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AI Fund Dissection
Compare HDFC Banking and PSU Debt Fund against another fund →NAV as of 28 Jul 2026 · AMFI publishes T+1
Since inception
26 Mar 2014
ISIN
INF179KA1JC4
AI briefing
This fund focuses on investing in debt securities issued by banks and public sector undertakings, providing a fixed-income option with lower volatility compared to equity markets. It has historically delivered positive returns across all time periods, outperforming the Nifty 50 in shorter horizons (1M, 3M, 6M, 1Y) but underperforming in longer horizons (3Y, 5Y, 10Y, inception).
The fund demonstrates a defensive approach with extremely low market correlation (0.11) and beta (0.01), suggesting minimal market exposure. Its strong downside capture ratio (-3%) indicates effective capital preservation during market downturns, while its consistent positive rolling returns (100% of 3-year periods) reflect a stable, low-risk strategy focused on quality debt instruments.
Suits
Not for
News & sentiment
Neutral
2 headlines · 1 outlets · 7d
Tone · daily average
Performance
| Window | Fund | Nifty 50 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | 0.48% | 0.81% | -0.33% |
| 3M | 2.22% | 1.06% | +1.16% |
| 6M | 3.25% | -4.31% | +7.56% |
| 1YCAGR | 4.95% | -1.75% | +6.69% |
| 3YCAGR | 6.99% | 7.27% |
SIP simulator
Monthly amount
For how long
Buys units at the actual published NAV on the same date each month, then computes XIRR over the real cash flows. Not a projection — this is what the SIP would have done.
₹5,000/mo × 120 months
XIRR 6.66%After tax
Tax treatment
Debt / slab
Gains taxed at your income-slab rate
Lock-in
None
Open-ended — redeem any day
₹10,00,000 lumpsum · 5 years at the fund's 6.0% CAGR
Illustrative, using FY2025-26 rules on a hypothetical lumpsum at this fund's realised 5-year CAGR — not a projection or tax advice. Debt gains are added to your income and taxed at your slab (shown at 30%); your actual rate may differ. Surcharge and cess are excluded.
Risk profile
Volatility
1.6%
Annualised, daily NAV
Sharpe
0.62
Excess return per unit of risk
Sortino
0.67
Downside risk only
Max drawdown
-3.1%
6 Mar 2020 → 24 Mar 2020
Recovery
27 days
To reclaim the prior peak
Best 1 year
12.0%
Rolling, any start date
Worst 1 year
2.2%
Rolling, any start date
Worst-case entry
The unluckiest possible lumpsum: buy at the peak of , and you'd have watched it fall and waited just to break even. A monthly SIP would have softened this by buying through the fall; this is the lumpsum-at-the-top case.
Consistency
Every 3-year holding period since inception — 451 overlapping windows. This is what the fund returned depending on when you happened to buy.
Positive 3y windows
100%
Of 451 windows tested
Median 3y CAGR
7.5%
The typical outcome, not the best one
Vs Nifty 50
Beta
0.01
Moves less than the index
Alpha
+0.93%
Annualised, risk-adjusted
Correlation
0.11
1.0 = moves in lockstep
Upside capture
5%
Of index gains captured
Downside capture
-3%
Of index falls absorbed
Capture below 100% on the downside and above it on the upside is the pattern investors pay for. Alpha assumes a 6.5% risk-free rate. Measured against the Nifty 50— the category-appropriate index, though not necessarily this fund's exact stated benchmark.
Cost of advice
| Window | Direct | Regular | Drag |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | 5.34% | 4.95% | 0.39% |
| 3Y | 7.40% | 6.99% | 0.41% |
| 5Y | 6.44% | 6.02% | 0.43% |
| 10Y | 7.39% | 6.94% | 0.46% |
₹10,00,000 held 10 years
Category
| Fund | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotak Mahindra | 5.4% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| ICICI Prudential | 5.4% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 1.5% |
| UTI | 5.5% | 7.1% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| HDFCthis fund |
Both sides
What the numbers support
What they warn about
Not shown, and why
Portfolio holdings, sector allocation, AUM, expense ratio and the fund manager are absent because no free machine-readable feed publishes them — SEBI mandates monthly disclosure, but each AMC posts its own spreadsheet. Rather than estimate them, this page shows only what AMFI's published NAV series can prove. The cost section derives the expense difference from Direct vs Regular NAVs instead.
NAV as of 28 Jul 2026 · AMFI publishes T+1 · Educational only, not investment advice.
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AI interpretation of the computed statistics on this page — educational, not advice. It has no access to portfolio holdings and is instructed not to guess at them.
Moneycontrol.com·1d ago·funds not compared directly
Moneycontrol.com·7d ago·returns low, no strong statement
Real press coverage from the last 7 days, scored by AI for tone — click any headline for the source. This is news sentiment, not social: X / Reddit / Telegram scoring needs a paid social provider. Educational only.
| -0.28% |
| 5YCAGR | 6.02% | 9.07% | -3.06% |
| 10YCAGR | 6.94% | 10.84% | -3.90% |
| InceptionCAGR | 7.48% | 11.12% | -3.64% |
Compared against the Nifty 50, the category-appropriate index — a small-cap fund judged against the large-cap Nifty 50 would look better than it is. Windows under 1 year are absolute; 1 year and beyond are annualised (CAGR). Only windows the fund has actually lived through are shown. Past performance does not indicate future returns.
Sharpe and Sortino assume a 6.5% risk-free rate (~Indian 1-year T-bill).
Both plans hold the identical portfolio, so the gap between their NAVs is the commission — measured here from the published NAV series, not quoted from a TER sheet. Compared against scheme 128629. Distributors provide advice for that fee; whether it's worth it is your call.
| 4.9% |
| 7.0% |
| 6.0% |
| 1.6% |
| Nippon India | 4.8% | 6.9% | 6.0% | 1.7% |
| ICICI Prudential | 8.5% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 1.8% |
| Nippon India | 5.0% | — | — | 1.4% |
Same category (Debt Scheme - Banking and PSU Fund), same plan type, sorted by 3-year CAGR. Peers are the largest AMCs in the category by scheme count — a size proxy, since scheme-level AUM isn't published in a machine-readable feed.