Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

Debt
Direct
Short Duration
Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

About the Fund

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth is a debt fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Deepak Agrawal, Abhishek Bisen. This fund is suitable to keep your money safe.

Key Parameters

  1. Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has ₹15019 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

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 8.02% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 7.72%, 6.02% and 6.97% respectively.

Holdings

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Financial Services, Government, Corporate, Cash Equivalent, Securitize. Its top holdings are 8.34% Govt Stock 2033, 7.18% Govt Stock 2033, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development, 7.32% Govt Stock 2030, 7.17% Govt Stock 2030

Taxation

As it is a short 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 Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth

The investment objective of the Scheme is to provide reasonable returns and reasonably high levels of liquidity by investing in debt instruments such as bonds, debentures and Government securities; and money market instruments such as treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposit, including repos in permitted securities of different maturities, so as to spread the risk across different kinds of issuers in the debt markets. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realised.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

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

Fund Performance
zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
817 people have invested ₹ 76.1L in Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

Fund Overview

Expense ratio0.37%
Benchmark
CRISIL Short Term Bond Fund TR INR
AUM₹15019 Cr
Inception Date1 January, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹100/₹100
Exit Load0%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
168.73%
Risk
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Moderate Risk

Fund Distribution
as on (31-Dec-69)

  • Debt & Cash 99.7%

AAA
100%

Sector Allocation

Jun'24

May'24

Apr'24

Government
49%
Corporate
45.9%
Cash Equivalent
4.3%
Securitize
0.7%
All changes are between Oct'69 and Dec'69

as on (30-Jun-24)

  • Debt & Cash

Holdings
Weight%
1M Change
8.34% Govt Stock 2033
8.34% Govt Stock 2033
11.53%
0%
7.18% Govt Stock 2033
7.18% Govt Stock 2033
11.32%
6.3%
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development
5.14%
0%
7.32% Govt Stock 2030
7.32% Govt Stock 2030
5.11%
0%
7.1% Govt Stock 2034
7.1% Govt Stock 2034
3.52%
0%

Deepak Agrawal
Deepak Agrawal
Fund Manager of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth, since 14 April 2008
Abhishek Bisen
Abhishek Bisen
Fund Manager of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth, since 1 November 2022

Mutual Fund Insights

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In the last 5 years, UTI - Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has given 8.15% return, outperforming this fund by 1.18% per annum.
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In the last 3 years, UTI - Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has given 7.83% return, outperforming this fund by 1.81% per annum.
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In the last 1 year, ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund Direct Plan Growth Option has given 8.04% return, outperforming this fund by 0.32%.
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This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (short duration). Its expense ratio is 0.37% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 0.7%.
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Over the last 1 year, this fund has increased expense ratio by 2.8% moving from 0.36 to 0.37.

Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth Highlights

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Moderate Risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Moderate Risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 8.02% since inception which is more than its category average return of 5.68%
AUM size ₹15019 Cr

AUM size ₹15019 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹15019 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 3648 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.37%

Expense Ratio 0.37%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.37% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 0.67%

Frequently Asked Questions

The current NAV of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth is ₹52.85 as on 25-Jul-2024.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 25-Jul-2024.
Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
0.71%
0.71%
6 Month Returns
4.25%
4.25%
1 Year Returns
7.72%
7.72%
3 Years Returns
19.18%
6.02%
5 Years Returns
40.07%
6.97%
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0.37% as on June 2024
₹15019 Cr as on June 2024
8.34% Govt Stock 2033(11.53%), 7.18% Govt Stock 2033(11.32%), National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development(5.14%), 7.32% Govt Stock 2030(5.11%), 7.17% Govt Stock 2030(3.52%) as on June 2024
Government(50.09%), Corporate(45.4%), Cash Equivalent(3.8%) as on June 2024
Yield to Maturity is 7.74 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 2.92 as on June 2024. Modified Duration tells the sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rate.
AAA
100
Deepak Agrawal, Abhishek Bisen are the fund managers of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of Kotak Bond Short Term Fund Direct Growth is 0%