ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund

Q: What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund is a 14 yrs 11 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.28% since inception. ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception 9.18% 8.42% 7.32% 7.81% 8.28%

NAV as of Oct 20, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹32.7626+0.17% 1 day change	8.28% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹5,994 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹32.7626 as on Oct 20, 2025

This fund Category average

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹5,994 Cr
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1% if units in excess of 10% are redeemed or switched-out within 1 year!
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	14 yrs 11 m since Nov 15, 2010
Benchmark	CRISIL Credit Risk Debt B-II Index
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹1000
Expense ratio	1.4% as on Sep 30, 2025
Plan type	Regular
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 Oct 25, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	0.87%	0.71%
3 Months	2.12%	1.62%
6 Months	4.61%	4.52%
1 Year	9.18%	9.61%
2 Years	9.18%	8.92%
3 Years	8.42%	8.31%
4 Years	7.44%	8.92%
5 Years	7.32%	8.99%
7 Years	8.02%	5.89%
10 Years	7.81%	6.31%

Asset allocationas on Sep 30, 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 33.74523439%

A+ 16.94547403%

SOV 14.29404355%

AA- 8.63197071%

Top Debt Holdings

GOI 10.36%

Vedanta Ltd. 4.6%

Keystone Realtors Ltd 3.93%

Macrotech Developers Ltd. 3.67%

Allocation by Instruments

Non Convertible Debenture 39.03870528000001%

Debenture 29.751565509999995%

GOI Securities 10.35597334%

Real Estate Investment Trusts 7.081330879999999%

Other Holdings

Embassy Office Parks REIT 4.24%

Mindspace Business Parks REIT 1.52%

Brookfield India Real Estate Trust REIT 1.31%

Indus Infra Trust 0.95%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	0.87%	4.61%	9.18%	8.42%	7.32%	7.81%
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	0.94%	3.06%	6.38%	6.08%	25.92%	1.6%
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	0.61%	3.75%	8.25%	7.98%	9.55%	7.68%
SBI Credit Risk Fund	0.57%	3.46%	8.37%	8.21%	6.81%	7.3%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	0.92%	4.9%	13.46%	10.8%	9.34%	8.16%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	0.95	2.11	1.78	4.48
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	0.77	0.63	-0.55	-1.74
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	0.72	1.63	1.79	3.78
SBI Credit Risk Fund	1.21	1.85	1.27	3.74
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	2.48	1.92	1.57	6.48

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	5,994 Cr	14 yrs 11 m	1.4%
Bank of India Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	106 Cr	10 yrs 8 m	1.52%
Baroda BNP Paribas Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	196 Cr	10 yrs 9 m	1.61%
SBI Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	2,210 Cr	21 yrs 3 m	1.5%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund	N.A.	1,053 Cr	10 yrs 6 m	1.54%

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

Alpha	5.48 vs. 4.98 Higher outperformance against benchmark
Sharpe	1.78 vs. 5.4 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	2.11 vs. 2.66 Less sensitive to market ups & downs
Standard deviation	0.95 vs. 1.99 More stable returns

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About this fund

About ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund is a Credit Risk mutual fund scheme from Icici Prudential Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 14 yrs 11 m, having been launched on 15/11/2010. ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund has ₹5,994 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 30/09/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund as of 20/10/2025 is ₹32.76. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.4%, which is higher than what most other Credit Risk funds charge.

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund returns of last 1-year are 9.23%. Since launch, it has delivered 8.30% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 10 yrs.
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund 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 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, Vedanta Ltd., Embassy Office Parks REIT, Keystone Realtors Ltd, Macrotech Developers Ltd..

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Fund AUM	5,994 Cr as on Sep 30, 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	103 view all schemes
Total AUM	10,60,747 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025
Address	One BKC , A Wing , 13th Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, 400051

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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 plan is approximately ₹32.7626 as of Oct 20, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund is a 14 yrs 11 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.28% since inception.

ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
9.18%	8.42%	7.32%	7.81%	8.28%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund has an expense ratio of 1.4%, representing the annual cost of managing and operating the fund. This fee is deducted from the fund's AUM while declaring the daily NAV, reducing investor returns.

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 5,994 Cr as on Sep 30, 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	10.36%
Vedanta Ltd.	4.6%
Keystone Realtors Ltd	3.93%

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	33.74523439%
A+	16.94547403%
SOV	14.29404355%

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

Redeeming your investments in the ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund is simple. If you have invested via ET Money, just log in to the app, go to the holdings section, and submit the redemption request.

If you have invested 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 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.
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