We all would like to maintain a balance between professional and personal life. Both are equally important to lead a successful, happy and healthier life. All doctors suggest us to eat a healthy balanced diet.
A well-balanced life is very much essential for personal effectiveness, peace of mind and living well. We all would like to maintain a balance between professional and personal life. Both are equally important to lead a successful, happy and healthier life. We need to have a right and well-balanced diet to be healthy and fit.
Investing in Balanced Mutual Funds is not much different. Balanced funds are also known as Hybrid Mutual Funds. Personally, I prefer investing in balanced funds to achieve my medium and long-term goals. I am a strong advocate of Balanced Funds. (Read : My Mutual Fund Portfolio)
Mutual funds are primarily classified as either Equity or Debt, based on where the funds are invested. Equity funds primarily invest in stocks/shares and Debt funds primarily invest in Bonds, Government securities and Fixed interest-bearing instruments. Whereas Hybrid Funds invest in both equity and debt instruments.
From mutual fund taxation point of view, we now have three broad type of funds – Equity, Non-Equity & Specified Funds. Read more at Mutual Funds Taxation Rules FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) | Capital Gains Tax Rates Chart
In this post let us understand – What are aggressive hybrid equity mutual funds? What are the benefits of investing in hybrid equity MF schemes? What are the factors to consider while picking best hybrid equity mutual funds? Which are the top 5 best aggressive hybrid equity mutual funds to invest in 2023 & beyond!
Hybrid Mutual Fund Schemes are broadly classified as below;
So, an Aggressive Hybrid Fund (erstwhile known as Equity Balanced Fund) is a type of Equity Mutual Fund which combines the feature of both equity and debt in a single instrument. It means that the money pooled from the unitholders are invested both in debt and equity related instruments.
However, the equity element in the underlying portfolio of a Hybrid Equity Fund should consist of at least 65% of the entire assets under management. The rest portion of the portfolio can consist of debt instruments and cash in hand. In general, the exposure in equity can range from 65% to 85% and is dependent on the market condition and the fund manager’s investing philosophy.
The main benefits of investing in an aggressive Equity Hybrid fund are;
Below are the main factors that you can consider while shortlisting the hybrid equity mutual funds;
Though the past performance is no guarantee of future performance, we need to look at how the funds under aggressive hybrid equity category have been performing, over the last many years. We need to keep in mind that the current top performers may not remain at the TOP forever. The key point is, we need to pick the consistent performers rather than the recent top performers.
A fund that delivers returns that are above its benchmark across market cycles and different periods can be considered as a consistent performer. So, we need to look at the returns generated by the funds over say 5, 10, 15 or even 20-year periods. You can also have a look at the performance of a fund since its inception.
| Mutual Fund Scheme (Hybrid Equity Fund) | 1 Year | 2Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y |
| Quant Absolute Fund – Direct Plan | 17% | 13% | 31% | 21% | 20% |
| ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund | 22% | 19% | 30% | 17% | 19% |
| Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid Fund | 15% | 10% | 19% | 14% | 16% |
| DSP Equity & Bond Fund | 16% | 8% | 19% | 13% | 16% |
| SBI Equity Hybrid Fund | 11% | 9% | 18% | 12% | 16% |
| HDFC Hybrid Equity Fund | 20% | 14% | 24% | 13% | 16% |
| Sundaram Aggressive Hybrid Fund | 14% | 11% | 20% | 11% | 16% |
| Edelweiss Aggressive Hybrid Fund | 22% | 16% | 24% | 15% | 15% |
| Franklin India Equity Hybrid Fund | 18% | 11% | 21% | 13% | 15% |
| HSBC Aggressive Hybrid Fund | 17% | 9% | 18% | 10% | 15% |
| Tata Hybrid Equity Fund | 17% | 13% | 21% | 12% | 15% |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Hybrid 95 Fund | 13% | 8% | 20% | 10% | 14% |
| JM Equity Hybrid Fund | 26% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 14% |
| UTI Hybrid Equity Fund | 20% | 13% | 24% | 12% | 14% |
You can use the below image as a reference to review the risk ratios while selecting right equity oriented mutual fund schemes (to know, how consistent the funds have been..?).
The above list of funds is shortlisted based on their past performance and below list is based on their risk parameters. I have sorted the listed from LOW to AVERAGE risk grade. We can consider the funds which have LOW to AVERAGE risk grade and have AVERAGE to HIGH return grade.
Hybrid Funds invest in both equity and debt instruments. Hence, you can have a look at the Funds’ equity and debt portfolios. Whether a fund has invested heavily in large cap or mid-cap (and) how is the credit quality of its Debt portfolio.
For example : Top and consistent performer like ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt fund has a portfolio composition of 70% in equities, 18.6% in Debt securities, 2% in real estate related securities (REITs) and around 9.6% in cash. Its equity portion consists of almost 85% in large-cap stocks and 14% in mid and small cap stocks. Its Debt portfolio has 12% exposure to securities which have Sovereign guarantee.
Besides the above factors, we need to look at who is the fund manager and how long he/she has been managing the Scheme, and if there is a recent change of FM.
Besides the above Volatility related parameters, I have analyzed the funds based on their past performances i.e., based on the returns generated over the last many years and shortlisted the Top 5 Best Aggressive Hybrid Equity Funds;
You may also have a look at Mirae Asset Hybrid Equity Fund (launched in 2015). Though the performances of hybrid funds like HDFC Children Gift Fund, HDFC Retirement Savings Fund etc., have been good, I have ignored them due to certain draw-backs associated with these kind of Schemes.
Some important points to ponder over before investing in an aggressive hybrid mutual fund scheme.
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Kindly note that Mutual Funds are subject to market risks and their past performance may or may not be repeated.
(Post first published on : 01-Aug-2023) (References : Valueresearchonline, Moneycontrol, Morningstar & ET Money)
This post was last modified on August 1, 2023 2:17 pm
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