ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Direct Plan-Growth

Q: What are the returns of ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund?

The ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund is a 12 yrs 3 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.95% since inception. ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception 10.02% 8.25% 8.31% 8.65% 8.95%

NAV as of Apr 23, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	VRO Ratings
₹34.4832+0.1% 1 day change	8.95% p.a.	#NA View Ranked Funds	2

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹34.4832 as on Apr 23, 2025

This fund Category average

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund overview

VRO rating	2
Expense ratio	0.77% as on Mar 31, 2025
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1% if units in excess of 10% are redeemed or switched-out within 1 year!
AUM (Fund size)	₹6,131 Crs
Lock-in	No Lockin
Age	12 yrs 3 m since Jan 01, 2013
Benchmark	CRISIL Credit Risk Debt B-II Index
Min. investment	SIP ₹500 & Lump. ₹1000
Risk	High
Tax on your gains	Profits are added to your income and taxed as per your slab rate

ICICI Prudential 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 Apr 24, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 month	1.64%	1.51%
3 months	2.97%	3.38%
6 months	4.8%	5.24%
1 year	10.02%	10.28%
3 years	8.25%	8.2%
5 years	8.31%	10.01%
7 years	8.49%	6.31%
10 years	8.65%	7.19%

Asset allocationas on Mar 31, 2025

Large Cap 0.0%

Mid Cap 0.0%

Small Cap 0.0%

Other Cap 0.0%

Top holdings

Bifurcation by Holding is not available for this fund

Top sectors

Bifurcation by Sector is not available for this fund

AA 26.7742012%

AA- 20.98625262%

SOV 13.25975659%

A+ 12.6326614%

Top Debt Holdings

GOI 12.43%

DME Development Ltd. 3.57%

Varroc Engineering Ltd. 3.56%

TVS Credit Services Ltd. 3.55%

Allocation by Instruments

Non Convertible Debenture 43.58205975000001%

Debenture 24.48571123%

GOI Securities 12.44079559%

Real Estate Investment Trusts 6.45084735%

Other Holdings

Embassy Office Parks REIT 4.05%

Mindspace Business Parks REIT 1.24%

Brookfield India Real Estate Trust REIT 1.08%

Indus Infra Trust 0.88%

Peer comparison

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM (in Crs.)	Fund age	Expense ratio
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	₹6,131 Crs	12 yrs 3 m	0.77%
SBI Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	₹2,255 Crs	12 yrs 3 m	0.89%
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	₹110 Crs	10 yrs 2 m	1.12%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	₹970 Crs	10 yrs	0.67%
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	₹173 Crs	10 yrs 3 m	0.79%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	1.64%	4.8%	10.02%	8.25%	8.31%	8.65%
SBI Credit Risk Fund	1.53%	5.11%	9.97%	8.33%	8.03%	8.2%
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	1.14%	3.42%	5.9%	5.8%	27.38%	2.03%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	1.72%	8.68%	18.16%	11.58%	10.6%	9.14%
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	1.5%	4.8%	10.03%	8.21%	10.01%	8.83%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	1.05	1.95	1.37	2.01
SBI Credit Risk Fund	1.35	2.02	1.14	1.96
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	0.89	1.21	-0.72	-1.06
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	2.98	1.94	1.52	5.49
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	0.93	1.82	1.5	1.5

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

Alpha	5.48 vs. 5.04 Higher outperformance against benchmark
Sharpe	1.37 vs. 5.28 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	1.95 vs. 1.94 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	1.05 vs. 1.83 More stable returns

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About this fund

About ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Direct Plan-Growth is a Credit Risk mutual fund scheme from Icici Prudential Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 12 yrs 3 m, having been launched on 01/01/2013. ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Direct Plan-Growth has ₹6,131 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/03/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Direct Plan-Growth as of 23/04/2025 is ₹34.48. The fund has an expense ratio of 0.77%, which is close to what most other Credit Risk funds charge.

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Direct Plan-Growth returns of last 1-year are 10.06%. Since launch, it has delivered 8.95% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 9 yrs.
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Direct Plan-Growth scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is in-line with 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 better borrowers and hence the risk of default in this fund is higher than the category.
The fund's top holdings are in GOI, Embassy Office Parks REIT, DME Development Ltd., Varroc Engineering Ltd., TVS Credit Services Ltd..

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Fund AUM	₹6,131 Crs as on Mar 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Manish Banthia

Mr. Banthia is B.Com, CA and MBA He is associated with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company since Oct 2005, ICICI Prudential AMC - Fixed Income Investments - Aug 2007 to Oct 2009, ICICI Prudential AMC - New Product Development - Oct 2005 to Jul 2007, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. - From May 2005 to Oct 2005, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd. - From May 2004 to May 2005.

Akhil Kakkar

Mr. Kakkar is B.Tech (IIT Roorkee) and PGDM (Finance) Prior to Joining ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund he has worked with Kotak Mahindra Bank in Debt Capital Markets, SBI Capital Markets in Project Advisory & Structured Finance and Goldman Sachs Services Pvt Ltd as Analyst Developer.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate income through investing predominantly in AA and below rated corporate bonds while maintaining the optimum balance of yield, safety and liquidity.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	98 view all schemes
Total AUM	₹9,14,878 Crs as on Mar 31, 2025
Address	One BKC , A Wing , 13th Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, 400051

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ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	N.A.	₹7,133 Crs	11.69%	8.98%
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund	N.A.	₹1,078 Crs	13.28%	8.9%
ICICI Prudential All Seasons Bond Fund	N.A.	₹14,363 Crs	11.24%	8.81%
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund	N.A.	₹2,816 Crs	11.73%	8.59%
ICICI Prudential Constant Maturity Gilt Fund	N.A.	₹2,537 Crs	12.87%	8.46%
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund	N.A.	₹20,428 Crs	9.76%	8.27%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹34.4832 as of Apr 23, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund is a 12 yrs 3 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.95% since inception.

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
10.02%	8.25%	8.31%	8.65%	8.95%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 0.77%, 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 ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately ₹6,131 Crs crore as of Mar 31, 2025.

To whom does ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund lend to?

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

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
GOI	12.43%
DME Development Ltd.	3.57%
Varroc Engineering Ltd.	3.56%

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 ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund allocation by credit quality is given below

Credit Quality	Percentage of Portfolio
AA	26.7742012%
AA-	20.98625262%
SOV	13.25975659%

What is risk level of ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund?

This is a Credit Risk fund comes with 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 ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund?

It is very fast, easy, and completely paperless in this mutual fund scheme on ET Money. It is just a matter of a few minutes. Here's how:

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How can I redeem my investments in ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund?

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

ET Money rank

in Credit Risk

#NA

Return Consistency: This fund is one of the best in generating consistent return in it's category.
Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Credit Risk funds in the last 10 Years.
Chance: This fund has generated a 8.27% annual return in 70% of times for investors holding for at least 5 years.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: Exit load of 1% if units in excess of 10% are redeemed or switched-out within 1 year