Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

Debt

Direct

Short Duration

NAV as on 21-02-2025

₹ 55.34

Inception Returns

8%

/yr

About Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth is a debt fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Abhishek Bisen, Deepak Agrawal. This fund is suitable to keep your money safe.

Key Parameters

  1. Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has ₹16979 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Dec 1969 and is more than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.4.

Returns

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 8.04% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 8.38%, 6.72% and 6.74% respectively.

Holdings

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Financial Services, Corporate, Government, Cash Equivalent, Securitize. Its top holdings are 7.18% Govt Stock 2033, 7.32% Govt Stock 2030, 7.93% Govt Stock 2033, 7.1% Govt Stock 2034, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development

Taxation

As it is a short duration mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
If the fund is debt oriented i.e. asset allocation of more than 65% in debt instruments:
Invested before 1 April 2023 and held for less than 24 months, STCG will be taxed at your income slab rate.
Invested before 1 April 2023 and held for more than 24 months, LTCG will be taxed at 12.5%.
Invested after 1 April 2023, capital gains will be taxed at your income slab rate.
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate.

Investment objective of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

The investment objective of the Scheme is to provide reasonable returns and reasonably high levels of liquidity by investing in debt instruments such as bonds, debentures and Government securities; and money market instruments such as treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposit, including repos in permitted securities of different maturities, so as to spread the risk across different kinds of issuers in the debt markets. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realised.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 100.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.

Historical NAV & Returns

Absolute

zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
1897 people have invested ₹ 1.2Cr in Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth Overview

Expense ratio0.38%
Benchmark
CRISIL Short Term Bond Fund TR INR
AUM₹16979 Cr
Inception Date1 January, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹100/₹100
Exit Load0%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
176.77%
STCGSelling mutual fund within 36 months, gains taxed at slab rates.
LTCGHolding over 3 years, gains taxed at slab rates without indexation.
Risk
Risk meter
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Low to Moderate Risk

Trailing Returns

as on (21-Feb-25)

Period
Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth
Short Duration Index
1M
0.7%
0.6%
3M
1.8%
1.6%
6M
3.9%
3.5%
1Y
8.4%
7.6%
3Y
6.7%
6.4%
5Y
6.7%
6.2%

Fund Distribution

as on (31-Dec-69)

  • Debt & Cash 99.7%

AAA
100%

Sector Allocation

Jan'25

Dec'24

Nov'24

Corporate
50.3%
Government
45.9%
Cash Equivalent
3.2%
Securitize
0.6%
All changes are between Oct'69 and Dec'69
Parameters
Jan'25
Dec'24
Nov'24
AUM
₹ 17K Cr
₹ 16.8K Cr
₹ 17K Cr
  • AUM of the fund stands at 17K Cr as of Jan'25
  • AUM increased by 189.3 Cr between Jan'25 and Dec'24
Top Stocks bought last month
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development's allocation increased from 0.04% to 3.2%
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development's allocation increased from 0.04% to 3.2%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd's allocation increased from 0.1% to 2.95%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd's allocation increased from 0.1% to 2.95%
Small Industries Development Bank Of India's allocation increased from 0.02% to 2.39%
Small Industries Development Bank Of India's allocation increased from 0.02% to 2.39%
Top Stocks sold last month
Bajaj Finance Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 3 %
Bajaj Finance Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 3 %
LIC Housing Finance Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 2.82 %
LIC Housing Finance Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 2.82 %
HDFC Bank Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 2.29 %
HDFC Bank Limited's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 2.29 %
Cash allocation has gone up from 2.9% to 3.2%
Cash allocation has gone up from 2.9% to 3.2%
Debt allocation has gone down from 96.9% to 96.5%
Debt allocation has gone down from 96.9% to 96.5%

Top 3 Sectors in January were Financial Services, Corporate & Government

Jan'25
Financial Services
100%
Corporate
50%
Government
46%
Dec'24
Financial Services
100%
Corporate
51%
Government
45%
  • Debt & Cash

Holdings
Weight%
1M Change
7.18% Govt Stock 2033
7.18% Govt Stock 2033
10.05%
0%
7.32% Govt Stock 2030
7.32% Govt Stock 2030
7.37%
-22.4%
7.93% Govt Stock 2033
7.93% Govt Stock 2033
6.53%
-4.4%
7.1% Govt Stock 2034
7.1% Govt Stock 2034
5.58%
1441.7%
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development
3.17%
0%
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Abhishek Bisen
Abhishek Bisen
Fund Manager of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth, since 1 November 2022
Deepak Agrawal
Deepak Agrawal
Fund Manager of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth, since 11 July 2007
Fund House
Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd
Total Schemes
Total AUM
₹4.84L Cr
as on 31-Jan-2025
Address
Kotak Mahindra Asset management Company Limited,2nd Floor, 12-BKC, Plot No C-12,G Block, BKC, Bandra (East),Mumbai - 400 051
Phone
91-22-40930000
Website
fundaccops@kotakmutual.com

Mutual Fund Insights

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Over the last 6 months, this fund has experienced a 12.6% growth in AUM moving from 15.07K Cr to 16.97K Cr.
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This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (short duration). Its expense ratio is 0.38% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 0.7%.
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Over the last 15 months, this fund has increased expense ratio by 5.6% moving from 0.36 to 0.38.
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In the last 5 years, UTI - Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has given 7.86% return, outperforming this fund by 1.12% per annum.
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In the last 3 years, ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund Direct Plan Growth Option has given 7.56% return, outperforming this fund by 0.84% per annum.
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In the last 1 year, Nippon India Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Plan has given 8.51% return, outperforming this fund by 0.13%.

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth Highlights

Risk meter
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Low to Moderate Risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Low to Moderate Risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 8.04% since inception which is more than its category average return of 5.85%
AUM size ₹16979 Cr

AUM size ₹16979 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹16979 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 5091 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.38%

Expense Ratio 0.38%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.38% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 0.68%

Frequently Asked Questions for Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

The current NAV of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth is ₹55.34 as on 21-Feb-2025.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 21-Feb-2025.
Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
0.67%
0.67%
6 Month Returns
3.88%
3.88%
1 Year Returns
8.38%
8.38%
3 Years Returns
21.54%
6.72%
5 Years Returns
38.56%
6.74%
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0.38% as on January 2025
₹16979 Cr as on January 2025
7.18% Govt Stock 2033(10.05%), 7.32% Govt Stock 2030(7.37%), 7.93% Govt Stock 2033(6.53%), 7.1% Govt Stock 2034(5.58%), National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development(3.17%) as on January 2025
Corporate(50.31%), Government(45.87%), Cash Equivalent(3.2%) as on January 2025
Yield to Maturity is 7.4 as on January 2025. Yield to Maturity is the total return earned on your bond investments if you hold the bond investments till maturity & all bonds' proceeds are reinvested in it.
Modified Duration is 2.77 as on January 2025. Modified Duration tells the sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rate.
AAA
100
Abhishek Bisen, Deepak Agrawal are the fund managers of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth is 0%