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Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is ₹2,799.22 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund delivered?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund has returned +4.47% over 1 year, +6.60% per year over 3 years, +5.86% per year over 5 years and +7.45% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

Q: What is the expense ratio of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.65% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: What are the top holdings of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund's largest holdings are 7.44% National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (24/02/2028) (6.8%), 7.7% Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited (21/03/2038) (3.3%), 7.42% Power Finance Corporation Limited (15/04/2028) (3.3%), 7.4% Small Industries Dev Bank of India (18/06/2031) (3.2%) and 6.54% Tamilnadu State Development Loans (25/02/2029) (2.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is rated low to moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 0.9% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -2.9%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.10 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund's 0.10 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty Banking & PSU Debt Index A-II. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is managed by Aditya Pagaria and Hardik Shah at Axis.

Q: How is Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund taxed?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is a debt / non-equity fund. Since April 2023 there is no long-term or indexation benefit — capital gains are added to your income and taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of how long you held the units.

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NAV

₹2,799.22

+0.09% 1D

as of 05 Oct 2026

This is the Regular plan of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund — bought through a distributor, whose commission is paid out of its expense ratio. Income is retained in the fund, so it shows up as NAV rather than as a payout.

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NAV history

+4.38%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹2,796.76

Latest ₹2,799.22

Low ₹2,681.7695th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹2,805.00

Scorecard

★★★★☆4/5 vs 19 Banking and PSU Fund peers

Performance 60%
Risk 15%
Cost 10%
Downside 15%

How this is computed

Each verdict is computed from this fund's own metrics against its sub-category — the number behind it is shown, not a black-box rating. The stars weight the same ground 60/15/10/15 (performance/risk/cost/downside) across every fund in the peer group. Ranked within Banking and PSU Fund (same plan and option).

PerformanceAverage

3Y CAGR +6.60% · ranks 12 of 19 Banking and PSU Funds

RiskLow

Volatility 0.9% vs 1.1% category avg

CostAverage

0.7% expense vs 0.7% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

100% of rolling 3Y windows were positive

Strengths & concerns

Generated from this fund's own numbers against its sub-category — each point names the figure behind it.

Strengths

Less volatile than its Banking and PSU Fund peers (0.9% vs 1.1%)
Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

Weaker risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 0.10 below the Banking and PSU Fund average of 0.16

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

0.65%

Category 0.68%▼0.03%

Portfolio-weighted harmonic mean P/E across the fund's equity holdings

—

Category —

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.10

Category 0.16▼0.06

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · Growth

Period before units can be redeemed — 3 years for ELSS, none for most open-ended funds

None

Exit Load

None

Statutory levy on every mutual-fund purchase since 1 Jul 2020 (SEBI / Govt of India) — the same for every scheme

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Allowed

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

₹1,000

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹5,000

Nifty Banking & PSU Debt Index A-II

Start of our NAV history for this plan. Direct plans begin 1 Jan 2013, so this is the plan's inception — not necessarily the scheme's original launch date.

12 Jun 2012

Period returns (<1Y, absolute — not annualized)

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-0.05%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+0.25%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+2.96%

Absolute return since 1 Jan of this year (not annualized)

+3.26%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

1-year point-to-point return, annualized (CAGR)

+4.47%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.60%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+5.86%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.84%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the first NAV we hold for this plan — the Inception date under Key metrics. AMFI's history starts in April 2006, so an older scheme is measured from there.

+7.45%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

0.94%

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.10

Excess return per unit of downside deviation — upside swings aren't penalized (rf = 6.5%)

0.15

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-2.86%

Benchmark ratios

Not shown for Banking and PSU Fund — a debt, arbitrage or cash-like fund isn't measured against an equity index, so alpha/beta vs one would be noise rather than signal.

Fund vs category average (Banking and PSU Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-0.05%	-0.02%	-0.03%
3M abs	+0.25%	+0.42%	-0.17%
6M abs	+2.96%	+3.17%	-0.21%
1Y CAGR	+4.47%	+4.48%	-0.01%
3Y CAGR	+6.60%	+6.66%	-0.06%
5Y CAGR	+5.86%	+5.91%	-0.05%

Category average across peers in Banking and PSU Fund (up to 19 funds with data), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

Not sure what a figure means? The glossary explains every metric, and the methodology shows the formulas.

Category rank

Vs 19 peers in Banking and PSU Fund

1Y return

+4.47%

Beats 57.9% · rank #9

3Y return

+6.60%

Beats 38.9% · rank #12

5Y return

+5.86%

Beats 62.5% · rank #7

Sharpe

0.10

Beats 44.4% · rank #11

Sortino

0.15

Beats 44.4% · rank #11

Backtest this fund

What a SIP or one-time investment would have grown to over this fund’s real NAV history.

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹6.00L

Current value

₹6.99L

Absolute

+16.45%

XIRR

+6.22%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

Calendar-year returns

What the fund actually returned in each year, not the smoothed average.

Year	Fund
2026part	+3.26%
2025	+7.54%
2024	+7.55%
2023	+6.53%
2022	+3.75%
2021	+3.39%
2020	+9.59%
2019	+10.52%
2018	+7.56%
2017	+7.18%

January–December, from this fund's NAV history. Absolute return, not annualised. “part” marks a year the fund didn't run end to end — its first year, the current year so far, or one it stopped reporting in.

History points

3,463

Expense ratio

0.65%

AUM

₹13,007Cr

YTM (from holdings)

7.40%

Average maturity

2.87 years

Exit load

Nil

Taxation

Taxed as debt

This is a debt / non-equity fund. Since April 2023 there is no long-term or indexation benefit — every rupee of gain is added to your income and taxed at your income-tax slab rate, whatever the holding period.

Any holding period

30%

Short- and long-term alike

Your income-tax slab — no LTCG or indexation benefit

Your income-tax slab

Pick your slab to see the rate that applies to you.

Applies to capital gains on redemption. Excludes IDCW/dividend tax, STT, surcharge and cess, and pre-2018 equity grandfathering. For research only — consult a tax advisor before filing.

Peer comparison · Banking and PSU Fund

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Axis Banking and PSU Debt FundThis fund Axis · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+4.47%	+6.60%	+5.86%	—	0.65%	—
UTI Banking & PSU Debt Fund UTI · Regular · Growth	★★★★★	+5.73%	+7.16%	+7.50%	—	0.47%	—
Franklin India Banking & PSU Debt Fund Franklin Templeton · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+5.74%	+7.13%	+6.14%	—	0.49%	₹1.11Cr
Sundaram Banking and PSU Debt Fund Sundaram · Regular · Growth	★★★★★	+4.56%	+6.85%	+5.88%	—	0.42%	—
Kotak Banking and PSU Debt Fund Kotak Mahindra · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+4.77%	+6.84%	+5.99%	—	0.75%	₹5,070Cr
Bandhan Banking and PSU Debt Fund Bandhan · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+5.21%	+6.79%	+5.97%	—	0.68%	—

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Debt95.27%
Cash & Equivalents4.37%
Other0.35%

which companies this fund invests in

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Tata Capital Limited (21/02/2029) (FRN)

1.66%

HDFC Bank Limited (24/02/2027)

1.41%

Canara Bank (01/09/2026)

1.25%

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (29/01/2027)

1.22%

Siddhivinayak Securitisation Trust (28/09/2030)

1.19%

Shivshakti Securitisation Trust (28/09/2029)

0.99%

HDFC Bank Limited (15/02/2027)

0.86%

HDFC Bank Limited (10/09/2026)

0.83%

Bank of Baroda (27/01/2027)

0.81%

Canara Bank (29/06/2027)

0.79%

AMC Profile

Axis Mutual Fund is run by Axis Asset Management, majority-owned by Axis Bank with the UK's Schroders holding the minority stake. It launched its first scheme in 2009 and grew quickly on a growth-oriented, quality-biased equity style.

Launched

03 Sep 2009

Total AUM

₹3,69,030Cr+2.6% QoQ

Avg AUM · April - June 2026

Website

axismf.com

Fund Managers

APAditya PagariaStart date not disclosed

Role

Fund Manager - Fixed Income

Education

Bachelor in Management Studies, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management

Experience

Total number years of experience: 18 years, his last 10 are as follows: • Axis Asset Management Company (Fund Manager 12 Fixed Income) (August 1, 2016 till date) • ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (Fund Manager Fixed Income) (Nov. 30, 2011 - July 26, 2016) • (Operations)- (May 03, 2007 - Nov. 29, 2011)

Funds managed (17)

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HSHardik ShahManaging since 03 Jul 2023

Role

Fund Manager – Fixed Income

Education

MBA (Finance), B.E(I.T)

Experience

15 years, his last 10 • Axis Asset Management Company Ltd (January 2022 – Present) • SBI LIFE Insurance Co. Ltd. (June 2020 – January 2022) • Nippon India Asset Management Co. Ltd. ( erst. Reliance Mutual Fund) ( July 2013 – June 2020) Quantum Mutual Fund (Nov 2009 – July 2013) 28

Funds managed (13)

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Fund manager, benchmark and dealing terms from this scheme's SEBI-filed Scheme Information Document on AMFI. Each manager's qualifications and role are reconciled across every filing this fund house makes for them, including its Statement of Additional Information. Total AUM via AMFI.

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Fund managers

Aditya Pagaria Hardik Shah

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Returns and risk are computed from NAV history and may differ slightly from other portals due to methodology (rolling vs point-to-point, dividend treatment). For research only — not investment advice.

About Banking & PSU funds

Banking and PSU funds must keep at least 80% in the debt of banks, public sector undertakings, public financial institutions and municipal bonds. That issuer restriction is the category: it targets high-rated, quasi-sovereign borrowers, so credit risk is low and the main risk left is interest rates.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is ₹2,799.22 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund delivered?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund has returned +4.47% over 1 year, +6.60% per year over 3 years, +5.86% per year over 5 years and +7.45% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

What is the expense ratio of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.65% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

What are the top holdings of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund's largest holdings are 7.44% National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (24/02/2028) (6.8%), 7.7% Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited (21/03/2038) (3.3%), 7.42% Power Finance Corporation Limited (15/04/2028) (3.3%), 7.4% Small Industries Dev Bank of India (18/06/2031) (3.2%) and 6.54% Tamilnadu State Development Loans (25/02/2029) (2.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is rated low to moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 0.9% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -2.9%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.10 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund's 0.10 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty Banking & PSU Debt Index A-II. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is managed by Aditya Pagaria and Hardik Shah at Axis.

How is Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund taxed?

Axis Banking and PSU Debt Fund is a debt / non-equity fund. Since April 2023 there is no long-term or indexation benefit — capital gains are added to your income and taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of how long you held the units.