ITI Balanced Advantage Fund
Fund basics
How it compares in its category
Against the Balanced Advantage Direct 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.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund quant Mutual Fund | 15.8% | 6.1% | 0.98 | 13.7% | 0.68 | -18.4% |
| Baroda BNP Paribas Balanced Advantage Fund Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund | 13.7% | 4.4% | 0.61 | 10.8% | 0.67 | -20.7% |
| Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Axis Mutual Fund | 12.9% | 1.6% | 0.47 | 8.1% | 0.78 | -17.2% |
| HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund HDFC Mutual Fund | 13.0% | 4.7% | 0.78 | 14.3% | 0.46 | -34.2% |
| WhiteOak Capital Balanced Advantage Fund WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund | 13.1% | 4.1% | 0.59 | 7.8% | 0.85 | -9.6% |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 13.0% | 2.1% | 0.62 | 9.7% | 0.67 | -26.4% |
| ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund | 12.7% | 2.2% | 0.56 | 8.9% | 0.70 | -27.0% |
| Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund | 12.4% | 3.0% | 0.61 | 9.4% | 0.63 | -9.8% |
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 Balanced Advantage scheme is
Equity and debt moved dynamically, by a model.
The equity share rises when the market looks cheap and falls when it looks expensive, decided by a formula rather than a mood. Read the fund's model — they differ enormously, and it is the entire product.
Who it suits. Investors who want somebody else to decide when to be cautious.
How long money should stay. 3 to 5 years.
Questions people ask
What is the NAV of ITI Balanced Advantage Fund — Direct Plan — Growth Option?
₹16.4922 as on 27 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 ITI Balanced Advantage 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?
Equity and debt moved dynamically, by a model. The equity share rises when the market looks cheap and falls when it looks expensive, decided by a formula rather than a mood. Read the fund's model — they differ enormously, and it is the entire product.
How long should money stay in it?
Typically 3 to 5 years. Investors who want somebody else to decide when to be cautious.