What is a Fund of Funds - Domestic?

Fund of Funds - Domestic is a SEBI-defined mutual-fund category. Each scheme in it must follow the asset-allocation and exposure rules set out in the SEBI October-2017 categorisation circular. Other bucket for tax purposes.

How many Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes are listed on ProfitGuruOnline?

We currently track 108 active Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes (Regular plan, Growth option). The list updates daily after AMFI publishes new NAVs and SEBI re-classifies schemes. 6 of them sit in the top quartile by 5-year CAGR.

What is the average return of Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes?

Over the last 5 years, the average Fund of Funds - Domestic (Regular plan) has returned 13.31% CAGR — that turns ₹1 lakh into roughly ₹186,813. Over the last 12 months the category averaged 31.55%. Top-quartile funds in this category typically beat the average by 3-6 percentage points per year — fund selection within a category matters more than the category choice itself.

Which is the best Fund of Funds - Domestic for 5-year returns?

Over the trailing 5-year window, the highest-returning Fund of Funds - Domestic in our database is **Mirae Asset NYSE FANG + ETF Fund of Fund Regular Growth** (Mirae Asset) with a CAGR of 33.29%. The category average is 13.31%. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns — top-quartile funds in one window often slip in the next.

Which Fund of Funds - Domestic is hot right now (1-year return)?

The best 1-year return in the Fund of Funds - Domestic category right now is **SBI Silver ETF Fund of Fund- Regular Plan - Growth** (SBI) at 154.47%. 1-year numbers are noisy and shouldn't be the sole basis for picking — cross-check rolling returns and 5-year CAGR before deciding.

What is the spread of Fund of Funds - Domestic returns?

Across all Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes with 5 years of history, the 5-year CAGR ranges from 5.02% (worst) to 33.29% (best), with a median of 10.95%. That spread of about 28 percentage points between top and bottom is a useful gauge of how much fund selection matters in this category.

Are most Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes Direct or Regular plans?

On ProfitGuruOnline you can browse either Fund of Funds - Domestic Direct plans (lower expense ratio, no broker commission baked in) or Regular plans (sold through distributors). Use the filter on the category page. Direct typically outperforms Regular by 0.5-1% per year in the same scheme — meaningful over 10+ years.

How is a Fund of Funds - Domestic taxed?

Tax treatment for Fund of Funds - Domestic depends on its asset mix — see the AMC's factsheet for the current equity/debt split.

Is Fund of Funds - Domestic suitable for SIP investing?

SIP suits hybrid/balanced categories because the in-built equity exposure benefits from rupee-cost averaging. Hybrid funds also rebalance internally so you don't have to manually shift between equity and debt.

What time horizon is right for a Fund of Funds - Domestic?

Match the horizon to the Other bucket: equity ≥5 years, debt 1-3 years (or per modified duration), hybrid 3-5 years.

What is the risk of investing in Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes?

Risk profile follows the underlying asset mix — see the AMC's factsheet for current allocation and historical drawdown.

Should I pick a single Fund of Funds - Domestic or diversify?

Two or three schemes from different AMCs is usually enough for a single category. Beyond that you'd be re-creating the category average minus your selection cost. Focus on consistency (% of rolling-return windows that ended positive) over chasing top performers — top quartile rarely repeats.

How often should I review my Fund of Funds - Domestic holdings?

Quarterly is plenty for monitoring NAVs and aggregate gain; annually (or after major regulatory changes like Budget 2024) is the right cadence for re-evaluating against alternatives. Don't churn based on 1-month or even 1-year underperformance — equity funds need 3-5 year horizons to fairly judge.

How does ProfitGuruOnline rank Fund of Funds - Domestic schemes?

We rank funds within each category by point-to-point CAGR over the chosen window (1Y, 3Y, 5Y, 7Y, 10Y, since inception), then assign quartile and decile bands so any fund's standing relative to peers is one click away. Numbers are recomputed nightly after AMFI's NAV publish.

Where does the Fund of Funds - Domestic category data come from?

Daily NAVs are pulled directly from AMFI's published feed. Category classification uses SEBI's October-2017 mutual-fund categorisation circular. We compute returns, rolling-window stats, SIP backtests, drawdowns and Sharpe ratios in-house — no third-party feeds, no hidden adjustments.

SEBI sub-category

Fund of Funds - Domestic funds

Funds

108

Regular plans only

Category 1Y avg

+31.55%

Category 5Y CAGR

+13.31%

Direct vs Regular

Direct Regular

5-Year return distribution

How the 108 Fund of Funds - Domestic funds spread across return buckets. Taller bars = more funds in that band.

Risk vs Return — Fund of Funds - Domestic

Each dot is a fund. Up-and-left = high return for low risk (the sweet spot). Down-and-right = under-performing with high volatility. Colour = 5-year peer quartile.

Q1 (top 25%) Q2 Q3 Q4 (bottom 25%) 26 funds plotted

All Fund of Funds - Domestic funds

Sort by: 1Y 3Y 5Y 7Y 10Y

#	Scheme	NAV	1Y	3Y	5Y	7Y	10Y	Peer Q (5Y)	Sharpe	Max DD
1	Mirae Asset NYSE FANG + ETF Fund of Fund Regular Growth Mirae Asset	43.39	+52.53%	+50.73%	+33.29%	—	—	Q1	1.54	-30.3%
2	Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 Fund of Fund- Regular Plan Growth Motilal Oswal	70.12	+87.88%	+41.82%	+27.34%	+31.36%	—	Q1	1.35	-26.3%
3	Quantum Gold Savings Fund - Regular Plan Growth Option Quantum	58.64	+57.71%	+36.15%	+24.87%	+23.55%	—	Q1	1.64	-24.6%
4	SBI GOLD FUND REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH SBI	45.30	+57.60%	+35.44%	+24.66%	+23.67%	+16.74%	Q1	1.57	-24.7%
5	Axis Gold Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option Axis	44.92	+56.53%	+35.23%	+24.43%	+23.49%	+16.48%	Q1	1.53	-25.9%
6	Invesco India Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Invesco	43.31	+55.57%	+35.00%	+24.15%	+23.19%	+16.15%	Q1	1.17	-24.5%
7	Nippon India Multi - Asset Omni FoF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Nippon India	23.33	+9.55%	+18.27%	+15.76%	—	—	Q2	1.19	-11.8%
8	Motilal Oswal Asset Allocation FOF- A- Regular Growth Motilal Oswal	19.28	+11.65%	+16.30%	+12.76%	—	—	Q2	1.12	-9.1%
9	Aditya Birla Sun Life Multi Asset Omni FoF- Regular Plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	73.10	+10.93%	+16.96%	+12.69%	+13.97%	+12.63%	Q2	1.03	-15.7%
10	Aditya Birla Sun Life Dynamic Asset Allocation Omni FOF- Regular Plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	53.78	+2.13%	+13.60%	+11.66%	+12.86%	+12.08%	Q2	0.68	-13.9%
11	Mirae Asset Diversified Equity Allocator Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	24.32	-0.51%	+12.41%	+11.33%	—	—	Q2	0.43	-18.2%
12	Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Bandhan	48.49	+8.28%	+13.66%	+10.97%	+10.87%	+10.17%	Q2	0.68	-11.8%
13	Quantum Diversified Equity All Cap Active FOF - Regular Plan Growth Option Quantum	80.01	-2.10%	+12.38%	+10.95%	+11.99%	—	Q2	0.49	-16.8%
14	Nippon India Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive FoF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Nippon India	20.15	-1.46%	+12.10%	+10.81%	—	—	Q3	0.44	-18.8%
15	Motilal Oswal Asset Allocation FOF- C- Regular Growth Motilal Oswal	17.19	+9.86%	+13.36%	+10.42%	—	—	Q3	1.19	-6.5%
16	Aditya Birla Sun Life Aggressive Hybrid Omni FOF- Regular Plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	41.96	+0.29%	+11.24%	+9.82%	+10.93%	+10.14%	Q3	0.53	-11.0%
17	Quantum Multi Asset Active FOF - Regular Plan Growth Option Quantum	35.85	+6.30%	+11.63%	+9.61%	+9.86%	—	Q3	0.81	-9.6%
18	Bandhan Multi-Asset Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Bandhan	41.41	+3.87%	+10.24%	+8.67%	+8.81%	+8.63%	Q3	0.53	-8.9%
19	Aditya Birla Sun Life Conservative Hybrid Active FOF- Regular Plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	34.63	+1.84%	+9.78%	+8.59%	+9.37%	+8.61%	Q3	0.64	-4.6%
20	Mirae Asset Nifty 100 ESG Sector Leaders Fund of Fund Regular Growth Mirae Asset	17.36	-4.78%	+9.28%	+7.82%	—	—	Q4	0.24	-16.6%
21	Bandhan Conservative Hybrid Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Bandhan	34.07	+2.69%	+7.45%	+6.51%	+6.82%	+7.15%	Q4	0.23	-3.4%
22	Bharat Bond FOF - April 2030 - Regular Plan - Growth Option —	15.61	+2.94%	+6.70%	+6.23%	—	—	Q4	0.06	-2.1%
23	Axis Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Axis	15.07	+4.46%	+7.08%	+6.19%	—	—	Q4	0.21	-0.8%
24	BHARAT Bond FOF- April 2031- Regular Plan- Growth Option —	13.92	+2.18%	+6.71%	+6.07%	—	—	Q4	0.01	-1.7%
25	Aditya Birla Sun Life Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF- Regular Plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	39.01	+4.08%	+6.67%	+5.50%	+6.41%	+6.69%	Q4	0.00	-0.6%
26	DSP Income Plus Arbitrage Omni FoF - Regular Plan - Growth DSP	22.02	+3.38%	+8.77%	+5.02%	+9.12%	+7.60%	Q4	0.39	-7.2%
27	Aditya Birla Sun Life Multi-Asset Passive FOF-Regular Growth Aditya Birla Sun Life	16.84	+9.02%	+16.65%	—	—	—	—	0.94	-16.4%
28	Aditya Birla Sun Life Silver ETF FOF-Regular Growth Aditya Birla Sun Life	39.25	+151.15%	+50.34%	—	—	—	—	1.31	-45.3%
29	ANGEL ONE GOLD ETF FOF - REGULAR GROWTH —	14.09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	ANGEL ONE SILVER ETF FOF -REGULAR GROWTH —	8.91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Axis Gold and Silver Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Axis	11.66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Axis Income Plus Arbitrage Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Axis	10.29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Axis Multi Factor Passive FoF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Axis	15.28	+3.72%	+11.05%	—	—	—	—	0.38	-22.2%
34	Axis Multi-Asset Active FoF - Regular Plan - Growth Axis	10.33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Axis Silver Fund of Fund -Regular Plan- Growth Option Axis	43.30	+149.65%	+50.37%	—	—	—	—	1.31	-46.1%
36	Bandhan Gold ETF FOF-Regular-Growth Bandhan	10.14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Bandhan Silver ETF FOF-Regular-Growth Bandhan	8.41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Baroda BNP Paribas Gold ETF Fund of Funds Regular Growth Baroda BNP Paribas	15.46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Baroda BNP Paribas Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF Regular Growth Baroda BNP Paribas	10.51	+4.82%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Asset Active FOF Regular Growth Baroda BNP Paribas	11.23	+11.81%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	BHARAT Bond ETF FOF - April 2032 Regular Plan Growth —	13.04	+1.52%	+6.52%	—	—	—	—	-0.04	-1.9%
42	BHARAT Bond ETF FOF - April 2033 - Regular Plan - Growth —	12.73	+1.27%	+6.56%	—	—	—	—	-0.01	-4.3%
43	DSP Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Regular - Growth DSP	24.25	+56.68%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	DSP Multi Asset Omni Fund of Funds - Regular - Growth DSP	9.78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	DSP Silver ETF Fund of Fund - Regular - Growth DSP	26.70	+151.07%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Edelweiss Gold and Silver ETF FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Edelweiss	36.01	+102.94%	+43.66%	—	—	—	—	1.51	-34.3%
47	Edelweiss Gold ETF Fund of Fund Regular Plan Growth Option Edelweiss	9.56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Edelweiss Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Funds - Regular-Growth Edelweiss	10.40	+3.97%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Edelweiss Multi Asset Omni Fund of Fund- Regular Plan - Growth Edelweiss	11.30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50	Edelweiss Silver ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan Growth Option Edelweiss	11.23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	Groww BSE Hospitals ETF FOF Regular Growth Groww	10.52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
52	Groww BSE Power ETF FOF Regular Growth Groww	12.42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	Groww Gold ETF FOF - REGULAR - GROWTH Groww	18.95	+55.53%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	Groww Multi Asset Omni FOF Regular Growth Groww	9.99	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Groww Nifty 200 ETF FOF - Regular - Growth Groww	11.16	-1.74%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
56	Groww Nifty 500 Momentum 50 ETF FOF - Regular Plan- Growth Groww	10.36	-2.43%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	Groww Nifty Capital Markets ETF FOF Regular Growth Groww	11.42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
58	Groww Nifty EV & New Age Automotive ETF FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Groww	9.29	+4.37%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	Groww Nifty India Defence ETF FOF - Regular - Growth Groww	13.31	+1.84%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	Groww Nifty India Internet ETF FOF - Regular - Growth Groww	8.82	-11.45%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
61	Groww Nifty PSE ETF FOF Regular Growth Groww	9.78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	Groww Silver ETF FOF - Regular - Growth Groww	24.92	+140.31%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
63	HDFC Diversified Equity All Cap Active FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Plan HDFC	9.60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
64	HDFC INCOME PLUS ARBITRAGE OMNI FOF - GROWTH OPTION -REGULAR PLAN HDFC	10.12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
65	HSBC Gold ETF Fund of fund - Regular Growth HSBC	10.61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
66	Invesco India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Plan Invesco	1,036.80	+3.58%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
67	Kotak Gold Silver Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Kotak	16.32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
68	Kotak Income Plus Arbitrage Omni FOF-Regular Plan-Growth Kotak	12.88	+4.51%	+7.38%	—	—	—	—	0.46	-1.0%
69	Kotak Multi Factor Passive FOF - Regular- Growth Kotak	10.69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
70	Kotak Silver ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option Kotak	33.89	+151.19%	+50.63%	—	—	—	—	1.29	-45.6%
71	LIC MF Gold ETF Fund of Fund-Regular Plan-Growth LIC	40.11	+57.34%	+36.03%	—	—	—	—	—	—
72	Mahindra Manulife Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular - Growth Mahindra Manulife	10.21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
73	Mirae Asset BSE 200 Equal Weight ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	11.31	+1.91%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
74	Mirae Asset BSE India Defence ETF FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	11.19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
75	Mirae Asset BSE Select IPO ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	10.53	-11.72%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
76	Mirae Asset Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	19.42	+57.12%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Mirae Asset Gold Silver Passive FoF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	17.88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
78	Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF Fund of Fund Regular Plan - Growth Option Mirae Asset	12.71	+11.17%	+21.55%	—	—	—	—	0.48	-36.7%
79	Mirae Asset Income plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	10.45	+4.31%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
80	Mirae Asset Multi Factor Passive FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	10.52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
81	Mirae Asset Nifty India Manufacturing ETF FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	19.73	+11.52%	+20.94%	—	—	—	—	0.87	-23.2%
82	Mirae Asset Nifty India New Age Consumption ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	8.95	-4.41%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
83	Mirae Asset Nifty Metal ETF FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	10.79	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
84	Mirae Asset Nifty MidSmallcap400 Momentum Quality 100 ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	10.04	-0.47%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
85	Mirae Asset Nifty Smallcap 250 Momentum Quality 100 ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	9.88	-3.95%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
86	Mirae Asset Nifty200 Alpha 30 ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	8.87	+2.47%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
87	Mirae Asset S&P 500 Top 50 ETF Fund of Fund Regular Growth Mirae Asset	28.81	+50.97%	+37.57%	—	—	—	—	1.36	-30.0%
88	Mirae Asset Silver ETF FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	11.46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	Motilal Oswal 5 Year G-Sec Fund Of Fund Regular -Growth Motilal Oswal	12.86	+2.01%	+6.41%	—	—	—	—	-0.10	-3.5%
90	Motilal Oswal Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive Fund of funds- Regular Growth Motilal Oswal	10.26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
91	Nippon India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Fund -Regular Plan- Growth Option Nippon India	10.46	+4.42%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	Nippon India Silver ETF FOF-Regular Plan- Growth Option Nippon India	38.67	+150.49%	+50.44%	—	—	—	—	1.30	-43.6%
93	Quantum Nifty 50 ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Quantum	13.83	-3.99%	+8.84%	—	—	—	—	0.24	-15.5%
94	SBI Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF - Regular Plan - Growth SBI	9.91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
95	SBI Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF- Regular Plan- Growth SBI	10.53	+4.42%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
96	SBI Silver ETF Fund of Fund- Regular Plan - Growth SBI	27.33	+154.47%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
97	Sundaram Income Plus Arbitrage Active FoF Fund-Regular-Growth Sundaram	10.18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
98	Tata Gold ETF Fund of Fund Regular Plan Growth Option Tata	23.54	+55.43%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
99	Tata Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan Growth Option Tata	10.43	+3.98%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
100	Tata Nifty India Digital ETF Fund of Fund -Regular Plan-Growth Tata	12.52	-9.33%	+11.26%	—	—	—	—	0.32	-28.3%
101	Tata Silver ETF Fund of Fund Regular Plan Growth Option Tata	33.39	+145.47%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
102	THE WEALTH COMPANY GOLD ETF FOF REGULAR GROWTH —	9.82	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
103	Union Diversified Equity All Cap Active FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Union	10.03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
104	Union Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option Union	17.75	+54.59%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
105	Union Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Growth Option Union	10.25	+2.63%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
106	UTI Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Opton UTI	29.42	+57.48%	+35.88%	—	—	—	—	1.60	-23.6%
107	UTI Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option UTI	10.63	+4.45%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
108	UTI Silver ETF Fund of Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option UTI	32.58	+151.03%	+50.70%	—	—	—	—	1.29	-45.5%

Direct plans typically outperform Regular plans by around 50 basis points per year because they carry no distributor commission. The "Peer Q (5Y)" column shows the fund's quartile within this category over the 5-year window: Q1 = top 25%.

Fund of Funds - Domestic funds

5-Year return distribution

Risk vs Return — Fund of Funds - Domestic

All Fund of Funds - Domestic funds

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