Sundaram Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund)
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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 | 13.1% | 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 Sundaram Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund) — Direct Plan — Monthly IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)?
₹17.8677 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 Sundaram Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram 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 Monthly IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) 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?
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.