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HSBC Credit Risk Fund

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Fund basics

Launched28 Nov 2022 3.9 years of history
CategoryCredit RiskSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · Growth code 151043
Benchmark— no equity benchmark for this category
NAV as on30 Oct 2026source AMFI

Computed from 911 published NAVs between 28 Nov 2022 and 28 Aug 2026 — 3.7 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
HSBC Credit Risk Fund Regular 0.432.213.02 5.9210.93— ——10.07
Credit Risk category median · 17 funds ——— 6.237.566.76 —6.75—

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 Credit Risk — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 30 Oct 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
HSBC Credit Risk Fund Regular 6.88 0.64 7.97 — — -0.41

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
6.9%0.6%0.647.97

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-0.4%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
22.0%7.1%4.4%0%
Worst4.4%Median7.1%Best22.0%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

6.5%20237.2%202420.3%20253.9%2026InvestVerdict
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

92.58%Debt
6.36%REITs / InvITs
0.63%Cash & Equivalents
0.43%AIF Units

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

—Large
—Mid
—Small
Unclassified 99.4%99.4%Unclassified 99.4%
AMFI's half-yearly ranking: 1–100 Large, 101–250 Mid, 251+ Small. The rest is debt, cash, foreign holdings or fund units, which AMFI does not rank.

Concentration

Number of stocks30
Top 5 stocks32.50%
Top 10 stocks57.98%
Top 20 stocks85.85%
Largest single holding7.88%
Largest sectorCRISIL AA · 38.33%
Number of sectors13
Effective stocks22.3
Cash & equivalents0.63%

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

CRISIL AA — 38.3%CRISIL AAA — 11.6%SOVEREIGN — 11.3%CARE AA- — 8.2%CRISIL AA- — 7.1%InvITs — 6.4%CRISIL AA+ — 3.5%ICRA AA — 3.5%Other — 10.2%CRISIL AA38.3%CRISIL AAA11.6%SOVEREIGN11.3%CARE AA-8.2%CRISIL AA-7.1%InvITs6.4%CRISIL AA+3.5%ICRA AA3.5%Other10.2%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 58.0% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited 7.88%
6.01% GOI 21Jul2030 6.69%
JTPM Metal Traders 6.12%
Nirma Limited 5.97%
Power Finance Corporation Limited 5.84%
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 5.71%
Aditya Birla Renewables Limited 5.68%
Godrej Seeds & Genetics Limited 5.67%
JSW Kalinga Steel Ltd 4.72%
GMR Airports Limited 3.70%
Vedanta Limited 3.53%
MAS Financial Services Limited 3.47%

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 in its category

Against the Credit Risk Regular schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
HSBC Credit Risk Fund HSBC Mutual Fund · this scheme 10.9% — — 6.9% 0.64 -0.4%
DSP Credit Risk Fund DSP Mutual Fund 15.9% — — 7.4% 1.27 -6.2%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 12.2% — — 3.0% 1.90 -4.0%
BANK OF INDIA CREDIT RISK FUND Bank of India Mutual Fund 9.6% — — 4.1% 0.76 -73.5%
Nippon India Credit Risk Fund (Existing Number of Segregated Portfolios - 1) Nippon India Mutual Fund 8.5% — — 1.0% 2.05 -13.9%
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund 8.5% — — 1.2% 1.69 -3.1%
Nippon India Credit Risk Fund (Existing Number of Segregated Portfolios - 1) Nippon India Mutual Fund 8.1% — — 1.0% 1.54 -13.9%
Axis Credit Risk Fund Axis Mutual Fund 8.0% — — 1.1% 1.36 -3.5%
SBI CREDIT RISK FUND SBI Mutual Fund 7.9% — — 1.1% 1.30 -2.3%

Alpha and beta are against the category index. 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 Credit Risk scheme is

At least 65% in debt rated AA and below.

Paid to take credit risk, and that risk is real: a single default can mark the whole portfolio down and freeze redemptions. Read what it holds before the return.

Who it suits. Investors who understand corporate credit and are sizing this small.

How long money should stay. 3 years or more.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of HSBC Credit Risk Fund — Regular Plan — Growth?

₹34.5420 as on 30 Oct 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 HSBC Credit Risk 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 Growth option mean?

Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.

What kind of scheme is this?

At least 65% in debt rated AA and below. Paid to take credit risk, and that risk is real: a single default can mark the whole portfolio down and freeze redemptions. Read what it holds before the return.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 3 years or more. Investors who understand corporate credit and are sizing this small.