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Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund

Dynamic Asset AllocationVery HighOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 24 Sep 2026
₹25.04-1.05%1 day
Return since launch
8.1%
52-week range
₹22.94 — ₹25.58
AUM
₹2,286 Cr

Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund is a Dynamic Asset Allocation hybrid fund from Bandhan Mutual Fund with ₹2,286 Cr under management, launched in 2014. Over three years it has returned 5.4% a year, against 8.3% for its category. The expense ratio is 2.32% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Very High.

Performance

Returns

How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y2.8%+2.3 pts0.6%-0.5%
2Y3.8%+2.2 pts1.5%1.6%
3Y5.4%−2.9 pts8.3%3.8%
5Y7.5%−0.2 pts7.8%7.2%
7Y8.4%−0.8 pts9.2%8.6%
10Y8.5%−0.7 pts9.2%8.8%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund2.8%
Category0.6%
3Y
Fund5.4%
Category8.3%
5Y
Fund7.5%
Category7.8%

Since launch (17 Sep 2014): 8.1%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
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Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20255.1%−1.6 pts6.7%
202414.5%+0.3 pts14.2%
202314.9%−5.1 pts20.0%
2022-1.8%−6.9 pts5.1%
202115.5%−1.1 pts16.6%
202012.9%−1.5 pts14.4%

Returns over one year are annualised. Shorter periods are absolute.

Costs & terms

Costs and terms

What the fund charges each year, and the rules around putting money in and taking it out.

Costs

2.31%

Expense ratio as on 22 Sep 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
1.73%
Brokerage
0.07%
Transaction charges
0.01%
Statutory levies
0.50%
Exit load
Exit load of 0.50%, if redeemed within 90 days.
Lock-in
None

Terms

Min SIP
₹3,000
Min lumpsum
₹5,000
Plan
GROWTH
Fund type
OPEN-ENDED
Benchmark
NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index

Risk

Risk

What the riskometer means for this fund, and how its ratios sit against the category.

Very High

Your principal is treated as being at very high risk — typically small cap, sectoral and thematic equity schemes.

Risk ratios
RatioFundCategory avgRead as
Alpha——Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better.
Beta—1.29How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe0.430.63Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino0.510.82Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation8.2210.95How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 5 category peers

Portfolio

Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 31 Aug 2026

Asset allocation

  • Equity56.7%
  • Debt28.5%
  • Other14.8%

Market cap split

  • Large69.1%
  • Mid18.9%
  • Small12.0%
P/E
24.88
P/B
3.17

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
OthersOthers14.80%₹338 Cr+59.70%+110.65%+159.90%
Axis Bank Ltd.Financial6.16%₹141 Cr+3.84%+3.78%+2.95%
ICICI Bank Ltd.Financial3.86%₹88.22 Cr-1.60%-0.46%-0.46%
HDFC Bank Ltd.Financial3.43%₹78.35 Cr-2.54%-0.57%-0.59%
Small Industries Devp. Bank of India Ltd.Financial3.39%₹77.56 Cr+6.45%+6.30%+3.32%
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy3.32%₹75.94 Cr-1.20%+4.70%-1.97%
Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd.Financial2.42%₹55.33 Cr+0.55%+0.60%—
Bank Of BarodaFinancial2.15%₹49.18 Cr+2.19%-0.09%-0.07%
Sundaram Finance Ltd.Financial2.12%₹48.39 Cr+2.15%——
Bharti Airtel Ltd.Communication2.04%₹46.56 Cr-2.13%-2.14%-5.62%

Sectors

  • Financial41.8%
  • Others14.8%
  • Services5.8%
  • Energy5.6%
  • Healthcare5.0%
  • Technology3.8%
  • Consumer Staples3.5%
  • Construction3.2%

Instruments

  • Cash Margin13.1%
  • Certificate of Deposit12.4%
  • Commercial Paper4.4%
  • Bonds3.5%
  • GOI Securities3.2%
  • Reverse Repo3.1%
  • Non Convertible Debenture2.6%
  • Treasury Bills1.4%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
State Bank of India1.60%-0.20%-1.80%
company:101980.00%1.42%+1.42%
Others12.00%13.05%+1.05%
company:8960.00%0.60%+0.60%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.-1.10%-1.59%-0.49%
company:208350.00%0.44%+0.44%
One97 Communications Ltd.1.59%1.97%+0.38%
company:68320.00%0.25%+0.25%
ICICI Bank Ltd.-0.17%-0.41%-0.24%
Tata Steel Ltd.0.00%-0.22%-0.22%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.-0.86%-1.07%-0.21%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.-2.69%-2.49%+0.20%
Premier Energies Ltd.0.18%0.00%-0.18%
Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.0.33%0.18%-0.15%
GAIL (India) Ltd.0.38%0.24%-0.14%
Vedanta Ltd.0.28%0.42%+0.14%
company:49080.00%0.12%+0.12%
Varun Beverages Ltd.1.06%0.95%-0.11%
company:156090.00%-0.11%-0.11%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.1.71%1.82%+0.11%
PB Fintech Ltd.0.10%0.00%-0.10%
Godrej Properties Ltd.0.22%0.13%-0.09%
Fusion Finance Ltd.0.08%0.17%+0.09%
Axis Bank Ltd.1.84%1.93%+0.09%
City Union Bank Ltd.0.41%0.50%+0.09%
Vedant Fashions Ltd.0.08%0.00%-0.08%
company:195910.00%0.08%+0.08%
Clean Science And Technology Ltd.0.07%0.00%-0.07%
Suraksha Diagnostic Ltd.0.25%0.18%-0.07%
company:171080.00%0.07%+0.07%
Torrent Power Ltd.0.45%0.38%-0.07%
Aster DM Quality Care Ltd.0.58%0.52%-0.06%
Garware Technical Fibres Ltd.0.56%0.61%+0.05%
Azad Engineering Ltd.0.22%0.27%+0.05%
UPL Ltd.0.54%0.49%-0.05%
company:91610.00%0.05%+0.05%
Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Ltd.0.46%0.51%+0.05%
NTPC Ltd.0.72%0.67%-0.05%
HDFC Bank Ltd.-0.83%-0.79%+0.04%
JIO Financial Services Ltd.-0.47%-0.43%+0.04%
PNB Housing Finance Ltd.0.51%0.55%+0.04%
Meesho Ltd.0.33%0.37%+0.04%
Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.0.11%0.15%+0.04%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.0.25%0.29%+0.04%
BlackBuck Ltd.0.47%0.50%+0.03%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.0.39%0.36%-0.03%
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.0.49%0.52%+0.03%
Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd.0.28%0.25%-0.03%
Eternal Ltd.0.49%0.52%+0.03%
Sharda Cropchem Ltd.0.43%0.40%-0.03%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.0.35%0.32%-0.03%
Fortis Healthcare Ltd.0.47%0.44%-0.03%
Tega Industries Ltd.0.50%0.53%+0.03%
Shadowfax Technologies Ltd.0.48%0.51%+0.03%
JSW Steel Ltd.-0.82%-0.85%-0.03%
Titan Company Ltd.-0.48%-0.51%-0.03%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.-0.52%-0.49%+0.03%
company:15880.00%-0.02%-0.02%
Signatureglobal (India) Ltd.0.32%0.30%-0.02%
National Aluminium Company Ltd.-0.31%-0.33%-0.02%
Radico Khaitan Ltd.1.03%1.05%+0.02%
Medplus Health Services Ltd.0.37%0.35%-0.02%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.0.37%0.39%+0.02%
KEC International Ltd.0.16%0.14%-0.02%
Power Finance Corporation Ltd.1.11%1.09%-0.02%
Tata Power Company Ltd.-0.17%-0.15%+0.02%
LTM Limited0.47%0.49%+0.02%
Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd.0.31%0.29%-0.02%
Cohance Lifesciences Ltd.0.23%0.25%+0.02%
Britannia Industries Ltd.0.50%0.48%-0.02%
Adani Power Ltd.0.19%0.17%-0.02%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.0.08%0.06%-0.02%
Tech Mahindra Ltd.0.46%0.45%-0.01%
FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd.0.39%0.40%+0.01%
Shriram Finance Ltd-0.39%-0.40%-0.01%
Infosys Ltd.1.19%1.18%-0.01%
Angel One Ltd.0.20%0.19%-0.01%
Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd.0.27%0.26%-0.01%
Sundaram Finance Ltd.2.13%2.12%-0.01%
Marico Ltd.-0.26%-0.25%+0.01%
Ashok Leyland Ltd.0.24%0.25%+0.01%
Indusind Bank Ltd.-0.54%-0.53%+0.01%
Excelsoft Technologies Ltd.0.11%0.10%-0.01%
Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.-0.08%-0.07%+0.01%
Mankind Pharma Ltd.0.29%0.28%-0.01%
Cipla Ltd.0.12%0.11%-0.01%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.0.39%0.38%-0.01%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.0.69%0.68%-0.01%
Indo Tech Transformers Ltd.0.01%0.00%-0.01%
Gokaldas Exports Ltd.0.24%0.23%-0.01%
Bank Of Baroda2.16%2.15%-0.01%
ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.0.27%0.26%-0.01%
Mphasis Ltd.0.40%0.41%+0.01%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.-0.31%-0.30%+0.01%
Adani Green Energy Ltd.-0.03%-0.02%+0.01%
Dalmia Bharat Ltd.0.27%0.28%+0.01%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.-0.23%-0.22%+0.01%
Carborundum Universal Ltd.0.18%0.19%+0.01%
Timken India Ltd.0.24%0.23%-0.01%
GOI0.23%0.22%-0.01%
IDFC First Bank Ltd.0.74%0.74%0.00%
Vedanta Power Ltd0.15%0.15%0.00%
Kotak Mahindra Prime Ltd.0.22%0.22%0.00%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.-0.43%-0.43%0.00%
Punjab National Bank0.18%0.18%0.00%
Tata Housing Devp. Co. Ltd0.22%0.22%0.00%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.-0.07%-0.07%0.00%
Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd0.22%0.22%0.00%
The Phoenix Mills Ltd.0.58%0.58%0.00%
Reliance Industries Ltd.-0.58%-0.58%0.00%
REC Ltd.0.01%0.01%0.00%
Wipro Ltd.0.45%0.45%0.00%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.0.71%0.71%0.00%
Grasim Industries Ltd.-0.11%-0.11%0.00%
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd.0.14%0.14%0.00%
Small Industries Devp. Bank of India Ltd.0.22%0.22%0.00%
Eicher Motors Ltd.0.35%0.35%0.00%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.0.55%0.55%0.00%
Bajaj Auto Ltd.0.14%0.14%0.00%
Orchid Pharma Ltd.0.01%0.01%0.00%
National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development1.06%1.06%0.00%
United Spirits Ltd.-0.02%-0.02%0.00%
Triveni Power Transmission Ltd.0.09%0.09%0.00%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.-0.08%-0.08%0.00%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.0.03%0.03%0.00%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd.-0.07%-0.07%0.00%
Hero Motocorp Ltd.0.12%0.12%0.00%
Godrej Industries Ltd.0.22%0.22%0.00%
Indus Towers Ltd.-0.14%-0.14%0.00%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.02%-0.02%0.00%
Muthoot Finance Ltd.0.22%0.22%0.00%
Adani Enterprises Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%

Compare

Similar funds

The rest of the category, so this fund’s numbers have something to sit against.

FundAUMExpense1Y3Y5Y
Category average₹39,803 Cr1.98%0.3%5.2%9.8%
HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund₹1,07,296 Cr1.31%-3.8%3.3%10.5%
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund₹75,399 Cr1.57%1.2%6.7%9.4%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund₹10,125 Cr1.95%4.6%7.5%9.6%
Baroda BNP Paribas Balanced Advantage Fund₹5,343 Cr2.05%1.4%6.3%9.6%
Quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund₹852 Cr3.03%-2.1%2.5%—

About

About this fund

The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation with relatively lower volatility through systematic allocation of funds into equity and equity related instruments; and for defensive purposes in equity derivatives.

Fund managers

  • Brijesh ShahMr. Shah is a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance.Prior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund (formerly IDFC Mutual Fund) he has worked with IDBI Mutual Fund, IndiaBulls Mutual Fund, Mata Securities & Twenty First Century.
  • Manish GunwaniMr. Gunwani is a B.Tech. and PGDM.Prior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund (formerly IDFC Mutual Fund), he has worked with Nippon India Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund as Fund Manager and as Analyst in various organisations: Vicisoft Technologies, Lehman Brothers, Brics Securities , Lucky Securities, SSKI Securities and Prime Securities.
  • Vishal BiraiaMr. Biraia has done B.E and CFAPrior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund, he has worked with Max Life Insurance Company Ltd, Aviva India, Antique Stock Broking Ltd, Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd and Batlivala & Karani Securities India Pvt. Ltd.
Scheme information document

Tools

Return calculator

What ₹10,000 a month in this fund would have grown to over each period, based on its past returns.

₹
Over the pastTotal investmentWould’ve becomeGrowthReturns
6 months6.28% absolute₹60,000₹63,7686.28%
1 year3.22% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,22,1141.76%
3 years8.36% annualised₹3,60,000₹4,10,40314.00%
5 years6.58% annualised₹6,00,000₹7,12,08318.68%

Returns for 1 year and longer are annualised (CAGR); 6-month figures are absolute. Past returns are not a forecast.

How this is calculated

Each monthly instalment grows at the fund’s annualised return ÷ 12 per month until the end of the period, the same formula as our SIP calculator.

The amount compounds once a year at the fund’s CAGR for that period, the same formula as our lumpsum calculator.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

The things people ask about this scheme.

What is the NAV of Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund?
The NAV of Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund is ₹25.04 as on 24 Sep 2026.
What is the expense ratio of Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund?
The expense ratio of Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund is 2.32% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund?
You can start a SIP in Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund given?
Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund has returned 2.8% over 1 year, 5.4% over 3 years and 7.5% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 0.50%, if redeemed within 90 days..
How risky is Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund?
Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund is rated Very High on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Dynamic Asset Allocation category.
Which fund house manages Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund?
Bandhan Balanced Advantage Fund is managed by Bandhan Mutual Fund, which runs 70 schemes with ₹2,06,009 Cr under management.