ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund Direct Plan Growth

About ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund

ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund, an open-ended equity scheme, invests predominantly in large-cap stocks. The scheme provides growth and stability to your portfolio as it invests in bluechip stocks, which are market leaders in their industry. The stocks are well-diversified across sectors.

Pros and Cons of ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund

ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund invests in large-cap companies that are popular brands holding a significant track record. They are chosen among the top business tycoons of India. Therefore, the one-year and three-year returns of the scheme are higher than the category average returns. However, the asset under management has crossed Rs.15,000 crore, which means the returns may go low at some point.

Fund Information and Statistics

i) Inception/Launch Date ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund was launched on 23 May 2008.

ii) Risk level The risk level of ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund is moderately high.

iii) Redemption Since there is no lock-in period, there is no restriction on the redemption of units. However, you may have to bear exit load or capital gains tax based on the time of redemption.

iv) Fund Manager Mr Anish Tawakley and Mr Rajat Chandak are the current Fund Managers for the fund. In addition, Ms Priyanka Khandelwal is managing the overseas investments.

v) Entry/Exit Load Entry load is not chargeable for mutual funds as per SEBI norms. An exit load of 1% is applicable if you choose to redeem the units within a year from the date of allotment.

About ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd. registered with SEBI on 12 October 1993. Prudential Plc and ICICI Bank Limited are the sponsors of the fund house, while ICICI Prudential Trust Limited is the trustee. The asset under management (AUM) of the ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd. was Rs 3.44 lakh crore as of 31 July 2019.