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Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is ₹19.96 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund delivered?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund has returned -5.47% over 1 year, +7.01% per year over 3 years, +3.83% per year over 5 years and +10.82% 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 ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund charges an expense ratio of 2.74% 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 ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund's largest holdings are ICICI Bank Limited (6.3%), Bajaj Finance Limited (5.8%), Titan Company Limited (5.2%), Shriram Finance Limited (4.5%) and Axis Bank Limited (3.6%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 12.0% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -25.1%. 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 0.04 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund's 0.04 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty 100 ESG TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is managed by Krishnaa Narayan and Vishal Agarwal at Axis.

Q: How is Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund taxed?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.

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NAV

₹19.96

+0.91% 1D

as of 05 Oct 2026

This is the Regular plan of Axis ESG Integration Strategy 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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Performance

-6.29%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹19.78

Latest ₹19.96

Low ₹18.9232nd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹22.18

Scorecard

★★☆☆☆2/5 vs 142 of 255 Sectoral/ Thematic 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 Sectoral/ Thematic (same plan and option). 142 of the 255 Sectoral/ Thematic funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceBelow avg

3Y CAGR +7.01% · ranks 109 of 142 Sectoral/ Thematic funds

RiskLow

Volatility 12.0% vs 15.6% category avg

CostHigh

2.7% expense vs 2.5% 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 Sectoral/ Thematic peers (12.0% vs 15.6%)
Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

Trails the Sectoral/ Thematic average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 7.64pp
3-year return (+7.01%) trails the Sectoral/ Thematic average (+12.54%)
5-year return (+3.83%) trails the Sectoral/ Thematic average (+10.88%)
Weaker risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 0.04 below the Sectoral/ Thematic average of 0.36
High expense ratio (2.74%) vs the Sectoral/ Thematic average of 2.46%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

2.74%

Category 2.46%▲0.28%

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

26.61

Category —

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

0.04

Category 0.36▼0.32

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · Growth

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

None

If redeemed / switched-out within 12 months For 10% of investment: Nil For remaining investment: 1% on FIFO basis w.e.f., 12/02/2020

Up to 1.00%

tiered — see the full terms

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

₹100

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹100

Nifty 100 ESG TRI

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.

18 Feb 2020

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-4.86%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-4.86%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+4.12%

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

-8.98%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

-5.47%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+7.01%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+3.83%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

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.

+10.82%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

12.04%

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

0.04

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

0.06

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-25.09%

Benchmark ratios (vs Nifty 500 TRI · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

Jensen's alpha (annualized): return above what CAPM predicts for the fund's beta vs Nifty 500 TRI

-2.13%

Sensitivity to Nifty 500 TRI moves; 1 = moves with the index

0.85

How much of the fund's movement Nifty 500 TRI explains

91.7%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

0.61

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

-0.58

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

4.67%

Fund's share of benchmark gains in up months (100 = matches index)

84.8%

Fund's share of benchmark losses in down months (lower is better)

91.9%

Computed vs the Nifty 500 TRI over the last 36 complete months — the closest match to this fund's mandate. TRI means dividends reinvested, as they are in the fund's own NAV; ₹ means a US index converted at each day's USD/INR, since the fund is priced in rupees. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (Sectoral/ Thematic)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-4.86%	-4.57%	-0.29%
3M abs	-4.86%	-2.61%	-2.25%
6M abs	+4.12%	+11.42%	-7.30%
1Y CAGR	-5.47%	+2.17%	-7.64%
3Y CAGR	+7.01%	+12.54%	-5.53%
5Y CAGR	+3.83%	+10.88%	-7.05%

Category average across peers in Sectoral/ Thematic (up to 255 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 255 peers in Sectoral/ Thematic

1Y return

-5.47%

Beats 22.4% · rank #178

3Y return

+7.01%

Beats 23.4% · rank #109

5Y return

+3.83%

Beats 5% · rank #97

Sharpe

0.04

Beats 23.4% · rank #109

Sortino

0.06

Beats 23.4% · rank #109

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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

₹6.67L

Absolute

+11.14%

XIRR

+4.31%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Axis ESG Integration Strategy 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	Nifty 500 TRI	Diff
2026part	-8.98%	-7.18%	-1.80%
2025	+3.25%	+7.94%	-4.69%
2024	+16.00%	+16.43%	-0.43%
2023	+24.47%	+27.43%	-2.96%
2022	-11.97%	+4.34%	-16.31%
2021	+24.61%	+31.59%	-6.98%
2020part	+32.77%	—	—

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; those years show no benchmark comparison.

History points

1,641

Expense ratio

2.74%

AUM

₹1,069Cr

Portfolio turnover

99%

Exit load

If redeemed / switched-out within 12 months For 10% of investment: Nil For remaining investment: 1% on FIFO basis w.e.f., 12/02/2020

Portfolio, AUM & scheme details shown from another plan of this scheme (same underlying portfolio).

P/E ratio

26.6

P/B ratio

5.0

Avg market cap

₹3,02,832Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 38 of 42 equity holdings (86% of the portfolio); loss-making companies are excluded.

Taxation

Taxed as equity

This is an equity-oriented fund (≥65% in Indian equities), so gains get the concessional capital-gains rates below — they do not add to your income-tax slab.

Short-term (STCG)

20%

Held under 1 year

Flat, on the whole gain

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 1 year or more

On gains above ₹1.25 L per financial year

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 · Sectoral/ Thematic

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Axis ESG Integration Strategy FundThis fund Axis · Regular · Growth	★★☆☆☆	-5.47%	+7.01%	+3.83%	—	2.74%	₹1,069Cr
Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund Nippon India · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+125.07%	+61.55%	—	—	2.34%	₹1,110Cr
HDFC Defence Fund HDFC · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+19.02%	+34.59%	—	—	1.79%	₹9,371Cr
HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund HDFC · Regular · Growth	★★★★★	+24.17%	+28.28%	—	—	2.11%	₹2,282Cr
Franklin Asian Equity Fund Franklin Templeton · Regular · Growth	★★★☆☆	+31.28%	+23.90%	+8.86%	—	2.47%	₹720.84Cr
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund Nippon India · Regular · Growth	★★★☆☆	+28.99%	+22.97%	+10.76%	—	2.50%	₹330.20Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

Equity holdings by company size — 100% of the equity sleeve priced.

Large cap61.1%
Mid cap21.5%
Small cap17.4%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity89.25%
Cash & Equivalents10.74%

Holds the same stocks as (by portfolio overlap, not by category)

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Axis Large Cap Fund Axis · Large Cap Fund	38.8%	★★★☆☆	0.92%	+7.76%
ITI Large Cap Fund ITI · Large Cap Fund	36.9%	★★★☆☆	0.93%	+9.78%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life · Focused Fund	35.6%	★★★☆☆	1.01%	+11.96%
Invesco India ESG Integration Strategy Fund Invesco · Sectoral/ Thematic	35.1%	★★☆☆☆	1.28%	+8.18%
JM Large Cap Fund JM Financial · Large Cap Fund	34.5%	★★☆☆☆	1.19%	+9.54%
HDFC Nifty Top 20 Equal Weight Index Fund HDFC · Index Funds	34.1%	★☆☆☆☆	0.36%	—
HDFC Equity Savings Fund HDFC · Equity Savings	33.9% of 66% equity	★★★☆☆	1.27%	+7.92%
Canara Robeco Large Cap Fund Canara Robeco · Large Cap Fund	33.0%	★★★★☆	0.63%	+9.16%

Overlap is the share of each fund's equity book invested in the same stocks, by weight, across the Direct-plan universe — so a fund that is only part equity is labelled as such. ! marks a pair holding more in common than nine pairs in ten of its type, where that type has a measured distribution.

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.

-25.1%18 Oct 2021 → 17 Jun 2022
Fell over 8 months, back to the old high on 30 Nov 2023 — 17 months under water after the low.
-19.6%20 Feb 2020 → 23 Mar 2020
Fell over 32 days, back to the old high on 23 Jun 2020 — 3 months under water after the low.
-18.7%26 Sep 2024 → 30 Mar 2026
Still below that high — 1.5 years down, and no recovery yet.

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

₹1,069Cr

April - June 2026

-5%

since January - March 2026

+₹7.69L

est. net flow, last quarter

Down +5% from its peak of ₹1,131Cr 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.

Net flow is an estimate: AMFI publishes a quarterly average AUM, not a closing balance, and it covers every plan and option of this scheme together, so it is a read on direction and rough size rather than a cash-flow statement.

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

KNKrishnaa NarayanStart date not disclosed

Role

Fund Manager – Foreign Securities

Education

Chartered Accountant and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounts & Finance)

Experience

6 years • Axis Asset Managem ent Company Ltd. [Fund Manager - (For Foreign Securities)] - March 01, 2024 till date • Axis Asset Managem ent Company Ltd. (Junior Research Analyst – Equity) – May 12, 2021 – February 29, 2024 • Price Waterhous e & Co LLP - April 22, 2019 – May 07, 2021 of the Fund Manager

Funds managed (20)

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VAVishal AgarwalManaging since 16 Sep 2024

Role

Fund Manager – Equity

Education

Master in Management Studies (MMS)

Experience

Manager 16 Years - Standard Chartered Bank Limited (September 2013 – September 2018) - Blackrock Hongkong Inc (October 15, 2018 – March 31, 2023) Axis Asset Management Company Limited (July 19, 2023 – till date)

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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

Krishnaa Narayan

Top holdings

ICICI Bank Limited Bajaj Finance Limited Titan Company Limited Shriram Finance Limited Axis Bank Limited Reliance Industries Limited Piramal Finance Limited Pidilite Industries Limited Maruti Suzuki India Limited Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited PVR INOX Limited CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited

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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 Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is ₹19.96 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund delivered?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund has returned -5.47% over 1 year, +7.01% per year over 3 years, +3.83% per year over 5 years and +10.82% 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 ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund charges an expense ratio of 2.74% 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 ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund's largest holdings are ICICI Bank Limited (6.3%), Bajaj Finance Limited (5.8%), Titan Company Limited (5.2%), Shriram Finance Limited (4.5%) and Axis Bank Limited (3.6%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 12.0% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -25.1%. 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 0.04 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund's 0.04 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty 100 ESG TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is managed by Krishnaa Narayan and Vishal Agarwal at Axis.

How is Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund taxed?

Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.