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Overview
Long Duration Funds maintain high portfolio duration and are among the most interest-rate-sensitive conventional debt mutual fund categories.
They can generate meaningful capital gains when bond yields decline, but they can also experience significant NAV declines when yields rise.
Investors should therefore view them as active duration exposure rather than simply as a low-risk alternative to equity.
Explained
A Long Duration Fund is an open-ended debt scheme designed to maintain a long portfolio Macaulay duration under the applicable category framework.
The portfolio may contain:
The key characteristic is the portfolio's high duration rather than a particular issuer type.
Explained
Long-duration bonds have cash flows extending far into the future.
Their present value is therefore particularly sensitive to changes in market interest rates.
When yields fall, the market value of existing long-duration bonds can rise considerably.
When yields rise, those bond prices can fall sharply.
The fund's return can therefore come from both coupon income and substantial mark-to-market movements.
Suitability
Long Duration Funds may suit investors who:
They are generally inappropriate for short-term capital parking.
Advantages
Long-duration portfolios can generate meaningful capital gains when bond yields decline.
Fund managers handle security selection, duration positioning, liquidity, and credit analysis.
The category gives investors a deliberate way to hold longer-duration bonds through a diversified mutual fund structure.
Long-duration bonds can behave differently from equities and short-term cash instruments under certain market conditions.
Before you invest
This is the defining risk. Even relatively small changes in yields can materially affect NAV.
Higher inflation expectations can push bond yields upward and reduce long-duration bond prices.
Supply of government securities can affect yields and bond-market pricing.
Movements in major global bond markets can influence Indian yields.
If the portfolio holds corporate securities, examine credit quality in addition to duration.
Strong recent returns may simply reflect a favourable period of declining yields. They should not be extrapolated automatically.
Taxation
Long Duration Funds predominantly invest in debt instruments.
Where Section 50AA applies, relevant units acquired on or after April 1, 2023 can be deemed short-term capital assets when transferred, redeemed, or matured regardless of actual holding period.
Capital gains are generally taxed at the investor's applicable rate under prevailing provisions.
Step by step
Good to know
It is a debt mutual fund that maintains a relatively high portfolio duration under the applicable category rules.
They can carry substantial interest-rate risk even though they invest in debt securities.
Existing long-term bonds can become more valuable when newly available market yields fall below their existing coupon levels.
Yes. Rising yields can cause significant declines in long-duration bond prices.
Generally, their high interest-rate sensitivity makes them a poor fit for money that must be available with limited NAV uncertainty in the near term.
No. Gilt Funds are defined by their government-security exposure. Long Duration Funds are primarily defined by portfolio duration.
Recap
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FUND
Nippon India Nivesh Lakshya Long Term Fund - Direct Plan - Payout IDCWDebt Long Duration₹18.54
0.51%
3.35%
10.97%
9.6%
I
ICICI Prudential Long Term Fund Direct Plan GrowthDebt Long Duration₹100.33
0.56%2.41%
6.33%
5.22%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹13.35
0.34%3.18%
6.51%
N.A.
SBI Long Term Fund Direct Reinvestment Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹12.67
0.29%2.25%
5.98%
N.A.
HDFC Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹12.43
0.48%1.91%
5.65%
N.A.
Axis Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹1251.33
0.45%1.98%
5.54%
N.A.
UTI Long Term Fund Direct Quarterly Reinvestment Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹12.21
0.33%1.73%
5.33%
N.A.
Franklin India Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹10.83
0.41%4.21%
N.A.
N.A.
Kotak Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹11.16
0.34%2.78%
N.A.
N.A.
Mirae Asset Long Duration Fund Direct Reinvestment Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹10.43
0.35%2.25%
N.A.
N.A.
Nippon India Nivesh Lakshya Long Term Fund - Direct Plan - Reinvestment IDCWDebt Long Duration₹18.54
0.51%3.35%
10.97%
9.6%
I
ICICI Prudential Long Term Fund Direct Plan Quarterly Reinvestment Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹12.45
0.56%0.74%
5.63%
4.77%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund Direct Payout Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹10.9
0.34%3.18%
6.18%
N.A.
SBI Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹12.67
0.29%2.25%
5.98%
N.A.
HDFC Long Term Fund Direct Payout Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹10.35
0.48%1.33%
2.65%
N.A.
Axis Long Term Fund Direct Monthly Payout Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹1002.15
0.45%1.98%
5.54%
N.A.
UTI Long Term Fund Direct Quarterly Payout Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹12.21
0.33%1.73%
5.33%
N.A.
Franklin India Long Term Fund Direct Reinvestment Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹10.46
0.41%2.41%
N.A.
N.A.
Bandhan Long Term Fund Direct GrowthDebt Long Duration₹11.37
0.29%3.69%
N.A.
N.A.
Kotak Long Term Fund Direct Reinvestment Inc Dist cum Cap WdrlDebt Long Duration₹11.16
0.34%2.78%
N.A.
N.A.
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