HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth

Q: What are the returns of HSBC Credit Risk Fund?

The HSBC Credit Risk Fund is a 15 yrs 11 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 7.7% since inception. HSBC Credit Risk Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception 20.56% 10.99% 8.57% 7.29% 7.7%

NAV as of Sep 03, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹32.569+0.05% 1 day change	7.7% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹657 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹32.569 as on Sep 03, 2025

This fund Category average

HSBC Credit Risk Fund overview

Expense ratio	1.64% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Exit load	3.0% Exit Load for units in excess of 10% of the investment, 3% will be charged for redemption within 1 year and 2% if redeemed after 1 year upto 2 year.!
AUM (Fund size)	₹657 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	15 yrs 11 m since Sep 29, 2009
Benchmark	NIFTY Credit Risk Bond Index B-II
Min. investment	SIP: ₹1000 & Lumpsum: ₹10000
Risk	Moderately High
Tax on your gains	Profits are added to your income and taxed as per your slab rate

HSBC Credit Risk Fund Returns calculator

Investment type

Monthly investment

₹ 10,000

Investment period

Lumpsum investment

₹1 lakh

Investment period

Disclaimer: Products compared like fixed deposits may provide fixed guaranteed returns. Mutual Funds investments are subject to market risk, read all scheme related documents carefully. Past performance is not an indicator of future returns.

Total investment ₹ 12 lakh
Profit ₹12 lakhs
Total corpus ₹1 lakh
Absolute return 52.69%

Trailing returns as on Sep 04, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	0.07%	0.11%
3 Months	0.9%	1.17%
6 Months	16.78%	5.49%
1 Year	20.56%	9.5%
2 Years	13.47%	8.62%
3 Years	10.99%	7.93%
4 Years	9.24%	9.18%
5 Years	8.57%	8.99%
7 Years	7.04%	5.65%
10 Years	7.29%	6.35%

Asset allocationas on May 31, 2025

Large Cap 0%

Mid Cap 0%

Small Cap 0%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Bifurcation by Holding is not available for this fund

Top sectors

Bifurcation by Sector is not available for this fund

AA 51.37%

SOV 16.01%

AAA 13.07%

AA+ 8.04%

Top Debt Holdings

GOI 16.01%

Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd. 8.06%

Tata Projects Ltd. 5.58%

Tata Housing Devp. Co. Ltd 5.53%

Allocation by Instruments

Bifurcation by Instrument is not available for this fund

Other Holdings

Others 0.01%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
HSBC Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	657 Cr	15 yrs 11 m	1.64%
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	110 Cr	10 yrs 7 m	1.52%
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	178 Cr	10 yrs 8 m	1.61%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	985 Cr	10 yrs 5 m	1.54%
SBI Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	2,245 Cr	21 yrs 2 m	1.55%
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	6,135 Cr	14 yrs 9 m	1.4%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
HSBC Credit Risk Fund	0.07%	16.78%	20.56%	10.99%	8.57%	7.29%
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	0.29%	3.31%	6.03%	5.71%	25.86%	1.67%
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	0.2%	4.44%	8.2%	7.72%	9.63%	7.73%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	0.15%	5.37%	15.96%	10.31%	9.2%	8.17%
SBI Credit Risk Fund	0.06%	4.49%	8.14%	7.94%	6.92%	7.36%
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	0.31%	4.9%	8.58%	7.9%	7.27%	7.8%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
HSBC Credit Risk Fund	6.86	10.5	0.64	6.84
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	0.76	0.87	-0.98	-2.29
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	0.72	1.61	1.62	3.48
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	2.51	2.18	1.42	5.95
SBI Credit Risk Fund	1.23	1.95	1.1	3.06
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	0.98	2.35	1.33	2.67

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Key risk & return ratios Compared to other funds in the category

Alpha	23.81 vs. 4.87 Higher outperformance against benchmark
Sharpe	0.64 vs. 5.31 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	10.5 vs. 2.29 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	6.86 vs. 2.02 More volatile performance

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About this fund

About HSBC Credit Risk Fund

HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth is a Credit Risk mutual fund scheme from Hsbc Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 15 yrs 11 m, having been launched on 29/09/2009. HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth has ₹657 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/05/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth as of 03/09/2025 is ₹32.57. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.64%, which is higher than what most other Credit Risk funds charge.

HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth returns of last 1-year are 20.60%. Since launch, it has delivered 7.70% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 10 yrs.
HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is lower than most funds of its category. Its ability to control losses in a falling market is above average.
The fund's credit profile is low indicating it has lent to borrowers whose quality is not too great. Most funds in this category lend to similar borrowers and hence the risk of default in this fund is same as the category.
The fund's top holdings are in GOI, Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd., Tata Projects Ltd., Tata Housing Devp. Co. Ltd, Nirma Ltd..

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Fund AUM	657 Cr as on May 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Shriram Ramanathan

Shriram is a B.E. (Electrical), PGDBM from XLRI Jamshedpur and CFA. Prior to joining HSBC Mutual Fund, he has worked with L&T MF, FIL Fund Management Pvt. Ltd., ING Investment Management, Zurich Asset Management Co., ICICI Ltd., and L&T Ltd.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate regular returns and capital appreciation by investing predominantly in AA and below rated corporate bonds, debt, government securities and money market instruments.

HSBC Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	44 view all schemes
Total AUM	1,29,985 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	9-11th Floor, NESCO - IT Park Bldg. 3, Western Express Highway, Goregaon East, Mumbai, 400063

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of HSBC Credit Risk Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the HSBC Credit Risk Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹32.569 as of Sep 03, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The HSBC Credit Risk Fund is a 15 yrs 11 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 7.7% since inception.

HSBC Credit Risk Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
20.56%	10.99%	8.57%	7.29%	7.7%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The HSBC Credit Risk Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 1.64%, which reflects the fund's management and operating costs. This percentage is subtracted from the fund's annual returns, impacting net returns for investors.

What is the AUM or fund size of this mutual fund?

The HSBC Credit Risk Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 657 Cr as on May 31, 2025.

To whom does HSBC Credit Risk Fund lend to?

The top 3 debt holdings of HSBC Credit Risk Fund are as follows

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
GOI	16.01%
Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd.	8.06%
Tata Projects Ltd.	5.58%

What is the quality of borrowers this mutual fund scheme lends to?

The credit rating of the instruments in which the fund invests represents the quality of the borrower.

The HSBC Credit Risk Fund allocation by credit quality is given below

Credit Quality	Percentage of Portfolio
AA	51.37%
SOV	16.01%
AAA	13.07%

What is risk level of HSBC Credit Risk Fund?

This is a Credit Risk fund comes with Moderately High risk.

Is there any lock-in period in this mutual fund?

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

How do I invest in HSBC Credit Risk Fund?

HSBC Credit Risk Fund-Growth is the regular plan of the fund. For this plan of you pay 1.64% as annual charges. On the other hand if you go for the direct plan available on ET Money, you pay 0.96%. That's 0.6799999999999999% 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 0.6799999999999999% if you opt for direct plan of HSBC Credit Risk Fund

How can I redeem my investments in HSBC Credit Risk Fund?

Redeeming your investments in HSBC Credit Risk 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 HSBC Credit Risk Fund from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

ET Money rank

App exclusive

in Credit Risk

#NA

Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Credit Risk funds in the last 10 Years.
Return Consistency: This fund ranks lower in terms of generating consistent return in it's category.
Volatility Protection: This fund ranks lower in terms of protecting against volatility within its category.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: Exit Load for units in excess of 10% of the investment, 3% will be charged for redemption within 1 year and 2% if redeemed after 1 year upto 2 year.