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Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is ₹48.26 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund delivered?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund has returned +6.42% over 1 year, +8.01% per year over 3 years, +7.17% per year over 5 years and +7.10% 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 Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.38% 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 Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund's largest holdings are 7.31% Karnataka SDL (04-Sep-2033) (9.2%), 7.33% Maharashtra SDL (04-Mar-2034) (9.1%), 7.64% REC Ltd (30-Apr-2027) (9.1%), 7.59% Chhattisgarh SDL (11-Feb-2036) (8.8%) and Bank of Baroda (04-Dec-2026) (8.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 0.8% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -1.3%. 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 1.88 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund's 1.88 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY Short Duration Debt Index A-II. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is managed by Sandeep Manam, Rohan Maru and Pallab Roy at Franklin Templeton.

Q: How is Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund taxed?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates 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.

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

NAV

₹48.26

+0.09% 1D

as of 05 Oct 2026

This is the Direct plan of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund — bought from the fund house, with no distributor commission in 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

+6.34%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹48.22

Latest ₹48.26

Low ₹45.38100th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹48.26

Scorecard

★★★☆☆3/5 vs 12 Floating Interest Rates 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 Floating Interest Rates Fund (same plan and option).

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +8.01% · ranks 2 of 12 Floating Interest Rates Funds

RiskLow

Volatility 0.8% vs 0.9% category avg

CostHigh

0.4% expense vs 0.3% 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

Stronger risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 1.88 vs 1.20 Floating Interest Rates Fund average
Less volatile than its Floating Interest Rates Fund peers (0.8% vs 0.9%)
Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

High expense ratio (0.38%) vs the Floating Interest Rates Fund average of 0.28%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

0.38%

Category 0.28%▲0.10%

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

—

Category —

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

1.88

Category 1.20▲0.68

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct · 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

₹500

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹1,000

NIFTY Short Duration 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.

31 Dec 2012

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+0.28%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+1.22%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+3.37%

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

+4.80%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+6.42%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+8.01%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+7.17%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.94%

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.

+7.10%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

0.81%

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

1.88

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

3.11

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-1.29%

Benchmark ratios

Not shown for Floating Interest Rates 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 (Floating Interest Rates Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+0.28%	+0.09%	+0.19%
3M abs	+1.22%	+0.86%	+0.36%
6M abs	+3.37%	+3.55%	-0.18%
1Y CAGR	+6.42%	+5.93%	+0.49%
3Y CAGR	+8.01%	+7.56%	+0.45%
5Y CAGR	+7.17%	+6.76%	+0.41%

Category average across peers in Floating Interest Rates Fund (up to 11 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 11 peers in Floating Interest Rates Fund

1Y return

+6.42%

Beats 81.8% · rank #3

3Y return

+8.01%

Beats 90.9% · rank #2

5Y return🏆

+7.17%

Beats 100% · rank #1

Sharpe🏆

1.88

Beats 100% · rank #1

Sortino🏆

3.11

Beats 100% · rank #1

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

₹7.25L

Absolute

+20.85%

XIRR

+7.75%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Franklin India Floating Interest Rates 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	+4.80%
2025	+8.69%
2024	+8.92%
2023	+8.14%
2022	+4.91%
2021	+4.00%
2020	+6.71%
2019	+7.99%
2018	+7.28%
2017	+6.54%

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

3,662

Expense ratio

0.38%

YTM (from holdings)

7.52%

Average maturity

2.91 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 · Floating Interest Rates Fund

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Franklin India Floating Interest Rates FundThis fund Franklin Templeton · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+6.42%	+8.01%	+7.17%	—	0.38%	—
Axis Floating Interest Rates Fund Axis · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	+6.49%	+8.25%	+7.16%	—	0.22%	—
Bandhan Floating Interest Rates Fund Bandhan · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+6.34%	+7.78%	+6.79%	—	0.14%	—
ICICI Prudential Floating Interest Rates Fund ICICI Prudential · Direct · Growth	★★★★★	+6.44%	+7.71%	+7.03%	—	0.29%	—
DSP Floating Interest Rates Fund DSP · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+5.23%	+7.66%	+6.64%	—	0.28%	—
Kotak Floating Interest Rates Fund Kotak Mahindra · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+5.62%	+7.64%	+6.71%	—	0.24%	—

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Debt96.98%
Cash & Equivalents3.02%

AMC Profile

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund is the Indian arm of Franklin Resources, the US manager, and has operated here since 1996. In April 2020 it wound up six of its Indian debt schemes — the largest such closure the industry has seen — and returned the money to unitholders over the following years.

Launched

18 Feb 1996

Total AUM

₹1,26,017Cr+2.0% QoQ

Avg AUM · April - June 2026

Website

franklintempletonindia.com

Fund Managers

SMSandeep ManamStart date not disclosed

Role

VP & Senior Research Analyst

Education

PGDM- IIM- Ahmedabad B.Tech (Electronics & (based at Chennai) Franklin Equity Team and also the Engg.)- National Institute of Technology Calicut

Experience

He is responsible for researching investment opportunities in automotive and airline sectors. Prior Assignments: Cognizant Technology Solutions (April 2014- July 2015) He was supporting UBS lead analyst in covering Indian Auto, Auto component sectors. Also supported coverage of Indian Pharma companies. Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited (April 2011- March 2014) He was responsible for supporting the Group’s Head (Strategy) in driving strategy at the group and company level..

Funds managed (20)

All schemes Sandeep Manam runs →

RMRohan MaruStart date not disclosed

Role

Vice President Portfolio Manager Fixed Income

Total experience

17.5 years

Education

PGeMBA – Mumbai Education Trust (Finance) Masters in Commerce – RA Podar College, Mumbai University Bachelors in management studies – VES College, Mumbai University.

Experience

Vice President- Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income (based in Mumbai). Prior Assignments (last 10 years): ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd (05 November 2012 till 27 September 2024) Vice President- Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income (based in Mumbai).

Funds managed (12)

All schemes Rohan Maru runs →

PRPallab RoyStart date not disclosed

Role

Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager Fixed Income

Education

MBA (Fin.), Assistant Vice President M.Com., DBF

Experience

Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager - Fixed Income (based at Mumbai). Prior assignments: • Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. (June 2001 – till date). Responsible for Liquidity Management & Portfolio MIS – Fixed Income funds. Chief Investment Officer & Managing Director – Fixed Income (based at Mumbai).

Funds managed (8)

All schemes Pallab Roy runs →

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

Sandeep Manam Rohan Maru Pallab Roy

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Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is ₹48.26 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund delivered?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund has returned +6.42% over 1 year, +8.01% per year over 3 years, +7.17% per year over 5 years and +7.10% 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 Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.38% 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 Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund's largest holdings are 7.31% Karnataka SDL (04-Sep-2033) (9.2%), 7.33% Maharashtra SDL (04-Mar-2034) (9.1%), 7.64% REC Ltd (30-Apr-2027) (9.1%), 7.59% Chhattisgarh SDL (11-Feb-2036) (8.8%) and Bank of Baroda (04-Dec-2026) (8.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 0.8% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -1.3%. 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 1.88 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund's 1.88 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY Short Duration Debt Index A-II. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund is managed by Sandeep Manam, Rohan Maru and Pallab Roy at Franklin Templeton.

How is Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund taxed?

Franklin India Floating Interest Rates 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.