Edelweiss Focused Fund

All Cap

Diversified

Equity

India Super Value

Others

Aggressive growth Investor Profile

Investor Profile

1–7 yearsInvestment Horizon

HNI, UHNI, Retail Investor, Mass AffluentTarget Segments

SEBI registered equity mutual fund suitable for all investor categoriesRegulatory Fit

Edelweiss Focused Fund Growth invests in high-quality Indian companies with strong fundamentals.

What This Strategy Does

Edelweiss Focused Fund Regular Growth is an equity fund focused on India which captures the country's broad-based earnings growth opportunity through a concentrated portfolio approach, deploying capital across financials, industrials, and consumer sectors to achieve benchmark-aligned compounding.

CW Expert Research Notes

Consistent Outperformance

Over the past 12 months, the fund underperformed its category index and peers, but over the three-year period, it mirrored the index while outperforming category peers, reflecting resilient earnings delivery and downside protection characteristics.

Concentrated Portfolio

The fund's focused investment approach, with a concentrated portfolio of high-conviction stocks across market capitalizations and sectors like financials and industrials, differentiates it from more diversified peers.

Macro Tailwinds

Potential catalysts supporting the fund's thesis include India's favorable policy environment, corporate earnings revisions, and structural growth trends, though risks like expensive valuations could impair outcomes.

Performance and Risk Analysis

Historical returns, volatility patterns, and how this fund has performed relative to its benchmark.

Fund Performance

-0.9% AnnuallyAlpha

+0.0% vs +0.0% benchmarkSince Inception

+0.0% vs +0.0% benchmark3Y Annualized

+0.0% vs +0.0% benchmark5Y Annualized

Edelweiss Focused Fund

Benchmark Index

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Edelweiss Focused Equity Fund

NIFTY 50

Risk Profile

Standard Deviation17.8%

Maximum Drawdown-16.1% | Oct 2024

Sharpe Ratio-0.28

Beta0.98

Upside Capture99%

Detailed Risks

Market Risk

Potential recession triggered by elevated inflation could dampen consumer demand, mitigated by mid-cap tilt.

Liquidity Risk

Concentrated mid-cap exposure could face liquidity stress during volatility spikes, mitigated by large-cap allocation.

Concentration Risk

Significant mid-cap overweight versus peers exposes fund to idiosyncratic risks, diversified by sector mix.

Specific Strategy Risk

Mid-cap holdings vulnerable to earnings misses or competitive pressures, monitored through rigorous research process.

Strategy Details

A closer look at the investment thesis, portfolio construction, and current holdings.

Core Investment Theme

Provides concentrated exposure to India's highest-conviction opportunities across market cycles. This focused approach aims to generate alpha by investing in a compact portfolio of the fund manager's best ideas, allowing each holding to make a meaningful impact. The impact is the potential for outsized returns with elevated volatility, making it suitable for investors with the risk tolerance to embrace market fluctuations in pursuit of long-term outperformance.

Broader Market View

Market Outlook

Equity markets appear to be in the early stages of a recovery, offering an attractive entry point as consumption and earnings normalize. Cyclical sectors like consumer discretionary and financials stand to benefit from improving credit growth and domestic demand trends, though margin pressures remain a risk.

Why This Strategy is Attractive Now

This strategy appears well-positioned for the current environment with exposure to consumer cyclicals, financials, and technology leaders. Its diversification across around 70 holdings, balanced between growth and stability, coupled with a moderate risk profile, aligns it with normalizing conditions while mitigating cyclicality risks.

Investment Style & Process

Investment Style

The portfolio exhibits characteristics of a Quality Growth strategy, emphasizing companies with durable competitive advantages, consistent earnings growth, and reasonable valuations relative to their growth prospects.

Why it Makes Sense

A Quality Growth approach can provide exposure to secular growth themes while mitigating valuation risk, an appealing balance amid moderating economic conditions and elevated market volatility.

High-Level Investment Process

Sourcing: The strategy appears to source investment ideas from across the market capitalization spectrum, with a tilt towards large and mid-cap companies exhibiting quality characteristics such as high returns on capital, pricing power, and sustainable competitive advantages. Selection: The selection process suggests a preference for companies with visible earnings growth, strong balance sheets, proven management teams, and reasonable valuations relative to their growth prospects and quality profiles. Construction: Portfolio construction aims to create a diversified portfolio of quality growth companies, with an emphasis on risk management through position sizing, sector exposures aligned with team convictions, and a focus on limiting unintended factor exposures.

Portfolio Holdings Overview

SectoralAllocation

Utilities3.86%

Services5.54%

Financial Services35.47%

Technology7.44%

Consumers19.65%

Energy & Infra6.29%

Capital Goods21.76%

Geographic Allocation

Domestic100%

Top Stock Holdings

CompanySectorAllocation

HDFC Bank LtdFinancial Services6.15%

Reliance Industries LtdEnergy & Infra6.11%

Larsen & Toubro LtdCapital Goods5.87%

ICICI Bank LtdFinancial Services5.60%

Tata Steel LtdCapital Goods5.08%

State Bank of IndiaFinancial Services5.01%

Shriram Finance LtdFinancial Services4.65%

Marico LtdConsumers4.51%

KEI Industries LtdCapital Goods4.18%

NTPC LtdUtilities3.75%

Fund House Management

The asset management company’s track record, AUM scale, and fund manager credentials.

Fund Manager Track Record

Sumanta Khan

Mr. Sumanta Khan has experience of 20 years. Manages 22 funds at Edelweiss Asset Management Limited with an AUM of approximately ₹1,776 Cr Holds a B.Tech degree.

53 years

Combined Team Experience

₹ 73,047 Cr

Assets Under Management

Amit Vora

Co-Portfolio Manager

Amit Vora has experience of 5 years. Manages 91 funds at Edelweiss Asset Management Limited with an AUM of approximately ₹23,878 Cr

Trideep Bhattacharya

Co-Portfolio Manager

Mr. Trideep Bhattacharya has experience of 17 years. Manages 89 funds at Edelweiss Asset Management Limited with an AUM of approximately ₹23,943 Cr Holds a MBA degree.

Raj Koradia

Co-Portfolio Manager

Mr. Raj Koradia has experience of 9 years. Manages 65 funds at Edelweiss Asset Management Limited with an AUM of approximately ₹23,450 Cr Holds a B.Com degree.

CW Expert Take

Edelweiss brings capital markets expertise to fund management. Their investment teams leverage deep sectoral knowledge from the parent group's domain experience. The fund house combines fundamental research with market structure understanding, useful across equity positioning and credit cycle navigation.

Firm Overview

Total AUM₹1,80,658.3 Cr

Investment Philosophy & Approach

Disciplined Investing

Edelweiss follows a disciplined investment approach focused on rigorous research.

Risk Management

The fund house emphasizes robust risk management through diversification.

Long-Term Perspective

Edelweiss maintains a long-term perspective in capital allocation decisions.

Operational & Regulatory Details

What it costs to invest, transaction mechanics, and regulatory disclosures you should know.

Costs and Fees

Total Expense Ratio (TER)2.23%

Exit Load1

Regulatory & Tax Information

INF754K01OL0

ISIN

DailyDealing Frequency

BSE 500 India TR INRBenchmark

LTCG | >1Year 12.5%% on gain above 1.25 Lakh

STCG | <1Year 20%%

Tax Implications (India)