
The risk in SIP varies for different Types of Mutual Funds. investing in Mutual Funds via SIP (Systematic Investment plan) involves Market linked risks, that are certainly higher for Equity Funds than debt and balanced Mutual Funds. The risk in SIP depends on the investment option that is chosen considering the risk profile, risk appetite and liquidity. However, the risk in SIP can be managed and reduced by the fund managers and the fund house.

To calculate the risk in SIP there are various tools available like sip calculator (also known as SIP return calculator).
Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks, is a commonly heard term. What this means is that your investment in a SIP can go down and you can end up with a value lower than what you invested depending on how the market behaves.
The risk in SIP is however related to the holding period and usually, the longer the holding period, the lower the risk. With higher holding period the probability of making profit increases. For e.g. have a look below for equity, a longer holding period for equity results in a lowering chance of loss. (The below is an analysis done on the BSE Sensex from 1979 to 2016).
The ability to get your money back quickly depends on the Underlying investments. Usually with mutual funds, this is not an issue, however, there have been periods (such in 2008), when there was an issue in selling securities(Bonds) and that certain mutual funds had to limit withdrawals from some schemes. The equity market is fairly liquid (meaning that buying and selling do not pose an issue). However, if the sale quantity exceeds the numbers of buyers by a large amount, then this will result in an issue, hence making subsequent payouts a problem and hence liquidity risk.
When the bond of a particular company/entity undergoes a downgrade by a credit rating agency, its price falls. If the price falls, this impacts the overall value of the Portfolio. This is called credit risk.
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When a company defaults on its payments to the bond holders, it’s called Default Risk.

With the investor not getting their money back, this will impact their portfolio, negatively.
Today, all transactions take place in the electronic mode. With the various touch-points, there is a possibility of a technological failure at various places, at the R & T Agent, the Bank to debit funds etc.
The non-processing of a transaction is also a risk in SIP.

Another risk in SIP is that the chosen scheme may not deliver upto expectations, and performance may be much lower than expected. The Fund Manager may under-deliver on performance, and this will lead to low returns on the SIP investment.
These are the major risks in a SIP, while we can go on and elaborate further risks in SIP like Economy risk etc., most of these risks would fall under one or more of the categories above.
Though there is definitely a risk in SIP, one should always remember that SIP or lump sum, this is just an investment route and NOT the underlying investment. One needs to look at the underlying investment, its risks, and then make a final decision.
*Below is the list of Top SIP's one can evaluate to invest in
  "The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to seek capital appreciation by investing predominantly in units of MLIIF - WGF. The Scheme may, at the discretion of the Investment Manager, also invest in the units of other similar overseas mutual fund schemes, which may constitute a significant part of its corpus. The Scheme may also invest a certain portion of its corpus in money market securities and/or units of money market/liquid schemes of DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund, in order to meet liquidity requirements from time to time. However, there is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized."   Below is the key information for DSP World Gold Fund   Returns up to 1 year are on   The investment objective of Franklin India Opportunities Fund (FIOF) is to generate capital appreciation by capitalizing on the long-term growth opportunities in the Indian economy.   Research Highlights for Franklin India Opportunities Fund   Below is the key information for Franklin India Opportunities Fund   Returns up to 1 year are on   The objective of the scheme would be to provide investors with opportunities for long-term growth in capital along with the liquidity of an open-ended scheme through an active management of investments in a diversified basket of equity stocks of domestic Public Sector Undertakings and in debt and money market instruments issued by PSUs AND others.   Research Highlights for SBI PSU Fund   Below is the key information for SBI PSU Fund   Returns up to 1 year are on   To generate capital appreciation by investing in Equity and Equity Related Instruments of companies where the Central / State Government(s) has majority shareholding or management control or has powers to appoint majority of directors. However, there is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme will be achieved. The Scheme does not assure or guarantee any returns.   Research Highlights for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund   Below is the key information for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund   Returns up to 1 year are on   The investment objective of the scheme is to provide long term growth from a portfolio of equity / equity related instruments of companies engaged either directly or indirectly in the infrastructure sector.   Research Highlights for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund   Below is the key information for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund   Returns up to 1 year are on 1. DSP World Gold Fund
DSP World Gold Fund 
 Growth Launch Date   14 Sep 07  NAV (28 Oct 25)   ₹41.2272  ↑ 0.49   (1.20 %)  Net Assets (Cr)   ₹1,421 on 31 Aug 25  Category  Equity - Global AMC   DSP BlackRock Invmt Managers Pvt. Ltd.  Rating  ☆☆☆ Risk  High Expense Ratio  1.41 Sharpe Ratio  1.8 Information Ratio  -1.09 Alpha Ratio  3.15 Min Investment   1,000  Min SIP Investment   500  Exit Load   0-12 Months (1%),12 Months and above(NIL)   Growth of 10,000 investment over the years. 
Date Value 30 Sep 20 ₹10,000 30 Sep 21 ₹7,753 30 Sep 22 ₹6,406 30 Sep 23 ₹7,497 30 Sep 24 ₹10,968 30 Sep 25 ₹21,899  Returns for DSP World Gold Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 28 Oct 25 Duration Returns 1 Month  -4.7%  3 Month  34.5%  6 Month  47.3%  1 Year  75.7%  3 Year  44.7%  5 Year  16.3%  10 Year    15 Year    Since launch  8.1%   Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis 
Year Returns 2024  15.9%  2023  7%  2022  -7.7%  2021  -9%  2020  31.4%  2019  35.1%  2018  -10.7%  2017  -4%  2016  52.7%  2015  -18.5%   Fund Manager information for DSP World Gold Fund 
Name Since Tenure Jay Kothari 1 Mar 13 12.59 Yr. Data below for DSP World Gold Fund as on 31 Aug 25 
 Equity Sector Allocation 
Sector Value Basic Materials 95.54%  Asset Allocation 
Asset Class Value Cash 1.83% Equity 95.6% Debt 0.01% Other 2.56%  Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio 
Name Holding Value Quantity  BGF World Gold I2  
Investment Fund  | -76% ₹1,268 Cr 1,456,030 
 ↓ -89,620  VanEck Gold Miners ETF  
-  | GDX23% ₹389 Cr 573,719  Treps / Reverse Repo Investments  
CBLO/Reverse Repo  | -1% ₹18 Cr  Net Receivables/Payables  
Net Current Assets  | -0% ₹3 Cr 2. Franklin India Opportunities Fund
Franklin India Opportunities Fund 
 Growth Launch Date   21 Feb 00  NAV (28 Oct 25)   ₹264.071  ↑ 0.41   (0.15 %)  Net Assets (Cr)   ₹7,509 on 31 Aug 25  Category  Equity - Sectoral AMC   Franklin Templeton Asst Mgmt(IND)Pvt Ltd  Rating  ☆☆☆ Risk  Moderately High Expense Ratio  1.83 Sharpe Ratio  -0.43 Information Ratio  1.75 Alpha Ratio  2.4 Min Investment   5,000  Min SIP Investment   500  Exit Load   0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)   Growth of 10,000 investment over the years. 
Date Value 30 Sep 20 ₹10,000 30 Sep 21 ₹16,667 30 Sep 22 ₹16,312 30 Sep 23 ₹21,669 30 Sep 24 ₹35,745 30 Sep 25 ₹35,091  Returns for Franklin India Opportunities Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 28 Oct 25 Duration Returns 1 Month  4%  3 Month  5.1%  6 Month  11.5%  1 Year  8.2%  3 Year  30.7%  5 Year  28%  10 Year    15 Year    Since launch  13.6%   Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis 
Year Returns 2024  37.3%  2023  53.6%  2022  -1.9%  2021  29.7%  2020  27.3%  2019  5.4%  2018  -10.1%  2017  35.6%  2016  4.2%  2015  2.3%   Fund Manager information for Franklin India Opportunities Fund 
Name Since Tenure Kiran Sebastian 7 Feb 22 3.65 Yr. R. Janakiraman 1 Apr 13 12.51 Yr. Sandeep Manam 18 Oct 21 3.96 Yr. Data below for Franklin India Opportunities Fund as on 31 Aug 25 
 Equity Sector Allocation 
Sector Value Consumer Cyclical 20.07% Financial Services 18.85% Health Care 12.76% Technology 11.87% Basic Materials 9.66% Communication Services 5.71% Industrials 4.42% Energy 4.34% Utility 2.78% Consumer Defensive 1.74% Real Estate 0.5%  Asset Allocation 
Asset Class Value Cash 7.28% Equity 92.71%  Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio 
Name Holding Value Quantity  HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | HDFCBANK5% ₹389 Cr 4,087,942  Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy) 
Equity, Since 30 Apr 22 | RELIANCE4% ₹337 Cr 2,472,229  Axis Bank Ltd (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 30 Apr 25 | 5322154% ₹334 Cr 2,950,277  Eternal Ltd (Consumer Cyclical) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | 5433204% ₹311 Cr 9,548,090  Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Consumer Cyclical) 
Equity, Since 30 Apr 25 | MARUTI4% ₹272 Cr 169,582  Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Consumer Cyclical) 
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | M&M3% ₹219 Cr 637,966  Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services) 
Equity, Since 31 Jan 24 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹218 Cr 1,158,502  Mphasis Ltd (Technology) 
Equity, Since 30 Nov 24 | 5262993% ₹216 Cr 814,231  NTPC Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 22 | 5325553% ₹216 Cr 6,333,312  Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd (Consumer Cyclical) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | LEMONTREE3% ₹213 Cr 12,833,401 3. SBI PSU Fund
SBI PSU Fund 
 Growth Launch Date   7 Jul 10  NAV (29 Oct 25)   ₹33.707  ↑ 0.44   (1.33 %)  Net Assets (Cr)   ₹5,179 on 31 Aug 25  Category  Equity - Sectoral AMC   SBI Funds Management Private Limited  Rating  ☆☆ Risk  High Expense Ratio  1.89 Sharpe Ratio  -0.81 Information Ratio  -0.37 Alpha Ratio  -0.35 Min Investment   5,000  Min SIP Investment   500  Exit Load   0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)   Growth of 10,000 investment over the years. 
Date Value 30 Sep 20 ₹10,000 30 Sep 21 ₹16,196 30 Sep 22 ₹17,561 30 Sep 23 ₹25,841 30 Sep 24 ₹42,766 30 Sep 25 ₹40,703  Returns for SBI PSU Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 28 Oct 25 Duration Returns 1 Month  5.1%  3 Month  6.7%  6 Month  8.4%  1 Year  5.5%  3 Year  30.6%  5 Year  33.8%  10 Year    15 Year    Since launch  8.3%   Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis 
Year Returns 2024  23.5%  2023  54%  2022  29%  2021  32.4%  2020  -10%  2019  6%  2018  -23.8%  2017  21.9%  2016  16.2%  2015  -11.1%   Fund Manager information for SBI PSU Fund 
Name Since Tenure Rohit Shimpi 1 Jun 24 1.33 Yr. Data below for SBI PSU Fund as on 31 Aug 25 
 Equity Sector Allocation 
Sector Value Financial Services 36.21% Utility 29.89% Energy 13.58% Industrials 12.34% Basic Materials 5.79%  Asset Allocation 
Asset Class Value Cash 2.18% Equity 97.82%  Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio 
Name Holding Value Quantity  State Bank of India (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 | SBIN16% ₹866 Cr 9,927,500  Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | BEL9% ₹524 Cr 12,975,000  NTPC Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 | 5325559% ₹495 Cr 14,543,244  Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 | 5328988% ₹463 Cr 16,535,554  GAIL (India) Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | 5321558% ₹454 Cr 25,750,000  Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (Energy) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | 5005476% ₹329 Cr 9,700,000  Bank of Baroda (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | 5321345% ₹284 Cr 11,000,000  NMDC Ltd (Basic Materials) 
Equity, Since 31 Oct 23 | 5263714% ₹213 Cr 27,900,000  Indian Bank (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 30 Jun 21 | 5328143% ₹182 Cr 2,427,235  Oil India Ltd (Energy) 
Equity, Since 31 Mar 24 | OIL3% ₹159 Cr 3,850,000 4. Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Invesco India PSU Equity Fund 
 Growth Launch Date   18 Nov 09  NAV (29 Oct 25)   ₹66.43  ↑ 0.93   (1.42 %)  Net Assets (Cr)   ₹1,341 on 31 Aug 25  Category  Equity - Sectoral AMC   Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Ltd  Rating  ☆☆☆ Risk  High Expense Ratio  2.14 Sharpe Ratio  -0.58 Information Ratio  -0.46 Alpha Ratio  5.81 Min Investment   5,000  Min SIP Investment   500  Exit Load   0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)   Growth of 10,000 investment over the years. 
Date Value 30 Sep 20 ₹10,000 30 Sep 21 ₹15,713 30 Sep 22 ₹16,205 30 Sep 23 ₹22,862 30 Sep 24 ₹38,870 30 Sep 25 ₹36,848  Returns for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 28 Oct 25 Duration Returns 1 Month  5.1%  3 Month  6%  6 Month  9.7%  1 Year  5.5%  3 Year  30.1%  5 Year  31.4%  10 Year    15 Year    Since launch  12.6%   Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis 
Year Returns 2024  25.6%  2023  54.5%  2022  20.5%  2021  31.1%  2020  6.1%  2019  10.1%  2018  -16.9%  2017  24.3%  2016  17.9%  2015  2.5%   Fund Manager information for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund 
Name Since Tenure Hiten Jain 1 Jul 25 0.25 Yr. Sagar Gandhi 1 Jul 25 0.25 Yr. Data below for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund as on 31 Aug 25 
 Equity Sector Allocation 
Sector Value Utility 29.05% Industrials 28.51% Financial Services 22.69% Energy 14.07% Basic Materials 4.39%  Asset Allocation 
Asset Class Value Cash 1.29% Equity 98.71%  Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio 
Name Holding Value Quantity  Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 Mar 17 | BEL9% ₹128 Cr 3,178,489  State Bank of India (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 | SBIN9% ₹124 Cr 1,426,314  Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (Energy) 
Equity, Since 30 Sep 18 | 5005478% ₹110 Cr 3,229,041  Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Ordinary Shares (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 May 22 | HAL8% ₹107 Cr 226,465  NTPC Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 31 May 19 | 5325557% ₹105 Cr 3,085,790  Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 28 Feb 22 | 5328987% ₹101 Cr 3,599,413  NTPC Green Energy Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 30 Nov 24 | NTPCGREEN6% ₹85 Cr 8,790,786  NHPC Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 31 Oct 22 | NHPC5% ₹66 Cr 7,649,437  REC Ltd (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | 5329554% ₹55 Cr 1,485,615  GAIL (India) Ltd (Utilities) 
Equity, Since 28 Feb 23 | 5321554% ₹54 Cr 3,089,630 5. LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
LIC MF Infrastructure Fund 
 Growth Launch Date   29 Feb 08  NAV (29 Oct 25)   ₹51.0399  ↑ 0.53   (1.05 %)  Net Assets (Cr)   ₹995 on 31 Aug 25  Category  Equity - Sectoral AMC   LIC Mutual Fund Asset Mgmt Co Ltd  Rating  Risk  High Expense Ratio  2.21 Sharpe Ratio  -0.47 Information Ratio  0.34 Alpha Ratio  -1.71 Min Investment   5,000  Min SIP Investment   1,000  Exit Load   0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)   Growth of 10,000 investment over the years. 
Date Value 30 Sep 20 ₹10,000 30 Sep 21 ₹17,349 30 Sep 22 ₹19,152 30 Sep 23 ₹24,311 30 Sep 24 ₹42,112 30 Sep 25 ₹39,703  Returns for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 28 Oct 25 Duration Returns 1 Month  4%  3 Month  3.3%  6 Month  15.6%  1 Year  3.9%  3 Year  28.9%  5 Year  31.7%  10 Year    15 Year    Since launch  9.7%   Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis 
Year Returns 2024  47.8%  2023  44.4%  2022  7.9%  2021  46.6%  2020  -0.1%  2019  13.3%  2018  -14.6%  2017  42.2%  2016  -2.2%  2015  -6.2%   Fund Manager information for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund 
Name Since Tenure Yogesh Patil 18 Sep 20 5.04 Yr. Mahesh Bendre 1 Jul 24 1.25 Yr. Data below for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Aug 25 
 Equity Sector Allocation 
Sector Value Industrials 48.29% Basic Materials 9.85% Consumer Cyclical 8.84% Financial Services 8.09% Utility 6.27% Technology 4.21% Health Care 3.5% Real Estate 3.4% Communication Services 2.81% Energy 0.96%  Asset Allocation 
Asset Class Value Cash 3.77% Equity 96.23%  Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio 
Name Holding Value Quantity  Shakti Pumps (India) Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 Mar 24 | SHAKTIPUMP6% ₹57 Cr 693,857  Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 30 Apr 09 | LT4% ₹40 Cr 109,584  Afcons Infrastructure Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 Oct 24 | AFCONS3% ₹35 Cr 769,765  REC Ltd (Financial Services) 
Equity, Since 31 Jul 23 | 5329553% ₹34 Cr 911,009  Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (Healthcare) 
Equity, Since 30 Jun 25 | APOLLOHOSP3% ₹33 Cr 44,149 
 ↓ -2,694  Avalon Technologies Ltd (Technology) 
Equity, Since 31 Jul 23 | AVALON3% ₹31 Cr 310,615  Garware Hi-Tech Films Ltd (Basic Materials) 
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | 5006553% ₹28 Cr 94,287  Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | SCHNEIDER3% ₹26 Cr 319,302  Bharat Bijlee Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 Jul 22 | BBL2% ₹25 Cr 80,133 
 ↑ 5,212  Cummins India Ltd (Industrials) 
Equity, Since 31 May 21 | 5004802% ₹24 Cr 62,276 
 ↓ -5,131 
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