Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund Direct Growth

About Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

As the name suggests, the Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund is a debt fund which predominantly invests in high-rated corporate bonds. This is a relatively safer mutual fund as compared to other mutual funds and hence, suitable for risk-averse investors.

Pros and Cons of Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

The most advantage of investing in the Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund is that investors get much-needed safety as the asset allocation of the fund is mostly made towards high-rated corporate bonds. On the flip side, the returns are not as high as that of equity funds.

Fund Information and Statistics

i) Inception/Launch date The Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund was launched on 22 September 2014.

ii) Risk level Edelweiss Mutual Funds has categorised the Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund under ‘moderate risk’ mutual funds. It is less risky than equity funds while it is riskier than gilt funds.

iii) Redemption As the Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund is an open-ended scheme, you can place redemption requests any time.

iv) Fund Manager Mr Gautam Kaul and Mr Dhawal Dalal are the fund managers of the Edelweiss Corporate Bond Fund.

v) Entry/Exit load There is no entry load as per the norms of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The redemption requests of units in excess of 10% made within one year are processed at an exit load of 1%. After one year, no exit load applies.

About Edelweiss Mutual Funds

The sponsor of Edelweiss Mutual Funds is Edelweiss Financial Services while its trustee is Edelweiss Trusteeship Company Limited (ETCL). It registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) back in August 2007. As of March 2020, the assets under management (AUM) of Edelweiss Mutual Funds amounted to Rs 12,414.68 crore.