Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth is a hybrid fund. This fund was started on 30 December, 2021. The fund is managed by Rahul Pal, Manish Lodha, Fatema Pacha. This fund gives you the benefit of diversification.

1. Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has ₹923 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Aug 2025 and is more than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.5.
   

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 12.18% since inception. Over the last 1 and 3 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 4.10% and 14.28% respectively.

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Government, Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Corporate, Health, Industrial, Consumer Cyclical, Tech, Basic Materials, Communication, Energy, Real Estate, Consumer Defensive, Utilities.

As it is a dynamic asset allocation 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).

The investment objective of the Scheme is to provide capital appreciation and generate income through a dynamic mix of equity, debt and money market instruments. The Scheme seeks to reduce the volatility by diversifying the assets across equity, debt and money market instruments. However, there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be achieved.

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 1000.00 and for SIP is INR 500.00. Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.