ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund Direct Growth

ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund Direct Growth is an equity fund. This fund was started on 21 September, 2017. The fund is managed by Nishit Patel. The fund could potentially beat inflation in the long-run.

1. ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund Direct Growth has ₹1678 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Feb 2025 and is more than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.2.
   

ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 13.24% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 6.12%, 11.48% and 22.05% respectively.

ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Tech, Energy, Consumer Cyclical, Consumer Defensive, Industrial, Communication, Basic Materials, Utilities, Health. Its top holdings are HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd, Infosys Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd

As it is a index funds mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
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
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate. Long term gains upto Rs 1 lakh are exempt capital gains tax.

An open-ended index linked growth scheme seeking to track the returns of S&P BSE SENSEX TRI through investments in a basket of stocks drawn from the constituents of the above index. The objective of the Scheme is to invest in companies whose securities are included in S&P BSE SENSEX TRI and subject to tracking errors, to endeavor to achieve the returns of the above index as closely as possible. This would be done by investing in all the stocks comprising the S&P BSE SENSEX TRI in approximately the same weightage that they represent in S&P BSE SENSEX TRI. The Scheme will not seek to outperform the S&P BSE SENSEX TRI or to underperform it. The objective is that the performance of the NAV of the Scheme should closely track the performance of the S&P BSE SENSEX TRI over the same period. However, there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized.

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 100.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.