Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth is a hybrid fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Ashutosh Bhargava, Kinjal Desai, Sushil Budhia. This fund gives you the benefit of diversification.

1. Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has ₹9355 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jul 2025 and is more than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.6.
   

Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 12.44% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 3.80%, 12.97% and 14.92% respectively.

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

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 capitalize on the potential upside in equity markets while attempting to limit the downside by dynamically managing the portfolio through investment in equity & equity related instruments and active use of debt, money market instruments and derivatives.There is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the scheme will be achieved.

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 100.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.