Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth

Debt
Direct
Medium Duration
Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth

About the Fund

Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth is a debt fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Devang Shah, Sachin Jain. This fund is suitable to keep your money safe.

Key Parameters

  1. Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth has ₹1938 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Dec 1969 and is more than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.4.

Returns

Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 8.60% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 8.26%, 6.86% and 7.82% respectively.

Holdings

Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Corporate, Government, Cash Equivalent, Securitize. Its top holdings are 7.18% Govt Stock 2033, 7.23% Govt Stock 2039, Nirma Limited, 7.18% Govt Stock 2037, Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd. 8.65%

Taxation

As it is a medium duration mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
If the fund is debt oriented i.e. asset allocation of more than 65% in debt instruments:
For short term (less than 3 years) capital gains will be taxed at your income slab rate.
For long term (more than 3 years) capital gains will be taxed at 20% with indexation benefit.
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate.

Investment objective of Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth

To generate optimal returns in the medium term while maintaining liquidity of the portfolio by investing in debt and money market instruments.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 100.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.

Fund Performance
zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
136 people have invested ₹ 16.6L in Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

Fund Overview

Expense ratio0.39%
Benchmark
CRISIL Short Term Bond Fund TR INR
AUM₹1938 Cr
Inception Date1 January, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹100/₹100
Exit Load
1%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
288.85%
Risk
Risk meter
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Moderately High risk

Fund Distribution
as on (31-Dec-69)

  • Debt & Cash 99.7%

AAA
57.5%

AA
35.1%

A
7.4%

Sector Allocation

Jun'24

May'24

Apr'24

Corporate
54.4%
Government
38.9%
Cash Equivalent
5.4%
Securitize
1.4%
All changes are between Oct'69 and Dec'69

as on (30-Jun-24)

  • Debt & Cash

Holdings
Weight%
1M Change
7.18% Govt Stock 2033
7.18% Govt Stock 2033
10.79%
0%
7.23% Govt Stock 2039
7.23% Govt Stock 2039
6.31%
0%
Nirma Limited
Nirma Limited
3.1%
0%
7.18% Govt Stock 2037
7.18% Govt Stock 2037
2.93%
0%
Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd. 8.65%
Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd. 8.65%
2.85%
0%

Devang Shah
Devang Shah
Fund Manager of Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth, since 5 November 2012
Sachin Jain
Sachin Jain
Fund Manager of Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth, since 1 February 2023

Mutual Fund Insights

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In the last 5 years, Aditya Birla Sun Life Medium Term Plan Direct Plan Growth has given 9.44% return, outperforming this fund by 1.62% per annum.
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Over the last 1 month, this fund has increased expense ratio by 18.2% moving from 0.33 to 0.39.
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This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (medium duration). Its expense ratio is 0.39% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 0.83%.
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In the last 1 year, Kotak Medium Term Direct Growth has given 8.88% return, outperforming this fund by 0.62%.

Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth Highlights

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Moderately High risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Moderately High risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 8.6% since inception which is more than its category average return of 4.47%
AUM size ₹1938 Cr

AUM size ₹1938 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹1938 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 1494 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.39%

Expense Ratio 0.39%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.39% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 0.96%

Frequently Asked Questions

The current NAV of Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth is ₹28.2 as on 25-Jul-2024.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 25-Jul-2024.
Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
0.71%
0.71%
6 Month Returns
4.73%
4.73%
1 Year Returns
8.26%
8.26%
3 Years Returns
22.01%
6.86%
5 Years Returns
45.72%
7.82%
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0.39% as on June 2024
₹1938 Cr as on June 2024
7.18% Govt Stock 2033(10.79%), 7.23% Govt Stock 2039(6.31%), Nirma Limited(3.1%), 7.18% Govt Stock 2037(2.93%), Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd. 8.65%(2.85%) as on June 2024
Corporate(55.85%), Government(37.49%), Cash Equivalent(5.56%) as on June 2024
Yield to Maturity is 8.19 as on June 2024. Yield to Maturity is the total return earned on your bond investments if you hold the bond investments till maturity & all bonds' proceeds are reinvested in it.
Modified Duration is 3.73 as on June 2024. Modified Duration tells the sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rate.
AAA
57.48
AA
35.07
A
7.45
Devang Shah, Sachin Jain are the fund managers of Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of Axis Strategic Bond Fund Direct Growth is 1%