Q: What are the returns of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund is a 8 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 9.38% since inception. Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year Since Inception 1.56% 13.09% 13.08% 9.38%

Question 1

What is the current NAV of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Axis Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹20.8 as of Sep 03, 2025.

Question 2

What are the returns of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund is a 8 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 9.38% since inception.

Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	Since Inception
1.56%	13.09%	13.08%	9.38%

Question 3

How much does Axis Balanced Advantage Fund charge as the expense ratio?

Accepted Answer

The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 1.92%, which reflects the fund's management and operating costs. This percentage is subtracted from the fund's annual returns, impacting net returns for investors.

Question 4

What is the AUM or size of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately ₹3,431 Crs crore as of Jun 30, 2025.

Question 5

What are the top stock holdings of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund's equity portion has been invested in the stocks of the following companies

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Reliance Industries Ltd.	5.82%
HDFC Bank Ltd.	5.73%
ICICI Bank Ltd.	4.25%
State Bank of India	4.03%
Infosys Ltd.	3.2%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.	2.64%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	2.4%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	2.2%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.	1.98%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.	1.61%

Question 6

What are the top sectors Axis Balanced Advantage Fund has invested in?

Accepted Answer

The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund's equity portion is primarily invested in the following sectors -

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Reliance Industries Ltd.	5.82%
HDFC Bank Ltd.	5.73%
ICICI Bank Ltd.	4.25%
State Bank of India	4.03%
Infosys Ltd.	3.2%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.	2.64%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	2.4%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	2.2%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.	1.98%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.	1.61%

Question 7

To whom does Axis Balanced Advantage Fund lend to?

Accepted Answer

The top 3 debt holdings of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund are as follows

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
GOI	4.1%
Reserve Bank of India	3.19%
REC Ltd.	1.88%

Question 8

What is the quality of borrowers Axis Balanced Advantage Fund lends to?

Accepted Answer

The credit rating of the instruments in which the fund invests represents the quality of the borrower. The Axis Balanced Advantage Fund's debt portion's allocation by credit quality is given below

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
GOI	4.1%
Reserve Bank of India	3.19%
REC Ltd.	1.88%

Question 9

What is the risk level of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

This is a Dynamic Asset Allocation fund comes with Very High risk.

Question 10

Is there any lock-in period in Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

No, this fund does not have any lock-in period.

Question 11

How do I invest in Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Regular-Growth?

Accepted Answer

Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Regular-Growth is the regular plan of the fund. For this plan of you pay 1.92% as annual charges. On the other hand if you go for the direct plan available on ET Money, you pay 0.74%. That's 1.18% less.

Regular plans charge more because when you buy them, the fund pays commission to the agent. This is an additional expense for the fund and to cover this expense, the fund takes a bigger share from the returns generated by your investments.

So, the lower annual cost of the direct plan means you will earn 1.18% if you opt for direct plan of Axis Balanced Advantage Fund

Question 12

How can I redeem my investments in Axis Balanced Advantage Fund?

Accepted Answer

Redeeming your investments in Axis Balanced Advantage Fund is super easy. If you have invested in this fund via ET Money, just login into the app, go to the investment section and put the redemption request.

If you have invested in Axis Balanced Advantage Fund from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

Expense ratio	1.92% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Exit load	1.0% Exit Load for units in excess of 10% of the investment,1% will be charged for redemption within 12 months.!
AUM (Fund size)	₹3,431 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	8 yrs 1 m since Jul 11, 2017
Benchmark	NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index
Min. investment	This scheme is currently not buyable
Risk	Very High

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	0.05%	0.03%
3 Months	-0.1%	0.74%
6 Months	7.55%	9.72%
1 Year	1.56%	1.0%
2 Years	14.96%	12.25%
3 Years	13.09%	11.72%
4 Years	9.72%	9.74%
5 Years	13.08%	13.04%
7 Years	9.44%	10.13%

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	3,431 Cr	8 yrs 1 m	1.92%
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	62,528 Cr	18 yrs 10 m	1.44%
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	10,227 Cr	6 yrs 7 m	1.71%
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation FoF	N.A.	1,314 Cr	21 yrs 10 m	2.01%
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	9,190 Cr	20 yrs 10 m	1.74%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	0.05%	7.55%	1.56%	13.09%	13.08%	N.A.
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	1.32%	11.01%	5.77%	12.93%	14.37%	11.45%
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	-0.25%	7.51%	-0.05%	10.49%	12.57%	7.34%
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation FoF	-0.3%	8.19%	2.55%	13.12%	18.34%	10.42%
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund	0.53%	9.71%	1.93%	11.87%	13.47%	10.64%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	7.64	0.75	0.78	1.32
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	5.54	0.55	1.06	1.62
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	6.59	0.67	0.55	0.88
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation FoF	6.49	0.63	0.95	1.5
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund	7.02	0.71	0.69	1.08

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ET Money rank

Alpha	1.85 vs. 2.63 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	0.78 vs. 2.91 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.75 vs. 0.65 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	7.64 vs. 5.63 More volatile performance

Fund AUM	3,431 Cr as on Jul 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

No. of schemes	68 view all schemes
Total AUM	3,37,399 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	23rd Floor, One Lodha Place, S. B. Road, Lower Parel. Mumbai, 400013
Phone	022-24255161

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	1Y	5Y
Axis Multi Asset Allocation Fund	N.A.	1,500 Cr	4.58%	13.5%
Axis Equity Savings Fund	N.A.	940 Cr	2.55%	10.6%
Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund	N.A.	275 Cr	3.78%	7.65%
Axis Arbitrage Fund	N.A.	5,746 Cr	6.55%	5.59%

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Financial	20.32%
Energy	10.16%
Technology	6.4399999999999995%
Healthcare	5.67%
Automobile	4.76%
Consumer Staples	3.5600000000000005%
Capital Goods	3.36%
Construction	2.9699999999999998%
Communication	2.37%
Insurance	1.81%

Credit Quality	Percentage of Portfolio
Cash	13.50656957%
AAA	12.34806944%
SOV	8.16368977%