Kotak Special Opportunities Fund

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

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund is a 1 yrs 4 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of -0.46% since inception. Kotak Special Opportunities Fund Returns 1-Year Since Inception 2.48% -0.46%

NAV as of Oct 20, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹9.943+0.9% 1 day change	-0.46% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹1,869 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹9.943 as on Oct 20, 2025

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Kotak Special Opportunities Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹1,869 Cr
Exit load	0.5% 0.5% for redemption within 90 Days!
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	1 yrs 4 m since Jun 10, 2024
Benchmark	NIFTY 500 TRI
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹1000
Expense ratio	2.06% as on Sep 30, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Risk	Very High
Short term capital gains (STCG)	Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long term capital gains (LTCG)	After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

Kotak Special Opportunities 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 17, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	2.33%	2.64%
3 Months	5.86%	2.93%
6 Months	11.29%	9.1%
1 Year	2.48%	3.99%

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Asset allocationas on Sep 30, 2025

Large Cap 21.26%

Mid Cap 32.65%

Small Cap 45.92%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.8.4%

Hero Motocorp Ltd.6.1%

Radico Khaitan Ltd.4.64%

NLC India Ltd.3.87%

Top sectors

Automobile 16.939999999999998%

Financial 14.66%

Services 10.91%

Consumer Staples 10.759999999999998%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Bifurcation by Holding is not available for this fund

Allocation by Instruments

Repo 0.49%

Other Holdings

Others 0.49%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Kotak Special Opportunities Fund	2.33%	11.29%	2.48%	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	3.01%	8.74%	8.97%	23.08%	32.63%	13.86%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	2.75%	8.7%	7.93%	24.05%	29.89%	16.07%
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	3.17%	9.21%	8.13%	22.1%	26.81%	15.51%
SBI Contra Fund	3.39%	7.19%	3.22%	20.42%	29.54%	16.14%
ICICI Prudential India Equity FOF	2.88%	8.41%	7.12%	21.6%	26.52%	12.27%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Kotak Special Opportunities Fund	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	11.51	0.82	1.32	2.34
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	12.13	0.86	1.33	2.07
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	11.19	0.79	1.28	2.23
SBI Contra Fund	12.19	0.89	1.05	1.68
ICICI Prudential India Equity FOF	11.73	0.87	1.17	1.88

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Kotak Special Opportunities Fund	N.A.	1,869 Cr	1 yrs 4 m	2.06%
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	N.A.	30,802 Cr	6 yrs 10 m	1.58%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	N.A.	5,936 Cr	11 yrs 6 m	1.81%
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	N.A.	55,445 Cr	21 yrs 3 m	1.5%
SBI Contra Fund	N.A.	47,205 Cr	20 yrs 5 m	1.5%
ICICI Prudential India Equity FOF	N.A.	229 Cr	5 yrs 8 m	1.21%

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

Risk ratios are based on three-year data. The required data is unavailable for the scheme.

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About this fund

About Kotak Special Opportunities Fund

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund is a Strategy mutual fund scheme from Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 1 yrs 4 m, having been launched on 10/06/2024. Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has ₹1,869 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 Kotak Special Opportunities Fund as of 20/10/2025 is ₹9.94. The fund has an expense ratio of 2.06%, which is higher than what most other Strategy funds charge.

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund returns of last 1-year are -3.40%. Since launch, it has delivered -0.44% average annual returns.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Automobile, Financial, Services, Consumer Staples, Capital Goods sectors. It has taken less exposure in Automobile, Financial sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Hero Motocorp Ltd., Radico Khaitan Ltd., NLC India Ltd., Jubilant Pharmova Ltd..

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Fund AUM	1,869 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Devender Singhal

Mr. Singhal has done B.A. (Maths) from Delhi University and PGDM, Finance from Fore School of Management, Delhi. Prior to joining Kotak Mahindra AMC , he has worked with Kotak Securities Ltd.(July 2007 -- January 2009) ,Religare (February 2006 -- June 2007), Karvy (July 2004 -- January 2006), P N Vijay Financial Services Pvt Ltd(2001 -- 2004) and Dundee Mutual Fund( Summer Trainee ) (May 2000 -- June 2000 ).

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 long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in opportunities presented by Special Situations such as Company Specific Event/Developments, Corporate Restructuring, Government Policy change and/or Regulatory changes, Technology led Disruption/ Innovation or companies going through temporary but unique challenges and other similar instances.

Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	83 view all schemes
Total AUM	5,66,982 Cr as on Sep 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	5Y
Kotak Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund	N.A.	2,341 Cr	0.88%	30.85%
Kotak Midcap Fund	N.A.	58,300 Cr	7.05%	27.34%
Kotak Small Cap Fund	N.A.	17,480 Cr	-3.38%	26.32%
Kotak Contra Fund	N.A.	4,716 Cr	5.83%	23.56%
Kotak Pioneer Fund	N.A.	3,148 Cr	10.06%	23.28%
Kotak Large & Midcap Fund	N.A.	28,381 Cr	6.11%	22.34%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Kotak Special Opportunities Fund plan is approximately ₹9.943 as of Oct 20, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund is a 1 yrs 4 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of -0.46% since inception.

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund Returns

1-Year	Since Inception
2.48%	-0.46%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has an expense ratio of 2.06%, 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 Kotak Special Opportunities Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 1,869 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has invested the majority of its money in the stocks of the following companies -

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.	8.4%
Hero Motocorp Ltd.	6.1%
Radico Khaitan Ltd.	4.64%
NLC India Ltd.	3.87%
Jubilant Pharmova Ltd.	3.75%
Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd.	3.56%
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.	3.24%
MTAR Technologies Ltd.	2.97%
Indusind Bank Ltd.	2.95%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd.	2.92%

What are the top sectors Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has invested in?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Automobile	16.939999999999998%
Financial	14.66%
Services	10.91%
Consumer Staples	10.759999999999998%
Capital Goods	10.68%
Healthcare	8.89%
Technology	8.69%
Communication	4.32%
Energy	3.87%
Materials	3.1799999999999997%

What is risk level of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

This is a Strategy fund comes with Very 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 Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

Redeeming your investments in the Kotak Special Opportunities 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 Strategy

#NA

Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Strategy funds in the last 1 Year.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: 0.5% for redemption within 90 Days