Kotak Corporate Bond Fund
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Fund basics
Everything the NAV says
Computed from 38 published NAVs between 23 Jul 2026 and 16 Sep 2026 — 0.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotak Corporate Bond Fund Regular | -0.34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Corporate Bond category median · 3 funds | — | — | — | 4.50 | 6.58 | 5.57 | — | — | — |
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 Corporate Bond — 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 Sep 2026.
Risk measures
| Fund name | Volatility | Sharpe | Sortino | Beta | Alpha | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotak Corporate Bond Fund Regular | — | — | — | — | — | -0.55 |
Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.
The worst it has been
| Deepest fall | Time to recover | Today, from its peak |
|---|---|---|
| -0.6% | — | 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.
How it compares in its category
Against the Corporate Bond Regular 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotak Corporate Bond Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund · this scheme | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6% |
| BARODA BNP PARIBAS CORPORATE BOND FUND Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund | 7.4% | — | — | 1.2% | 0.76 | -2.4% |
| Franklin India Corporate Bond Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 2.2% | 0.43 | -7.7% |
| DSP Corporate Bond Fund DSP Mutual Fund | 7.1% | — | — | 1.6% | 0.38 | -3.2% |
| ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund | 7.1% | — | — | 2.1% | 0.30 | -7.6% |
| Nippon India Corporate Bond Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | 7.1% | — | — | 0.9% | 0.70 | -1.7% |
| AXIS Corporate Bond Fund Axis Mutual Fund | 7.0% | — | — | 2.0% | 0.27 | -3.8% |
| Kotak Corporate Bond Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 7.0% | — | — | 1.4% | 0.37 | -1.9% |
| UTI - Corporate Bond Fund UTI Mutual Fund | 7.0% | — | — | 1.7% | 0.27 | -3.0% |
Alpha and beta are against the category index. 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 Corporate Bond scheme is
At least 80% in the highest-rated corporate debt.
AA+ and above only. Better yields than government paper with credit risk kept deliberately small — the category exists precisely to avoid the trade-off credit risk funds make.
Who it suits. Conservative investors wanting more than a gilt fund without reaching for risk.
How long money should stay. 3 years or more.
Questions people ask
What is the NAV of Kotak Corporate Bond Fund — Regular Plan — IDCW Weekly?
₹998.4975 as on 25 Sep 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 Kotak Corporate Bond 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 Weekly 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 80% in the highest-rated corporate debt. AA+ and above only. Better yields than government paper with credit risk kept deliberately small — the category exists precisely to avoid the trade-off credit risk funds make.
How long should money stay in it?
Typically 3 years or more. Conservative investors wanting more than a gilt fund without reaching for risk.