudential Asset Mgmt.Company Limited,3rd Floor, Hallmark Business Plaza,,Sant Dyaneshwar Marg,,Bandra (East)
Phone
+912226428000
Website
investor.helpdesk@hdfcbank.com

Mutual Fund Insights

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This fund expense ratio is slightly on the lower side within the category (dynamic asset allocation). Its expense ratio is 0.92% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 1.15%.
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Over the last 1 month, this fund has increased expense ratio by 8.2% moving from 0.85 to 0.92.
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In the last 1 year, Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has given 11.7% return, outperforming this fund by 3.38%.

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth Highlights

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Very High Risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Very High Risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 13% since inception which is more than its category average return of 9.55%
Fund Allocations

Fund Allocations

This fund has an allocation of 46.7% in Equity, 16.98% in Debt and 36.04% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹60434 Cr

AUM size ₹60434 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹60434 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 9846 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.92%

Expense Ratio 0.92%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.92% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 1.33%

Frequently Asked Questions for ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

The current NAV of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth is ₹76.18 as on 20-Feb-2025.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 20-Feb-2025.
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
-0.54%
-0.54%
6 Month Returns
-1.44%
-1.44%
1 Year Returns
8.32%
8.32%
3 Years Returns
41.36%
12.23%
5 Years Returns
83.92%
12.96%
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0.92% as on January 2025
₹60434 Cr as on January 2025
TVS Motor Co Ltd(4.54%), HDFC Bank Ltd(4.2%), ICICI Bank Ltd(4.15%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd(3.63%), Infosys Ltd(3.45%) as on January 2025
Cash Equivalent(35.4%), Financial Services(13.56%), Consumer Cyclical(9.8%) as on January 2025
AAA
66.79
AA
29.08
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4.13
Akhil Kakkar, Rajat Chandak, Sankaran Naren, Manish Banthia, Ihab Dalwai are the fund managers of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth is 1%