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Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund

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

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund is ₹15.34 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund delivered?

Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund has returned +7.52% over 1 year, +8.14% per year over 3 years, +6.90% per year over 5 years and +3.08% 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 Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.61% 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 Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 35840 GOI 15AP65 6.9 FV RS 100 (20.5%), STATE DEVELOPMENT LOAN 37068 TN 11FB36 7.54 FV RS 100 (10.5%), MUTHOOT FINANCE LIMITED SR 35-A OP I 9.09 NCD 01JU29 FVRS1LAC (6.4%), VEDANTA LIMITED 8.95 NCD 16MR29 FVRS1LAC (6.4%) and STATE DEVELOPMENT LOAN 37474 TN 03JU33 7.69 FV RS 100 (6.3%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

It is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 2.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -8.2%. 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 0.67 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund's 0.67 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

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

Kotak 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 Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund is managed by Abhishek Bisen and Deepak Agrawal at Kotak Mahindra.

Q: How is Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund taxed?

Kotak 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.

Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund · Best Dynamic Bond Mutual Funds

This is the Direct plan of Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund — bought from the fund house, with no distributor commission in its expense ratio. Income is distributed, which is why this NAV sits below the growth plan of the same fund.

NAV

₹15.34

-0.26% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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NAV history

+7.61%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹15.38

Latest ₹15.34

Low ₹14.1694th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹15.41

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 +8.14% · ranks 2 of 54 Dynamic Bond funds

RiskLow

Volatility 2.4% vs 3.4% category avg

CostAverage

0.6% expense vs 0.6% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

91% 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 4.87pp
3-year return (+8.14%) beats the Dynamic Bond average (+2.97%)
5-year return (+6.90%) beats the Dynamic Bond average (+2.88%)
Ranks #3 of 54 on 1-year return in its Dynamic Bond cohort
Less volatile than its Dynamic Bond peers (2.4% vs 3.4%)

Concerns

No significant concerns identified.

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 0.57%

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

Category —

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

0.67

Category -1.00▲1.67

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)

+0.65%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+3.91%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+4.42%

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

+4.66%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+7.52%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+8.14%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.90%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+3.32%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+3.08%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

2.44%

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

0.67

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

0.94

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-8.18%

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	+0.65%	+0.23%	+0.42%
3M abs	+3.91%	+2.00%	+1.91%
6M abs	+4.42%	+1.39%	+3.03%
1Y CAGR	+7.52%	+2.65%	+4.87%
3Y CAGR	+8.14%	+2.97%	+5.17%
5Y CAGR	+6.90%	+2.88%	+4.02%

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

+7.52%

Beats 96.3% · rank #3

3Y return

+8.14%

Beats 98.1% · rank #2

5Y return

+6.90%

Beats 93.6% · rank #4

Sharpe

0.67

Beats 92.6% · rank #5

Sortino

0.94

Beats 92.6% · rank #5

Rolling returns

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

Average

+2.7%

Median

+2.1%

Best

+12.0%

Worst

-5.1%

Positive periods

72.4%

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

₹7.22L

Absolute

+20.34%

XIRR

+7.58%

Value vs. invested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Kotak 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	+4.74%
2025	+6.73%
2024	+10.14%
2023	+7.47%
2022	+3.47%
2021	+2.33%
2020	-0.41%
2019	+1.95%
2018	+1.93%
2017	-0.11%

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

3,291

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

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Kotak Dynamic Bond FundThis fund Kotak Mahindra	★★★★☆	+7.52%	+8.14%	+6.90%	—	0.61%	₹2,366Cr
360 ONE Dynamic Bond Fund 360 One	★★★★★	+6.63%	+8.38%	—	—	0.34%	₹584.05Cr
ICICI Prudential All Seasons Bond Fund ICICI Prudential	★★★★★	+6.43%	+8.01%	+5.75%	—	0.63%	₹13,748Cr
BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund Bandhan	★★★☆☆	+8.01%	+7.82%	+6.26%	—	0.79%	₹99.00K
BANDHAN Dynamic Bond Fund Bandhan	★★★★☆	+8.01%	+7.82%	+6.26%	—	0.79%	₹712.58Cr
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.

-8.2%20 Mar 2014 → 29 Jun 2015
Fell over 15 months, back to the old high on 04 Mar 2020 — 4.7 years under water after the low.
-6.2%22 Jun 2020 → 15 Mar 2021
Fell over 9 months, back to the old high on 09 Sep 2022 — 18 months under water after the low.
-5.3%06 Mar 2020 → 24 Mar 2020
Fell over 18 days, back to the old high on 11 Jun 2020 — 3 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.

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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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund is ₹15.34 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund delivered?

Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund has returned +7.52% over 1 year, +8.14% per year over 3 years, +6.90% per year over 5 years and +3.08% 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 Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.61% 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 Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 35840 GOI 15AP65 6.9 FV RS 100 (20.5%), STATE DEVELOPMENT LOAN 37068 TN 11FB36 7.54 FV RS 100 (10.5%), MUTHOOT FINANCE LIMITED SR 35-A OP I 9.09 NCD 01JU29 FVRS1LAC (6.4%), VEDANTA LIMITED 8.95 NCD 16MR29 FVRS1LAC (6.4%) and STATE DEVELOPMENT LOAN 37474 TN 03JU33 7.69 FV RS 100 (6.3%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

It is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 2.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -8.2%. 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 0.67 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund's 0.67 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Kotak 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 Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund?

Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund is managed by Abhishek Bisen and Deepak Agrawal at Kotak Mahindra.

How is Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund taxed?

Kotak 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.