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BANK OF INDIA ULTRA SHORT TERM FUND
Bank of India Mutual FundIncome/Debt Oriented Schemes - Ultra Short Term Fund13.8 years
The fund aims to generate reasonable market related returns by investing in Money Market instruments. Also seeks to provide high liquidity to investors. The scheme would be investing more than 50% into instruments having maturity less than or equal to 1 year and rest having maturity more than 1 year with low /medium risk appetite.
- NAV
- 3,547.1336
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +6.2%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹195.82 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 0.5% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Fits if · Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Prefer peers if · Prefer Mahindra Manulife Ultra Short Term Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
13.8 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.42% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -0.8%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
39% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Pass
Mithraem Bharucha · 5.2 years on the scheme.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Watch
Top 10 holdings ≈ 58.1% of the portfolio.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y+6.2%
- 3Y+6.8%
- 5Y+6.3%
- 10Y+6.4%
- SI+7.2%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+6.2%
- 3Y+6.6%
- 5Y+6.6%
- 10Y+6.2%
- Since inception
- +7.2%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -0.1%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +39%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 0
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +6.6%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +4.3%
- 2619 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +6.9%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 2135 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -0.8%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- 0.0%
- At peak
- Current spell
- 0 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +8%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 3 days
- 122 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 25 days
- Trough to prior peak
11 Mar 2020 – 27 Mar 2020
Trough 24 Mar 2020 · recovered in 3 days
-0.8%
15 Jul 2013 – 12 Aug 2013
Trough 24 Jul 2013 · recovered in 19 days
-0.6%
13 Aug 2013 – 21 Aug 2013
Trough 20 Aug 2013 · recovered in 1 days
-0.3%
2 May 2022 – 31 May 2022
Trough 6 May 2022 · recovered in 25 days
-0.2%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
0
Vs category
49
Consistency
37
Risk-adjusted
100
Drawdown
98
Mean
57
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
- Three-year return sits below the 25th percentile of comparable share classes.
- AUM fell by 30% or more versus the prior observation.
Supporting reads
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 26 holdings · top 10 are 58.1%.
- Top 5
- 33.1%
- Top 10
- 58.1%
- Largest holding
- 7.4%
- Effective holdings
- 19.9
Union Bank of India CD
Financial
7.4%
POWER FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED SR 251A 6.27 BD 15JL27 FVRS1LAC
Financial
7.1%
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED CD 21DEC26
Financial
7.0%
REC LIMITED SR 232 A 7.59 BD 31MY27 FVRS1LAC
Financial
6.1%
National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (17/03/2027) ** #
Financial
5.4%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Mahindra Manulife Ultra Short Term Fund
Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.2%
- Vol
- 0.5%
- Max DD
- -0.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.80
- 3Y win
- +85%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Mirae Asset Ultra Short-Term Fund
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.5%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.4%
- Max DD
- -0.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.91
- 3Y win
- +95%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Sundaram Ultra Short Term Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Ultra Short Duration Fund)
Sundaram Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.2%
- Vol
- 0.4%
- Max DD
- -0.2%
- Sharpe
- 2.51
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Axis Ultra Short Term Fund
Axis Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.6%
- 3Y
- +7.4%
- Vol
- 0.5%
- Max DD
- -0.8%
- Sharpe
- 1.63
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Lower volatility
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Deeper drawdown
Baroda BNP Paribas Ultra Short Term Fund
Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.1%
- Vol
- 0.5%
- Max DD
- -1.0%
- Sharpe
- 1.16
- 3Y win
- +53%
- Lower volatility
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Deeper drawdown