HSBC Medium to Long Term Fund
Fund basics
Returns
Returns for this scheme are not computed yet — we need at least three years of published NAV. The NAV above is today's, straight from AMFI.
Direct vs Regular — 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.
| Plan | NAV | 1y | 3y | 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct (this page) | 48.9295 | — | — | — |
| Regular | 43.7311 | — | — | — |
The two NAVs are 10.6% 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 3,292 published NAVs between 8 Jan 2013 and 27 Aug 2026 — 13.6 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 | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 7Y | 10Y | Since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC Medium to Long Term Fund Direct | -0.18 | 2.54 | 1.95 | 4.46 | 6.66 | 5.42 | 5.63 | 6.05 | 6.76 |
| Long Duration category median · 20 funds | — | — | — | 4.59 | 6.91 | 6.36 | — | 6.89 | — |
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 Direct plan in Long Duration — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC Medium to Long Term Fund Direct | 3.25 | 0.05 | 0.07 | — | — | -8.84 |
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
| Volatility | Downside volatility | Sharpe | Sortino |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 2.2% | 0.05 | 0.07 |
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 fall | Time to recover | Today, from its peak |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8% | 9 months | -0.7% |
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 year | Median year | Worst year | Losing years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.5% | 7.2% | -1.6% | 4% |
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
If you had run a SIP
₹10,000 every month for five years — ₹600,000 invested in all — would be worth ₹698,877 today, an XIRR of 6.04% a year.
XIRR, not CAGR. A SIP's money arrives over sixty months, so most of it has been invested for far less than five years — which is why this figure normally sits below the five-year CAGR above in a rising market, and above it in a falling one. It is the return the investor got, not the return the fund got.
How it compares with its closest peers
The same category, the same plan, the same option — the only comparison that means anything. A Long Duration Direct Plan Growth scheme against another of exactly the same kind.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC Medium to Long Term Fund HSBC Mutual Fund · this scheme | 6.7% | — | — | 3.3% | 0.05 | -8.8% |
| BANK OF INDIA CONSERVATIVE HYBRID FUND Bank of India Mutual Fund | 7.3% | — | — | 5.6% | 0.14 | -15.4% |
| Bandhan Medium to Long Term Fund Bandhan Mutual Fund | 6.7% | — | — | 3.5% | 0.05 | -6.9% |
| Franklin India Medium to Long Term Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund | — | — | — | 1.8% | 0.13 | -1.7% |
| ICICI Prudential Medium to Long Term Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 3.1% | 0.32 | -10.2% |
| Kotak Medium to Long Term Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 7.4% | — | — | 3.6% | 0.26 | -9.9% |
| LIC MF Medium to Long Term Fund LIC Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 2.6% | 0.39 | -6.2% |
| SBI MEDIUM TO LONG TERM FUND SBI Mutual Fund | 7.1% | — | — | 3.0% | 0.19 | -8.5% |
| UTI Medium to Long Term Fund UTI Mutual Fund | 6.5% | — | — | 4.6% | 0.01 | -13.1% |
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 Long Duration scheme is
Portfolio duration above 7 years.
The most rate-sensitive debt category there is. A one-point fall in yields can add several points of return; a rise does the same in reverse. This is a view on interest rates, not a parking place.
Who it suits. Investors who deliberately want duration when rates look set to fall.
How long money should stay. 7 years or more.
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Questions people ask
What is the NAV of HSBC Medium to Long Term Fund — Direct Plan — Growth?
₹48.9295 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 HSBC Medium to Long Term 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?
Portfolio duration above 7 years. The most rate-sensitive debt category there is. A one-point fall in yields can add several points of return; a rise does the same in reverse. This is a view on interest rates, not a parking place.
How long should money stay in it?
Typically 7 years or more. Investors who deliberately want duration when rates look set to fall.