What is a Fund of Funds - Overseas?

Fund of Funds - Overseas 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 - Overseas schemes are listed on ProfitGuruOnline?

We currently track 52 active Fund of Funds - Overseas schemes (Direct plan, Growth option). The list updates daily after AMFI publishes new NAVs and SEBI re-classifies schemes.

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

Category-average return for Fund of Funds - Overseas isn't computed yet.

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

Over the trailing 5-year window, the highest-returning Fund of Funds - Overseas in our database is **Kotak US Specific Equity Passive FOF- Direct Plan - Growth** (Kotak) with a CAGR of 23.92%. The category average is unavailable. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns — top-quartile funds in one window often slip in the next.

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

The best 1-year return in the Fund of Funds - Overseas category right now is **Mirae Asset Global Electric & Autonomous Vehicles Equity Passive FOF - Direct Plan - Growth** (Mirae Asset) at 111.67%. 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 - Overseas returns?

Across all Fund of Funds - Overseas schemes with 5 years of history, the 5-year CAGR ranges from 4.12% (worst) to 23.92% (best), with a median of 14.13%. That spread of about 20 percentage points between top and bottom is a useful gauge of how much fund selection matters in this category.

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

On ProfitGuruOnline you can browse either Fund of Funds - Overseas 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 - Overseas taxed?

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

Is Fund of Funds - Overseas 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 - Overseas?

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 - Overseas 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 - Overseas 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 - Overseas 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 - Overseas 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 - Overseas 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 - Overseas funds

Funds

Direct plans only

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Category 5Y CAGR

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Direct vs Regular

Direct Regular

5-Year return distribution

How the 52 Fund of Funds - Overseas funds spread across return buckets. Taller bars = more funds in that band.

Risk vs Return — Fund of Funds - Overseas

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%) 30 funds plotted

All Fund of Funds - Overseas funds

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

#	Scheme	NAV	1Y	3Y	5Y	7Y	10Y	Peer Q (5Y)	Sharpe	Max DD
1	Kotak US Specific Equity Passive FOF- Direct Plan - Growth Kotak	29.76	+58.56%	+34.31%	+23.92%	—	—	—	1.38	-23.4%
2	DSP World Gold Mining Overseas Equity Omni FoF - Direct Plan - Growth DSP	60.63	+82.88%	+48.51%	+23.88%	+26.04%	+15.71%	—	1.25	-27.0%
3	DSP US Specific Equity Omni FoF - Direct Plan - Growth DSP	106.01	+62.76%	+30.39%	+20.46%	+23.13%	+19.65%	—	1.41	-23.2%
4	Edelweiss US Technology Equity Fund of Fund- Direct Plan- Growth Edelweiss	43.69	+54.71%	+35.15%	+19.70%	—	—	—	1.03	-31.5%
5	SBI US Specific Equity Active FoF - Direct Plan - Growth SBI	25.79	+47.15%	+29.86%	+18.82%	—	—	—	1.44	-21.8%
6	DSP World Mining Overseas Equity Omni FoF - Direct Plan - Growth DSP	37.28	+105.99%	+30.78%	+18.27%	+24.29%	+19.78%	—	1.04	-20.7%
7	Invesco India - Invesco Global Equity Income Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Invesco	41.57	+31.75%	+23.68%	+17.53%	+18.18%	+14.34%	—	1.23	-14.8%
8	Aditya Birla Sun Life Global Excellence Equity Fund Of Fund - Retail Plan - Direct Plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	46.94	+33.29%	+22.90%	+16.08%	+13.08%	+9.71%	—	1.16	-18.8%
9	Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Axis	25.88	+31.66%	+23.60%	+15.63%	—	—	—	1.25	-18.9%
10	Axis Global Innovation Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Axis	20.62	+44.91%	+26.61%	+15.55%	—	—	—	1.05	-22.6%
11	HSBC Asia Pacific (Ex Japan) Dividend Yield Fund - Growth Direct HSBC	42.18	+70.13%	+29.64%	+15.32%	+17.10%	+15.05%	—	1.40	-18.1%
12	Edelweiss Europe Dynamic Equity Offshore Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan Edelweiss	33.75	+28.90%	+24.71%	+15.16%	+17.47%	—	—	1.28	-13.0%
13	DSP Global Clean Energy Overseas Equity Omni FoF Direct Plan - Growth DSP	33.26	+77.72%	+21.27%	+14.66%	+14.82%	+10.48%	—	0.86	-24.7%
14	Invesco India - Invesco Pan European Equity Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Invesco	28.29	+38.75%	+20.39%	+14.64%	+15.21%	+11.72%	—	0.96	-16.9%
15	Edelweiss US Value Equity Offshore Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Edelweiss	46.71	+36.78%	+19.84%	+14.13%	+16.66%	—	—	1.10	-16.3%
16	Franklin U.S. Opportunities Equity Active Fund of Funds - Direct - Growth —	107.29	+30.69%	+25.26%	+13.78%	+18.80%	+17.79%	—	1.01	-24.1%
17	HSBC Global Emerging Market Fund - Growth Direct HSBC	41.15	+86.67%	+32.09%	+13.63%	+16.85%	+14.54%	—	1.30	-14.7%
18	Aditya Birla Sun Life Global Emerging Opportunities Fund - Direct plan - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life	37.18	+35.26%	+22.53%	+13.25%	+17.34%	+12.92%	—	0.99	-19.8%
19	Sundaram Global Brand Theme-Equity Active FOF - Direct Growth Sundaram	47.91	+31.14%	+19.74%	+13.10%	+16.24%	+13.55%	—	1.04	-17.7%
20	Kotak Global Emerging Market overseas Equity Omni FOF - Growth - Direct Kotak	46.30	+77.87%	+30.44%	+12.88%	+16.63%	+13.58%	—	1.30	-16.6%
21	PGIM India Global Equity Opportunities Fund of Fund- Direct Plan - Growth PGIM India	61.38	+28.28%	+20.93%	+11.48%	+18.37%	+15.60%	—	0.73	-26.1%
22	Edelweiss Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Offshore Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Edelweiss	32.48	+85.19%	+30.53%	+11.26%	+14.91%	—	—	1.36	-14.0%
23	Edelweiss ASEAN Equity Off-shore Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Edelweiss	40.82	+26.09%	+15.17%	+10.22%	+9.43%	—	—	0.96	-16.3%
24	ICICI Prudential Global Stable Equity Fund (FOF) - Direct - Growth ICICI Prudential	34.47	+18.09%	+12.47%	+9.98%	+12.24%	+9.85%	—	0.65	-11.4%
25	Invesco India - Invesco Global Consumer Trends Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Invesco	15.54	+51.47%	+30.53%	+7.55%	—	—	—	0.93	-32.6%
26	PGIM India Emerging Markets Equity Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth PGIM India	28.89	+61.85%	+32.14%	+7.10%	+11.55%	+9.12%	—	1.27	-21.4%
27	Axis Greater China Equity Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Axis	13.05	+61.51%	+22.61%	+6.62%	—	—	—	0.74	-22.5%
28	HSBC Brazil Fund - Growth Direct HSBC	11.12	+41.90%	+14.07%	+5.44%	+3.12%	+6.93%	—	0.42	-28.8%
29	Edelweiss Greater China Equity Off-shore Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Edelweiss	77.02	+72.07%	+24.69%	+5.32%	+16.65%	—	—	0.79	-20.9%
30	Kotak International REIT Overseas Equity Omni FOF - Direct Plan - Growth Kotak	12.22	+17.46%	+9.95%	+4.12%	—	—	—	0.33	-18.3%
31	Aditya Birla Sun Life US Equity Passive FOF-Direct-Growth Aditya Birla Sun Life	24.03	+57.79%	+34.04%	—	—	—	—	1.39	-23.4%
32	Aditya Birla Sun Life US Treasury 1-3 Year Bond ETFs Fund Of Funds-Direct Growth Aditya Birla Sun Life	12.84	+15.47%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Aditya Birla Sun Life US Treasury 3-10 Year Bond ETFs Fund Of Funds-Direct Growth Aditya Birla Sun Life	13.07	+15.55%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Axis NASDAQ 100 US Specific Equity Passive FOF - Direct Plan - Growth Axis	31.01	+57.50%	+33.70%	—	—	—	—	1.38	-23.0%
35	Axis US Specific Treasury Dynamic Debt Passive FOF - Direct Plan - Growth Option Axis	12.31	+16.23%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Bandhan US specific Equity Active FOF - GROWTH - DIRECT PLAN Bandhan	21.65	+35.42%	+28.50%	—	—	—	—	1.22	-22.5%
37	Bandhan US Treasury Bond 0-1 year specific Debt Passive FOF - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH Bandhan	13.35	+16.29%	+9.77%	—	—	—	—	0.95	-3.4%
38	Baroda BNP Paribas Aqua Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Baroda BNP Paribas	16.19	+20.15%	+14.65%	—	—	—	—	0.63	-14.9%
39	DSP Global Innovation Overseas Equity Omni FoF - Direct - Growth DSP	23.22	+47.26%	+29.79%	—	—	—	—	1.25	-21.6%
40	DSP US Specific Debt Passive FoF - Direct - Growth DSP	12.60	+16.33%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	HDFC Developed World Overseas Equity Passive FOF - Direct Plan - Growth Option HDFC	21.69	+41.29%	+26.59%	—	—	—	—	1.54	-18.1%
42	ICICI Prudential Strategic Metal and Energy Equity Fund of Fund - Direct Plan Growth ICICI Prudential	30.89	+72.99%	+33.22%	—	—	—	—	1.26	-14.5%
43	Invesco India - Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Invesco	27.40	+57.72%	+34.23%	—	—	—	—	1.40	-23.0%
44	Kotak Global Innovation Overseas Equity Omni FOF- Direct Plan -Growth Kotak	15.88	+46.21%	+24.73%	—	—	—	—	1.07	-22.4%
45	Kotak Quality Overseas Equity Omni FOF - Direct Plan - Growth- Kotak	11.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Mahindra Manulife Asia Pacific REITs FOF - Direct Plan - Growth Mahindra Manulife	11.17	+23.69%	+8.65%	—	—	—	—	0.21	-17.0%
47	Mirae Asset Global Electric & Autonomous Vehicles Equity Passive FOF - Direct Plan - Growth Mirae Asset	19.97	+111.67%	+24.92%	—	—	—	—	0.78	-30.4%
48	Mirae Asset Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan- Growth Mirae Asset	38.90	+88.83%	+44.19%	—	—	—	—	1.38	-27.2%
49	Motilal Oswal Developed Market Ex US ETFs Fund of Funds Direct Plan Growth Motilal Oswal	18.38	+37.10%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50	Navi NASDAQ100 US Specific Equity Passive FOF- Direct- Growth Navi	26.12	+58.00%	+34.73%	—	—	—	—	1.40	-23.3%
51	Navi Total Stock Market US Specific Equity Passive FoF- Direct Plan- Growth Navi	22.57	+42.30%	+27.49%	—	—	—	—	1.43	-20.0%
52	PGIM India Global Select Real Estate Securities Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option PGIM India	13.59	+24.11%	+15.02%	—	—	—	—	0.66	-15.6%

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 - Overseas funds

5-Year return distribution

Risk vs Return — Fund of Funds - Overseas

All Fund of Funds - Overseas funds

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