Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-Growth

Q: What are the returns of Kotak Gilt Investment Fund?

The Kotak Gilt Investment Fund is a 26 yrs 8 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.74% since inception. Kotak Gilt Investment Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception 2.33% 5.96% 4.76% 6.87% 8.74%

NAV as of Sep 03, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹93.8719+0.44% 1 day change	8.74% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹3,868 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹93.8719 as on Sep 03, 2025

This fund Category average

Kotak Gilt Investment Fund overview

Expense ratio	1.48% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Exit load	0%
AUM (Fund size)	₹3,868 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	26 yrs 8 m since Dec 11, 1998
Benchmark	NIFTY All Duration G-Sec Index
Min. investment	SIP: ₹1000 & Lumpsum: ₹5000
Risk	Moderate
Tax on your gains	Profits are added to your income and taxed as per your slab rate

Kotak Gilt Investment 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	-2.67%	-1.93%
3 Months	-3.9%	-2.74%
6 Months	1.02%	2.15%
1 Year	2.33%	4.25%
2 Years	5.57%	6.62%
3 Years	5.96%	6.47%
4 Years	4.71%	5.2%
5 Years	4.76%	4.99%
7 Years	6.99%	7.11%
10 Years	6.87%	6.98%

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

SOV 97.63009566%

Cash & Call Money 2.37%

Top Debt Holdings

Tamilnadu State 0.67%

Maharashtra State 0.5%

Uttar Pradesh State 0.12%

Andhra Pradesh State 0.07%

Allocation by Instruments

Bifurcation by Instrument is not available for this fund

Other Holdings

Others 3.48%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Kotak Gilt Investment Fund	N.A.	3,868 Cr	26 yrs 8 m	1.48%
SBI Magnum Gilt Fund	N.A.	12,573 Cr	24 yrs 8 m	0.94%
PGIM India Gilt Fund	N.A.	117 Cr	16 yrs 11 m	1.38%
Axis Gilt Fund	N.A.	836 Cr	13 yrs 7 m	0.82%
DSP Gilt Fund	N.A.	1,904 Cr	25 yrs 11 m	1.15%
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	N.A.	7,347 Cr	26 yrs 1 m	1.09%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Kotak Gilt Investment Fund	-2.67%	1.02%	2.33%	5.96%	4.76%	6.87%
SBI Magnum Gilt Fund	-1.45%	2.72%	4.84%	7.33%	5.76%	7.79%
PGIM India Gilt Fund	-1.73%	2.25%	4.42%	6.36%	4.9%	6.68%
Axis Gilt Fund	-1.61%	2.9%	5.34%	6.97%	5.47%	7.18%
DSP Gilt Fund	-1.72%	2.88%	4.62%	7.14%	5.63%	7.65%
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	-1.04%	3.81%	7.12%	7.71%	6.13%	7.95%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Kotak Gilt Investment Fund	3.6	0.94	-0.17	-0.2
SBI Magnum Gilt Fund	3.02	0.81	0.2	0.28
PGIM India Gilt Fund	2.92	0.81	-0.08	-0.11
Axis Gilt Fund	2.97	0.8	0.12	0.19
DSP Gilt Fund	3.53	0.96	0.14	0.2
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	1.9	0.46	0.56	0.64

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

Alpha	-1.96 vs. 1.24 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	-0.17 vs. 1.79 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.94 vs. 0.34 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	3.6 vs. 2.61 More volatile performance

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About this fund

About Kotak Gilt Investment Fund

Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-Growth is a Gilt mutual fund scheme from Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 26 yrs 8 m, having been launched on 11/12/1998. Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-Growth has ₹3,868 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 Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-Growth as of 03/09/2025 is ₹93.87. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.48%, which is higher than what most other Gilt funds charge.

Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-Growth returns of last 1-year are 2.56%. Since launch, it has delivered 8.75% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 11 yrs.
Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-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 below average.
The fund's credit profile is very high indicating it has lent to borrowers whose quality is excellent. 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 Tamilnadu State, Maharashtra State, Uttar Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh State, Karnataka State.

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Fund AUM	3,868 Cr as on May 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Abhishek Bisen

Mr. Bisen is a BA and MBA in Finance. Prior to joining Kotak AMC, he was working with Securities Trading Corporation Of India Ltd where he was looking at Sales & Trading of Fixed Income Products apart from doing Portfolio Advisory. His earlier assignments also include 2 years of merchant banking experience with a leading merchant banking firm.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate risk-free returns through investments in sovereign securities. The savings plan (D) will provide regular dividend payouts. A portion of the fund will be invested in inter bank money market in order to meet the liquidity requirement.

Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	82 view all schemes
Total AUM	5,26,213 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	The Capital Building, Behind ICICI Bank, G Block BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E) Mumbai, 400051
Phone	022-61152100 / 1800-22-2626

More funds from Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	1Y	3Y
Kotak Corporate Bond Fund	N.A.	16,661 Cr	8.2%	7.48%
Kotak Money Market Fund	N.A.	31,657 Cr	7.81%	7.44%
Kotak Medium Term Fund	N.A.	1,912 Cr	8.15%	7.34%
Kotak Banking and PSU Debt Fund	N.A.	6,213 Cr	7.73%	7.29%
Kotak Bond Short-term Fund	N.A.	17,541 Cr	7.66%	7.01%
Kotak Low Duration Fund	N.A.	12,913 Cr	7.47%	6.94%

See all Debt funds from this AMC

Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Kotak Gilt Investment Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Kotak Gilt Investment Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹93.8719 as of Sep 03, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Kotak Gilt Investment Fund is a 26 yrs 8 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.74% since inception.

Kotak Gilt Investment Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
2.33%	5.96%	4.76%	6.87%	8.74%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Kotak Gilt Investment Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 1.48%, 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 Kotak Gilt Investment Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 3,868 Cr as on May 31, 2025.

To whom does Kotak Gilt Investment Fund lend to?

The top 3 debt holdings of Kotak Gilt Investment Fund are as follows

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
Tamilnadu State	0.67%
Maharashtra State	0.5%
Uttar Pradesh State	0.12%

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 Kotak Gilt Investment Fund allocation by credit quality is given below

Credit Quality	Percentage of Portfolio
SOV	97.63009566%
Cash & Call Money	2.37%

What is risk level of Kotak Gilt Investment Fund?

This is a Gilt fund comes with Moderate 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 Kotak Gilt Investment Fund?

Kotak Gilt Investment Regular-Growth is the regular plan of the fund. For this plan of you pay 1.48% as annual charges. On the other hand if you go for the direct plan available on ET Money, you pay 0.47%. That's 1.01% 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 1.01% if you opt for direct plan of Kotak Gilt Investment Fund

How can I redeem my investments in Kotak Gilt Investment Fund?

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

ET Money rank

App exclusive

in Gilt

#NA

Exit Load: This fund has no exit load.
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.