Lending to the strongest companies. At least 80% in the highest-rated corporate bonds.
Ranked by three-year return; funds without that figure at the end
Ranked by three-year return, the top three are Baroda BNP Paribas Corporate Bond Fund (+7.3% a year), Franklin India Corporate Bond Fund (+7.2% a year) and DSP Corporate Bond Fund (+7.1% a year). Past returns do not tell you future returns.
Baroda BNP Paribas Corporate Bond Fund Baroda BNP Paribas | +4.6% | +7.3% | — | 1/21 | 0.50% | ₹263 cr |
Franklin India Corporate Bond Fund Franklin Templeton | +4.7% | +7.2% | +6.2% | 2/21 | 0.77% | ₹1,403 cr |
| +5.5% | +7.1% | +5.8% | 3/21 | 0.50% | ₹2,630 cr | |
Nippon India Corporate Bond Fund Nippon India | +3.7% | +6.9% | +6.3% | 4/21 | 0.75% | ₹8,752 cr |
| +3.8% | +6.9% | — | 5/21 | 0.60% | ₹5,807 cr | |
ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund ICICI Prudential | +4.2% | +6.8% | +6.4% | 6/21 | 0.60% | ₹27,571 cr |
| +3.8% | +6.8% | +6.0% | 7/21 | 0.96% | ₹7,308 cr | |
Kotak Corporate Bond Fund Kotak Mahindra | +3.7% | +6.8% | +6.0% | 8/21 | 0.69% | ₹14,825 cr |
| +3.8% | +6.7% | +5.9% | 9/21 | 0.59% | ₹4,538 cr | |
Bandhan Corporate Bond Fund Bandhan | +4.6% | +6.7% | +5.8% | 10/21 | 0.68% | ₹13,446 cr |
Aditya Birla Sun Life Corporate Bond Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life | +3.2% | +6.6% | +6.1% | 11/21 | 0.52% | ₹24,116 cr |
Sundaram Corporate Bond Fund Sundaram | +3.5% | +6.6% | +5.8% | 12/21 | 0.56% | ₹614 cr |
| +3.5% | +6.6% | +5.8% | 13/21 | 0.76% | ₹21,497 cr | |
Mirae Asset Corporate Bond Fund Mirae Asset | +3.6% | +6.5% | +5.6% | 14/21 | 0.68% | ₹44 cr |
| +3.0% | +6.5% | +5.6% | 15/21 | 0.69% | ₹3,450 cr | |
| +3.4% | +6.5% | — | 16/21 | 0.82% | ₹2,632 cr | |
| +2.8% | +6.4% | +5.8% | 17/21 | 0.63% | ₹28,986 cr | |
| +2.7% | +6.3% | +5.4% | 18/21 | 0.71% | ₹276 cr | |
| +3.2% | +6.2% | — | 19/21 | 0.64% | ₹101 cr | |
PGIM India Corporate Bond Fund PGIM India | +2.8% | +6.1% | +5.5% | 20/21 | 0.95% | ₹74 cr |
Canara Robeco Corporate Bond Fund Canara Robeco | +3.2% | +5.9% | +5.1% | 21/21 | 0.99% | ₹103 cr |
Answered from the figures above, updated every business day
21 funds, managing ₹1.68 lakh cr between them as of 3 Nov 2026. The largest is HDFC Corporate Bond Fund, at ₹28,986 cr.
The average Corporate Bond fund returned +3.7% over the last year, +6.6% a year over three years, +5.8% a year over five years. Over the last year the funds ranged from +2.7% to +5.5%. Past returns do not tell you future returns.
Baroda BNP Paribas Corporate Bond Fund, at 0.50% a year, against 0.68% for the average fund in the category. The expense ratio is taken out of the fund every day, so every return shown is already after it.
Baroda BNP Paribas Corporate Bond Fund, at +7.3% a year over the last three years, against +6.6% for the average fund. Past returns do not tell you future returns.
Their volatility over the last year averaged 1.3%: the higher it is, the more the price swings from day to day. 17 of 21 carry the riskometer level Moderate, on SEBI's six-step scale from Low to Very High.
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NAV, expense ratio and fund disclosures as published by AMFI and the fund houses; prices as of 3 Nov 2026. Figures are computed independently and may differ from a fund house's own factsheet.
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