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SBI MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Regular Plan IDCW Multi Asset Allocation SBI Mutual Fund Code 103400 ISIN INF200K01818

Fund basics

Launched3 Apr 2006 20.4 years of history
CategoryMulti Asset AllocationSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · IDCW code 103400
BenchmarkNifty 100 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on25 Aug 2026source AMFI

Returns

No CAGR is shown for an IDCW 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) 30.2471
Direct 43.1047

The two NAVs are 29.8% 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 4,949 published NAVs between 3 Apr 2006 and 27 Aug 2026 — 20.4 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
SBI MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND Regular 1.801.200.27 14.1815.4213.38 13.139.395.50
Nifty 100 benchmark 1.051.76-2.99 0.6610.509.33 12.76
Multi Asset Allocation category median · 16 funds 8.5814.9912.10 10.76

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 Multi Asset Allocation — 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
SBI MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND Regular 5.75 1.55 2.15 0.44 3.55 -17.99
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
5.8%4.2%1.552.15

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
-18.0%3 months-0.8%
0%-6%-12%-18%2008201020122014201620182020202220242026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

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
32.0%3.4%-9.3%14%
Worst-9.3%Median3.4%Best32.0%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

13.0%20216.0%202224.4%202312.8%202418.6%20253.0%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.

If you had run a SIP

₹10,000 every month for five years — ₹600,000 invested in all — would be worth ₹858,719 today, an XIRR of 14.33% 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 Multi Asset Allocation Regular Plan IDCW scheme against another of exactly the same kind.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
SBI MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND SBI Mutual Fund · this scheme 15.4% 3.5% 0.44 5.8% 1.55 -18.0%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Multi Asset Allocation Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 9.6% 1.4% 0.60 10.7% 0.29 -16.6%
BANDHAN MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND Bandhan Mutual Fund 6.5% 0.71 9.6% 0.62 -15.3%
Bajaj Finserv Multi Asset Allocation Fund Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund 5.9% 0.68 10.3% 0.38 -13.4%
Bank of India Multi Asset Allocation Fund Bank of India Mutual Fund 4.9% 0.48 8.8% 0.50 -9.6%
Canara Robeco Multi Asset Allocation Fund Canara Robeco Mutual Fund 9.7% 0.64 10.1% 0.51 -10.6%
Capitalmind Multi Asset Allocation Fund Capitalmind Mutual Fund 6.7% -5.7%
DSP Multi Asset Allocation Fund DSP Mutual Fund 6.3% 0.47 9.7% 0.83 -14.6%

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 Multi Asset Allocation scheme is

At least 10% each in three asset classes.

Equity, debt and usually gold in one fund. The three rarely fall together, so the ride is smoother — and you never have to decide when to buy gold.

Who it suits. Investors who want one holding that already diversifies across asset classes.

How long money should stay. 5 years or more.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of SBI MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION FUND — Regular Plan — IDCW?

₹30.2471 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 SBI MULTI ASSET ALLOCATION 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 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?

At least 10% each in three asset classes. Equity, debt and usually gold in one fund. The three rarely fall together, so the ride is smoother — and you never have to decide when to buy gold.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 5 years or more. Investors who want one holding that already diversifies across asset classes.