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Axis CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL June 2028 Index Fund

Regular Plan IDCW Option Index Funds Axis Mutual Fund Code 151298 ISIN INF846K014N9

Fund basics

Launched27 Jan 2023 3.6 years of history
CategoryIndex FundsSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · IDCW Option code 151298
BenchmarkNifty 100 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on25 Aug 2026source AMFI

Returns

No CAGR is shown for an IDCW Option scheme, and that is deliberate. Its NAV falls by every payout it makes, so a return computed from NAV alone understates it by exactly the amount distributed — and AMFI's daily file carries no payout history to add back. A wrong number wearing the right label is worse than an honest gap. The Growth option of this same fund is the one to compare on returns.

Regular vs Direct — same portfolio, two prices

The same fund, the same manager, the same shares. The only difference is the distributor commission inside the Regular plan's expense ratio — charged every year, on the whole balance.

PlanNAV1y3y5y
Regular (this page) 12.8695
Direct 12.9615

The two NAVs are 0.7% apart today. They started life at the same ₹10 — the whole of that gap is what the commission has taken out of the Regular plan since launch.

Everything the NAV says

Computed from 873 published NAVs between 27 Jan 2023 and 27 Aug 2026 — 3.6 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Axis CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL June 2028 Index Fund Regular 0.402.222.36 5.837.36 7.33
Nifty 100 benchmark 1.051.76-2.99 0.6610.509.33 12.76
Index Funds category median · 188 funds 5.597.638.89 11.16

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Regular plan in Index Funds — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 25 Aug 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Axis CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL June 2028 Index Fund Regular 1.15 0.74 1.46 0.05 0.55 -0.82
Nifty 100 benchmark 17.12 0.23 0.32 -37.03

Risk measures use a risk-free rate of 6.5% and are stated so they can be checked — a ratio quoted without its risk-free rate cannot be. Beta and alpha need an index, so they are blank for the benchmark row itself.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
1.2%0.6%0.741.46

Sharpe and Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond. Both are stated so the figure can be checked — a ratio quoted without its risk-free rate cannot be.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-0.8%0 monthsAt a high

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
10.5%8.1%3.9%0%
Worst3.9%Median8.1%Best10.5%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

8.1%20248.3%20253.2%2026
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

98.32%Debt
1.67%Cash & Equivalents

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

AMFI has not classified this scheme's holdings into large, mid and small cap in the filing we hold, so there is no split to show. The section is left here rather than hidden so it is clear the data is missing, not that the fund holds nothing.

Concentration

Number of stocks9
Top 5 stocks93.54%
Top 10 stocks98.32%
Top 20 stocks98.32%
Largest single holding36.50%
Largest sectorSovereign · 98.32%
Number of sectors1
Effective stocks3.8
Cash & equivalents1.67%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Sovereign — 98.3%Other — 1.7%Sovereign98.3%Other1.7%
Where the equity money sits, by industry. The biggest few sectors decide most of what this fund does in any given year — a fund heavy in one sector is making a bet, whether or not its name says so.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 99.8% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

7.06% Government of India (10/04/2028) 36.50%
8.05% Tamilnadu State Development Loans (18/04/2028) 32.29%
8.09% West Bengal State Development Loans (27/03/2028) 14.12%
7.18% Gujarat State Development Loans (07/06/2028) 9.09%
8.16% Rajasthan State Development Loans (09/05/2028) 1.54%
8.44% Rajasthan State Development Loans (07/03/2028) 1.54%
8% Kerala State Development Loans (11/04/2028) 1.53%
Net Receivables / (Payables) 1.50%
8.15% Tamil Nadu State Development Loans (09/05/2028) 1.11%
6.73% Kerala State Development Loans (10/06/2028) 0.60%
Clearing Corporation of India Ltd 0.17%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

How it compares with its closest peers

The same category, the same plan, the same option — the only comparison that means anything. A Index Funds Regular Plan IDCW Option scheme against another of exactly the same kind.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Axis CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL June 2028 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund · this scheme 7.4% 0.5% 0.05 1.2% 0.74 -0.8%
360 ONE ELSS Tax Saver Nifty 50 Index Fund 360 ONE Mutual Fund 8.4% -1.6% 0.93 12.4% 0.15 -15.5%
Axis BSE Sensex Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund -2.5% 0.92 13.4% -0.24 -16.1%
Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund 7.4% -0.4% 0.05 1.5% 0.60 -3.6%
Axis CRISIL-IBX AAA Bond Financial Services - Sep 2027 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund 0.9% 0.04 0.8% 0.94 -0.4%
Axis CRISIL-IBX AAA Bond NBFC - Jun 2027 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund 1.0% 0.02 0.8% 1.13 -0.3%
Axis Crisil IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL September 2027 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund 7.3% 0.5% 0.03 0.9% 0.89 -0.4%
Axis Nifty 100 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund 8.0% -1.7% 1.03 17.2% 0.09 -37.2%
Axis Nifty 50 Index Fund Axis Mutual Fund 6.6% -2.2% 1.00 13.7% 0.00 -19.5%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 100. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Index Funds scheme is

Track an index, holding its constituents in its proportions.

No manager, no stock picking, and an expense ratio a fraction of an active fund's. Over long periods that fee gap alone beats a majority of active large-cap funds — which is the strongest argument index funds have.

Who it suits. Anybody who would rather have the market's return at the lowest cost than try to beat it.

How long money should stay. 5 years or more.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Axis CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL June 2028 Index Fund — Regular Plan — IDCW Option?

₹12.8695 as on 25 Aug 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Axis CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL June 2028 Index Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the IDCW Option option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

Track an index, holding its constituents in its proportions. No manager, no stock picking, and an expense ratio a fraction of an active fund's. Over long periods that fee gap alone beats a majority of active large-cap funds — which is the strongest argument index funds have.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 5 years or more. Anybody who would rather have the market's return at the lowest cost than try to beat it.