ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund: Best performing Balanced Fund in the last 5 years
Jul 26, 2017 by Dwaipayan Bose Balanced funds have at least 65% asset allocation in equity or equity related securities and the remaining portion in fixed income securities. Fixed income (or debt) as an asset class is subject to less price volatility relative to equity and therefore, balanced funds have a moderate risk profile compared to stocks or equity mutual funds. As such these funds are ideal long term investment products for new investors and investors who do not have high risk appetites. Launched in 1999, ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund is a very popular product in this category and is the best performing balanced fund in the last 5 years (please see Top performing Balanced Funds in our MF Research Section). Over the last 5 years, ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund gave more than 20% annualized returns. The Assets under Management of this fund has skyrocketed in the last couple of years, on the back of its strong performance and now stands at over Rs 14,200 Crores. The expense ...