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.
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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.
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"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 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 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 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 primary investment objective of the Scheme is to seek capital appreciation by investing predominantly in units of BGF – USFEF. 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 money market/liquid schemes of DSP BlackRock 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. It shall be noted ‘similar overseas mutual fund schemes’ shall have investment objective, investment strategy and risk profile/consideration similar to those of BGF – USFEF. Research Highlights for DSP US Flexible Equity Fund Below is the key information for DSP US Flexible Equity Fund Returns up to 1 year are on 1. DSP World Gold Fund
DSP World Gold Fund
Growth Launch Date 14 Sep 07 NAV (30 Apr 26) ₹57.7687 ↑ 0.93 (1.63 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,769 on 31 Mar 26 Category Equity - Global AMC DSP BlackRock Invmt Managers Pvt. Ltd. Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 1.41 Sharpe Ratio 2.16 Information Ratio -0.83 Alpha Ratio 1.04 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 Apr 21 ₹10,000 30 Apr 22 ₹9,761 30 Apr 23 ₹9,973 30 Apr 24 ₹10,050 30 Apr 25 ₹15,157 30 Apr 26 ₹31,297 Returns for DSP World Gold Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Apr 26 Duration Returns 1 Month -0.4% 3 Month -5.9% 6 Month 35.4% 1 Year 106.5% 3 Year 46.4% 5 Year 25.6% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 9.9% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2025 167.1% 2024 15.9% 2023 7% 2022 -7.7% 2021 -9% 2020 31.4% 2019 35.1% 2018 -10.7% 2017 -4% 2016 52.7% Fund Manager information for DSP World Gold Fund
Name Since Tenure Jay Kothari 1 Mar 13 13.09 Yr. Data below for DSP World Gold Fund as on 31 Mar 26
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Basic Materials 94.27% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 3.92% Equity 94.27% Debt 0.01% Other 1.8% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity BGF World Gold I2
Investment Fund | -70% ₹1,531 Cr 1,103,589
↓ -74,069 VanEck Gold Miners ETF
- | GDX28% ₹604 Cr 573,719 Treps / Reverse Repo Investments
CBLO/Reverse Repo | -4% ₹90 Cr Net Receivables/Payables
Net Current Assets | -2% -₹35 Cr 2. SBI PSU Fund
SBI PSU Fund
Growth Launch Date 7 Jul 10 NAV (04 May 26) ₹36.0303 ↑ 0.14 (0.38 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹5,891 on 31 Mar 26 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC SBI Funds Management Private Limited Rating ☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 1.89 Sharpe Ratio 0.27 Information Ratio -0.31 Alpha Ratio -1.15 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 Apr 21 ₹10,000 30 Apr 22 ₹12,442 30 Apr 23 ₹14,701 30 Apr 24 ₹28,843 30 Apr 25 ₹28,304 30 Apr 26 ₹32,952 Returns for SBI PSU Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Apr 26 Duration Returns 1 Month 9.8% 3 Month 2.8% 6 Month 6.6% 1 Year 16.4% 3 Year 30.9% 5 Year 26.9% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 8.4% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2025 11.3% 2024 23.5% 2023 54% 2022 29% 2021 32.4% 2020 -10% 2019 6% 2018 -23.8% 2017 21.9% 2016 16.2% Fund Manager information for SBI PSU Fund
Name Since Tenure Rohit Shimpi 1 Jun 24 1.83 Yr. Data below for SBI PSU Fund as on 31 Mar 26
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Utility 31.55% Financial Services 30.98% Energy 12.91% Industrials 12.8% Basic Materials 6.89% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 4.8% Equity 95.12% Debt 0.08% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 | SBIN17% ₹972 Cr 9,927,500 Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 | 53289810% ₹590 Cr 19,935,554 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 | 53255510% ₹572 Cr 15,443,244 Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | BEL9% ₹536 Cr 13,385,000
↓ -340,000 GAIL (India) Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | 5321559% ₹525 Cr 38,150,000
↑ 3,200,000 Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 May 20 | 5003127% ₹386 Cr 13,555,000
↑ 7,600,000 Bank of Baroda (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | 5321346% ₹324 Cr 13,100,000
↑ 2,100,000 Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | 5005475% ₹273 Cr 9,700,000 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% ₹205 Cr 2,427,235 3. LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 29 Feb 08 NAV (04 May 26) ₹52.1926 ↑ 0.37 (0.72 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹905 on 31 Mar 26 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC LIC Mutual Fund Asset Mgmt Co Ltd Rating Risk High Expense Ratio 2.21 Sharpe Ratio -0.01 Information Ratio 0.34 Alpha Ratio 2.02 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 Apr 21 ₹10,000 30 Apr 22 ₹13,207 30 Apr 23 ₹14,269 30 Apr 24 ₹24,631 30 Apr 25 ₹25,613 30 Apr 26 ₹30,460 Returns for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Apr 26 Duration Returns 1 Month 14.7% 3 Month 8.7% 6 Month 1.4% 1 Year 18.9% 3 Year 28.8% 5 Year 25% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 9.5% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2025 -3.7% 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% Fund Manager information for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Sumit Bhatnagar 7 Apr 26 0 Yr. Mahesh Bendre 1 Jul 24 1.75 Yr. Data below for LIC MF Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Mar 26
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 41.35% Consumer Cyclical 16.7% Utility 9.81% Basic Materials 8.85% Communication Services 5.56% Health Care 3.51% Technology 2.14% Real Estate 2.08% Financial Services 1.6% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 8.4% Equity 91.6% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 09 | LT4% ₹40 Cr 115,347
↑ 6,944 Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (Healthcare)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 25 | APOLLOHOSP4% ₹32 Cr 42,748
↓ -926 Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | SCHNEIDER3% ₹30 Cr 357,347
↓ -7,743 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 23 | 5325553% ₹30 Cr 804,231
↓ -69,677 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 09 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹29 Cr 163,087
↓ -13,757 Cummins India Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 21 | 5004803% ₹25 Cr 56,285
↓ -604 Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 26 | TMPV3% ₹25 Cr 854,522
↓ -18,517 Garware Hi-Tech Films Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | 5006553% ₹24 Cr 71,458
↓ -1,547 Siemens Energy India Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 25 | ENRIN3% ₹24 Cr 93,672
↓ -2,029 Tata Motors Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 25 | TMCV2% ₹22 Cr 566,819
↓ -229,339 4. Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Growth Launch Date 18 Nov 09 NAV (04 May 26) ₹67.6 ↑ 0.31 (0.46 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,335 on 31 Mar 26 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Ltd Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.14 Sharpe Ratio 0.01 Information Ratio -0.79 Alpha Ratio -6 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 Apr 21 ₹10,000 30 Apr 22 ₹12,101 30 Apr 23 ₹14,364 30 Apr 24 ₹26,853 30 Apr 25 ₹26,997 30 Apr 26 ₹30,338 Returns for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Apr 26 Duration Returns 1 Month 12.3% 3 Month -1.6% 6 Month 1.3% 1 Year 12.4% 3 Year 28.3% 5 Year 24.9% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 12.3% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2025 10.3% 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% Fund Manager information for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Name Since Tenure Hiten Jain 1 Jul 25 0.75 Yr. Sagar Gandhi 1 Jul 25 0.75 Yr. Data below for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund as on 31 Mar 26
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 30.35% Industrials 28.06% Utility 19.53% Energy 13.58% Basic Materials 3.6% Consumer Cyclical 1.41% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 3.47% Equity 96.53% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 | SBIN9% ₹115 Cr 1,171,232 Indian Bank (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 21 | 5328147% ₹98 Cr 1,157,444 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Ordinary Shares (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 22 | HAL7% ₹91 Cr 261,137 Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 18 | 5005476% ₹86 Cr 3,076,024
↑ 359,015 Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 17 | BEL6% ₹83 Cr 2,078,629
↓ -237,890 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 May 19 | 5325555% ₹67 Cr 1,801,543 Bank of Baroda (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 21 | 5321345% ₹65 Cr 2,611,219
↑ 133,663 NTPC Green Energy Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 24 | NTPCGREEN5% ₹63 Cr 6,852,914
↓ -2,276,906 REC Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | 5329554% ₹52 Cr 1,703,577 Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | 5003124% ₹52 Cr 1,821,612 5. DSP US Flexible Equity Fund
DSP US Flexible Equity Fund
Growth Launch Date 3 Aug 12 NAV (30 Apr 26) ₹88.727 ↑ 0.68 (0.77 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,055 on 31 Mar 26 Category Equity - Global AMC DSP BlackRock Invmt Managers Pvt. Ltd. Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 1.55 Sharpe Ratio 1.98 Information Ratio -0.27 Alpha Ratio -1.33 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 Apr 21 ₹10,000 30 Apr 22 ₹10,180 30 Apr 23 ₹10,762 30 Apr 24 ₹12,948 30 Apr 25 ₹12,899 30 Apr 26 ₹22,240 Returns for DSP US Flexible Equity Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Apr 26 Duration Returns 1 Month 16.1% 3 Month 10.1% 6 Month 19% 1 Year 72.4% 3 Year 27.4% 5 Year 17.3% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 17.2% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2025 33.8% 2024 17.8% 2023 22% 2022 -5.9% 2021 24.2% 2020 22.6% 2019 27.5% 2018 -1.1% 2017 15.5% 2016 9.8% Fund Manager information for DSP US Flexible Equity Fund
Name Since Tenure Jay Kothari 1 Mar 13 13.09 Yr. Data below for DSP US Flexible Equity Fund as on 31 Mar 26
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 30.88% Industrials 14.11% Financial Services 12.33% Communication Services 11.41% Health Care 10.09% Consumer Cyclical 9.41% Energy 2.56% Basic Materials 2.45% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 6.74% Equity 93.24% Debt 0.02% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity BGF US Flexible Equity I2
Investment Fund | -96% ₹1,013 Cr 1,817,053 Treps / Reverse Repo Investments
CBLO/Reverse Repo | -4% ₹45 Cr Net Receivables/Payables
Net Current Assets | -0% -₹2 Cr
Research Highlights for DSP World Gold Fund