Union Balanced Advantage 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) | 22.6500 | 3.19% | 9.54% | 8.56% |
| Regular | 20.7500 | 2.01% | 8.29% | 7.26% |
1.30 percentage points a year separate them over five years. On ₹1,00,000 left for ten years that is ₹227,352 against ₹201,548 — ₹25,804 for holding the same portfolio under a different label.
Everything the NAV says
Computed from 2,125 published NAVs between 5 Jan 2018 and 26 Aug 2026 — 8.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Balanced Advantage Fund Direct | 1.71 | 4.14 | 0.76 | 4.33 | 9.53 | 8.49 | 11.16 | — | 9.89 |
| Nifty 100 benchmark | 1.05 | 1.76 | -2.99 | 0.66 | 10.50 | 9.33 | — | — | 12.76 |
| Balanced Advantage category median · 32 funds | — | — | — | 4.62 | 10.83 | 9.89 | — | 10.83 | — |
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 Balanced Advantage — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 26 Aug 2026.
Risk measures
| Fund name | Volatility | Sharpe | Sortino | Beta | Alpha | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Balanced Advantage Fund Direct | 9.52 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.50 | -23.78 |
| 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.
Against its benchmark
Regressed on the 82 months this fund and Nifty 100 (via Axis Nifty 100 Index Fund) both have. Alpha is Jensen's — the return left over after the market move this fund's own beta would predict.
| Alpha | Beta | R² | Fund vs index | Up capture | Down capture | Tracking error | Information ratio | Treynor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.50% | 0.56 | 91% | -2.85% | 61% | 45% | 8.29% | -0.34 | 8.55 |
Up and down capture are the pair worth reading together: a fund that takes 95% of the rises but only 80% of the falls is doing something a headline CAGR will never show you.
Risk
| Volatility | Downside volatility | Sharpe | Sortino |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5% | 6.9% | 0.32 | 0.44 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| -23.8% | 3 months | At 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 year | Median year | Worst year | Losing years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58.3% | 8.7% | -17.1% | 3% |
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 ₹742,987 today, an XIRR of 8.49% 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 Balanced Advantage Direct Plan Growth Option scheme against another of exactly the same kind.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Balanced Advantage Fund Union Mutual Fund · this scheme | 9.5% | 0.5% | 0.56 | 9.5% | 0.32 | -23.8% |
| Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Axis Mutual Fund | 13.0% | 1.7% | 0.47 | 8.1% | 0.80 | -17.2% |
| Baroda BNP Paribas Balanced Advantage Fund Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | 0.61 | 10.8% | 0.68 | -20.7% |
| Canara Robeco Balanced Advantage Fund Canara Robeco Mutual Fund | — | 0.0% | 0.68 | 9.1% | -0.38 | -11.0% |
| HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund HDFC Mutual Fund | 13.1% | 4.7% | 0.78 | 14.3% | 0.46 | -34.2% |
| ITI Balanced Advantage Fund ITI Mutual Fund | 10.9% | -3.2% | 0.64 | 12.7% | 0.34 | -33.6% |
| Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 10.8% | 1.1% | 0.58 | 9.5% | 0.45 | -26.3% |
| NJ Balanced Advantage Fund NJ Mutual Fund | 9.7% | 0.3% | 0.59 | 8.1% | 0.40 | -14.7% |
| Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | 12.2% | 1.9% | 0.56 | 11.1% | 0.51 | -22.8% |
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.
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Questions people ask
What is the NAV of Union Balanced Advantage Fund — Direct Plan — Growth Option?
₹22.6500 as on 26 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 Union 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.