UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth

UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth

NAV as on 29-04-2025

₹ 89.72

0.9%

1D

Inception Returns

13.9%

/yr

Historical NAV & Returns

Absolute

About UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth

UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth is a hybrid fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Vishal Chopda. This fund gives you the benefit of diversification.

Key Parameters

  1. UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth has ₹1058 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Mar 2025 and is less than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 1.2.

Returns

UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 13.92% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 8.58%, 12.98% and 22.47% respectively.

Holdings

UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Consumer Cyclical, Tech, Industrial, Consumer Defensive, Health, Communication, Basic Materials, Utilities, Energy, Real Estate.

Taxation

As it is a children mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
If the fund is equity oriented i.e. asset allocation of more than 65% in equity instruments:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 20%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 12.5% without indexation benefit
Long term gains up to Rs 1 lakh are exempt from taxation (more than 12 months).

Investment objective of UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth

The primary objective of the scheme is to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of companies across the market capitalization spectrum. However, there is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme would be achieved.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 0.00 and for SIP is INR 0.00. There is a lock in period for UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth of 5 Years

UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth Overview

Expense ratio1.17%
Benchmark
Nifty 500 TR INR
AUM₹1058 Cr
Inception Date1 January, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP--/--
Exit Load0%
Lock In5 Years
TurnOver
25.61%
STCGSelling mutual fund before 1 year, returns taxed at 20%.
LTCGAfter 1 year, 12.5% tax on returns over ₹1.25 lakh/year.
Risk
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Very High Risk

Trailing Returns

as on (29-Apr-25)

Period
UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth
Hybrid Equity Index
1M
3%
-
3M
4.3%
-
6M
-3.8%
-
1Y
8.6%
-
3Y
13%
-
5Y
22.5%
-

Fund Distribution

as on (31-Mar-25)

  • Equity 96.6%

  • Debt & Cash 3.4%

Large cap
69%

Mid cap
20.8%

Small cap
6.7%

Sector Allocation

Mar'25

Feb'25

Jan'25

Dec'24

Nov'24

Oct'24

Sep'24

Financial Services
32.8%
Consumer Cyclical
14%
Tech
9.8%
Industrial
8%
Consumer Defensive
7.6%
Health
6.2%
Communication
6%
Basic Materials
5.6%
Utilities
3.9%
Energy
3.4%
Real Estate
2.7%
All changes are between Oct'69 and Dec'69
Parameters
Mar'25
Feb'25
Jan'25
AUM
₹ 1.1K Cr
₹ 994.2 Cr
₹ 1.1K Cr
  • AUM of the fund stands at 1.1K Cr as of Mar'25
  • AUM increased by 64.2 Cr between Mar'25 and Feb'25
Top Stocks sold last month
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 1.81 %
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 1.81 %
Tata Steel Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 1.46 %
Tata Steel Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 1.46 %
CESC Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 1.28 %
CESC Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.26 % to 1.28 %

Top 3 Sectors in March were Financial Services, Consumer Cyclical & Tech

Mar'25
Financial Services
33%
Consumer Cyclical
14%
Tech
10%
Feb'25
Financial Services
33%
Consumer Cyclical
14%
Tech
11%
  • Equity

Holdings
Weight%
1M Change
HDFC Bank Ltd
HDFC Bank Ltd
8.96%
-0.3%
ICICI Bank Ltd
ICICI Bank Ltd
8.79%
-1.6%
Bharti Airtel Ltd
Bharti Airtel Ltd
5.43%
0.4%
Infosys Ltd
Infosys Ltd
5.11%
0.3%
Axis Bank Ltd
Axis Bank Ltd
3.59%
0.1%
  • Returns %

  • Fund Ratios

  • Overview

Funds
1Y Returns
3Y Returns
5Y Returns
Since Inception
UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth
UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth
8.58%
12.98%
22.47%
13.92%
SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- Investment Plan Direct Growth
SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- Investment Plan Direct Growth
20.68%
21.39%
-
37.31%
Axis Children's Direct Lock in Growth
Axis Children's Direct Lock in Growth
13.93%
9.8%
17.12%
11.89%
ICICI Prudential Child Care Fund (Gift Plan) Direct Plan
ICICI Prudential Child Care Fund (Gift Plan) Direct Plan
8.5%
18.43%
21.76%
14.39%
Fund
Mar'25
Feb'25
Jan'25
No of Holdings
58
59
62
Top 5 Company Concentration
31.9%
32.1%
30.9%
Company having highest exposure
HDFC Bank Ltd (9%)
HDFC Bank Ltd (9.1%)
HDFC Bank Ltd (8.4%)
No of Sectors
11
11
11
Top 5 Sectors Concentration
72.2%
72.6%
72.3%
Sector having highest exposure
Financial Services (32.8%)
Financial Services (33.2%)
Financial Services (31%)
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Vishal Chopda
Vishal Chopda
Fund Manager of UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth, since 30 August 2019
Fund House
UTI Asset Management Co Ltd
Total Schemes
Total AUM
₹2.21L Cr
as on 31-Mar-2025
Address
PMS Division, UTI - Tower, “Gn” Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai- 400051
Phone
+912266786666
Website
pms_care@uti.co.in

Mutual Fund Insights

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In the last 1 year, SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- Investment Plan Direct Growth has given 18.54% return, outperforming this fund by 11.11%.
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In the last 3 years, SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- Investment Plan Direct Growth has given 21.19% return, outperforming this fund by 8.13% per annum.
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This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (children). Its expense ratio is 1.17% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 1.51%.
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Over the last 6 months, this fund has experienced a 11.8% drop in AUM moving from 1.20K Cr to 1.05K Cr.
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In the last 5 years, HDFC Childrens Fund Direct Plan(Lock-in) has given 23.38% return, outperforming this fund by 0.62% per annum.

UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth Highlights

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Very High Risk

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

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 13.92% since inception which is more than its category average return of 11.55%
Fund Allocations

Fund Allocations

This fund has an allocation of 96.59% in Equity, 0% in Debt and 3.41% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹1058 Cr

AUM size ₹1058 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹1058 Cr which is less than its category average of ₹ 1691 Cr
Expense Ratio 1.17%

Expense Ratio 1.17%

This fund has an expense ratio of 1.17% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 1.69%

Frequently Asked Questions for UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth

The current NAV of UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth is ₹89.72 as on 29-Apr-2025.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 29-Apr-2025.
UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
3.05%
3.05%
6 Month Returns
-3.78%
-3.78%
1 Year Returns
8.58%
8.58%
3 Years Returns
44.2%
12.98%
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1.17% as on March 2025
₹1058 Cr as on March 2025
HDFC Bank Ltd(8.96%), ICICI Bank Ltd(8.79%), Bharti Airtel Ltd(5.43%), Infosys Ltd(5.11%), Axis Bank Ltd(3.59%) as on March 2025
Financial Services(31.65%), Consumer Cyclical(13.52%), Tech(9.49%) as on March 2025
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Vishal Chopda is the fund manager of UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth
The Exit load of UTI Children's Equity Fund Scholarship Direct Growth is 0%