ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund Growth

About ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund

The ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt as the name implies invests in equities and equity as well as debt-related securities. The scheme aims to provide regular income and capital appreciation over a long-term investment horizon. This is a balanced fund that gives your portfolio stability as well as a boost in returns.

Pros & Cons of ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund

ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt offers the following benefits:

1. ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund investment strategy enables you to take a balanced approach towards your portfolio.
2. There is an opportunity to get higher returns with comparatively lower risks.
3. The Assets Under Management are 28,333 crores, and such higher numbers could impact the returns.

Fund Information and Statistics of ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund

i) Inception / Launch date

The ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt was launched on November 3, 1999, by ICICI Prudential AMC. Earlier, the fund was known as ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund.

ii) Risk level

ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt is a moderately high-risk bet and suitable for investors who want exposure to the equity market with a long-term investment horizon.

iii) Redemption

Redemption of Units will be done by a repurchase/buyback by the fund house. Under normal circumstances, your fund house will dispatch the redemption proceeds within 10 business days from the date of receipt of a request.

iv) Fund Manager

ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt is jointly managed by Manish Banthia (September 2013), Sankaran Naren (December 2015), and Atul Patel (August 2016).

v) Entry / Exit load

The fund house does not charge any entry load or exit load if only 10% of the investment is redeemed before a year. However, if the rest of the investment is redeemed before a year, an exit load of 1% is applicable. No exit load is charged if redeemed after one year from the date of allotment.

Tax benefits of investing in ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund

The Short-term capital gain tax of 15% is applicable if sold within a year. Long-term capital gain, in excess of Rs 1 lakh are taxed at 10% without indexation.

About ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund

ICICI Prudential is a joint venture between ICICI Bank and Prudential Plc which is an international financial services group. The fund house offers 47 mutual fund products and serves 3 million customers. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund strives to deliver higher risk-adjusted returns with consistent long-term performance.

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