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BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund

Q: What is the NAV of BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund is ₹17.24 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund delivered?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund has returned +8.01% over 1 year, +7.82% per year over 3 years, +6.26% per year over 5 years and +3.53% 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 BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.79% 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 BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36320 GOI 18AG55 7.24 FV RS 100 (61.8%), GOI Sec 7.36 12/09/2052 (8.9%), EXPORT IMPORT BANK OF INDIA SR AA 03 7.12 BD 27JU30 FVRS1LAC (8.7%), REC LIMITED SR 247 A 6.87 BD 31MY30 FVRS1LAC (6.2%) and GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 33071 GOI 19JU53 7.3 FV RS 100 (4.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

It is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 3.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -22.8%. 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 0.39 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund's 0.39 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY Composite Debt Index A-III. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund is managed by Brijesh Shah and Suyash Choudhary at Bandhan.

Q: How is BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund taxed?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond 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.

Bandhan Mutual Fund · Best Dynamic Bond Mutual Funds

NAV

₹17.24

-0.46% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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NAV history

+8.27%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹17.32

Latest ₹17.24

Low ₹15.8289th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹17.41

Scorecard

★★★★☆4/5 vs 55 of 54 Dynamic Bond 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 Dynamic Bond (same plan and option). 55 of the 54 Dynamic Bond funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +7.82% · ranks 5 of 54 Dynamic Bond funds

RiskModerate

Volatility 3.4% vs 3.3% category avg

CostHigh

0.8% expense vs 0.6% category avg

ConsistencyModerate

81% 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

Ahead of the Dynamic Bond average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 5.37pp
3-year return (+7.82%) beats the Dynamic Bond average (+2.97%)
5-year return (+6.26%) beats the Dynamic Bond average (+2.89%)
Ranks #1 of 54 on 1-year return in its Dynamic Bond cohort

Concerns

High expense ratio (0.79%) vs the Dynamic Bond average of 0.56%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 0.56%

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

Category —

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

0.39

Category -0.99▲1.38

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct · IDCW

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

Exit Load

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

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

Benchmark

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.

02 Jan 2013

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+0.06%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+3.56%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+5.01%

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

+5.63%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+8.01%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+7.82%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.26%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+2.86%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+3.53%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

3.41%

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

0.39

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

0.55

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-22.81%

Benchmark ratios

Not shown for Dynamic Bond — 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 (Dynamic Bond)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+0.06%	+0.24%	-0.18%
3M abs	+3.56%	+2.01%	+1.55%
6M abs	+5.01%	+1.38%	+3.63%
1Y CAGR	+8.01%	+2.64%	+5.37%
3Y CAGR	+7.82%	+2.97%	+4.85%
5Y CAGR	+6.26%	+2.89%	+3.37%

Category average across peers in Dynamic Bond (up to 54 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 54 peers in Dynamic Bond

1Y return🏆

+8.01%

Beats 100% · rank #1

3Y return

+7.82%

Beats 92.6% · rank #5

5Y return

+6.26%

Beats 85.1% · rank #8

Sharpe

0.39

Beats 81.5% · rank #10

Sortino

0.55

Beats 81.5% · rank #10

Rolling returns

Return for every possible 1Y holding period, not just today’s

Average

+3.8%

Median

+4.4%

Best

+18.5%

Worst

-14.7%

Positive periods

75.0%

152 overlapping 1Y windows, sampled monthly across the fund’s history.

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

₹7.14L

Absolute

+18.94%

XIRR

+7.10%

Value vs. invested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into BANDHAN Dynamic Bond 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	+5.65%
2025	+4.31%
2024	+10.95%
2023	+7.28%
2022	+1.85%
2021	-5.37%
2020	-10.53%
2019	+11.69%
2018	+7.57%
2017	-7.33%

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

3,300

Expense ratio

AUM

Portfolio turnover

Exit load

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 · Dynamic Bond

Compare all


BANDHAN Dynamic Bond FundThis fund Bandhan	★★★★☆	+8.01%	+7.82%	+6.26%	—	0.79%	₹712.58Cr
360 ONE Dynamic Bond Fund 360 One	★★★★★	+6.63%	+8.38%	—	—	0.34%	₹584.05Cr
Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Kotak Mahindra	★★★★☆	+7.52%	+8.14%	+6.90%	—	0.61%	₹2,366Cr
ICICI Prudential All Seasons Bond Fund ICICI Prudential	★★★★★	+6.43%	+8.01%	+5.75%	—	0.63%	₹13,748Cr
BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Periodic Bandhan	★★★☆☆	+8.01%	+7.82%	+6.26%	—	0.79%	₹99.00K
Nippon India Dynamic Bond Fund Nippon India	★★★★★	+5.73%	+7.75%	+6.61%	—	0.35%	₹3,937Cr

Worst falls, and the wait to get back

How far this fund has dropped from a high, and how long it took to reclaim it.

-22.8%09 Mar 2020 → 08 Apr 2020
Fell over 30 days, back to the old high on 19 Mar 2025 — 4.9 years under water after the low.
-12.6%24 Nov 2016 → 23 Mar 2017
Fell over 4 months, back to the old high on 24 May 2019 — 2.2 years under water after the low.
-10.8%27 May 2013 → 19 Aug 2013
Fell over 3 months, back to the old high on 02 Sep 2014 — 12 months under water after the low.

Measured on this fund’s own NAV history, peak to trough to the day it regained the peak. Falls shallower than 5% are left out. A recovery date is when the NAV got back, not when any particular investor did — that depends on when they bought.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹712.58Cr

April - June 2026

-5%

since January - March 2026

At or near its largest, ₹748.02Cr in January - March 2026. Size matters most where the mandate is narrow — a large small-cap or a very large flexi-cap book is harder to move without moving the price.

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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 Debt funds

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Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund is ₹17.24 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund delivered?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund has returned +8.01% over 1 year, +7.82% per year over 3 years, +6.26% per year over 5 years and +3.53% 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 BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.79% 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 BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36320 GOI 18AG55 7.24 FV RS 100 (61.8%), GOI Sec 7.36 12/09/2052 (8.9%), EXPORT IMPORT BANK OF INDIA SR AA 03 7.12 BD 27JU30 FVRS1LAC (8.7%), REC LIMITED SR 247 A 6.87 BD 31MY30 FVRS1LAC (6.2%) and GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 33071 GOI 19JU53 7.3 FV RS 100 (4.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

It is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 3.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -22.8%. 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 0.39 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund's 0.39 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY Composite Debt Index A-III. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund is managed by Brijesh Shah and Suyash Choudhary at Bandhan.

How is BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund taxed?

BANDHAN Dynamic Bond 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.