Should I invest in Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A?

We don't give personal investment advice. Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 40.4%. 5-year CAGR: 4.07%.

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Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option

Latest NAV

₹12.2273

As of

4 Dec 2018

1,222 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	+0.01%	-0.75%	+0.77	50 / 105	Q2
1W	-0.12%	-1.81%	+1.69	35 / 104	Q2
2W	+0.38%	-1.11%	+1.49	37 / 104	Q2
1M	+2.60%	-1.16%	+3.77	11 / 104	Q1
3M	-4.58%	+1.00%	-5.58	84 / 103	Q4
6M	-4.23%	+1.92%	-6.14	63 / 100	Q3
YTD	-31.13%	-1.23%	-29.90	98 / 98	Q4
1Y	-27.48%	+9.43%	-36.92	87 / 88	Q4
2Y	-8.70%	+5.85%	-14.55	81 / 82	Q4
3Y	-7.47%	+10.05%	-17.53	70 / 71	Q4
4Y	-8.42%	+9.63%	-18.05	39 / 39	Q4
5Y	+4.07%	+8.82%	-4.76	30 / 34	Q4
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+4.08%	+8.04%	-3.96	78 / 105	Q3

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2018 YTD	-31.13%	-11.53%	-19.60	32 / 33
2017	+22.40%	+29.49%	-7.08	24 / 30
2016	-10.57%	-0.10%	-10.48	29 / 30
2015	+6.91%	+2.63%	+4.28	3 / 10
2014	+44.52%	+30.59%	+13.93	2 / 3
2013	—	—	—	—

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+3.02%

49 windows

min -29.0% · max 67.3%

47% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+0.94%

25 windows

min -9.7% · max 13.9%

48% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

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Today's value

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XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

21.29%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.56

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.66

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-40.44%

Jan 2018 → Oct 2018

% positive months

52.8%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Flexi Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹85.5390	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.0211	3 Jun 2026
SBI Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹58.6919	2 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹16.7500	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Invesco	₹17.0200	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Flexi Cap Fund-Direct Plan-IDCW	Bandhan	₹49.6510	3 Jun 2026
quant Flexi Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹80.8500	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Flexi Cap Fund -DIRECT - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹224.7300	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Flexi Cap Fund Direct - IDCW Payout/Reinvestment	Motilal Oswal	₹31.2807	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹66.6106	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
4 Dec 2018	₹12.2273
3 Dec 2018	₹12.2259
30 Nov 2018	₹12.2219
29 Nov 2018	₹12.2206
28 Nov 2018	₹12.2196
27 Nov 2018	₹12.2425
26 Nov 2018	₹12.2325
22 Nov 2018	₹12.1915
21 Nov 2018	₹12.2362
20 Nov 2018	₹12.1812

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 04 Dec 2018, the NAV of Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option is ₹12.2273. It's a Flexi Cap Fund from Reliance, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option has NAV history starting from 11 Dec 2013, a track record of about 12 years 5 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option is managed by Reliance. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Flexi Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option has delivered a absolute return of -27.48% — -36.92 pp behind the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 9.43%. The fund ranks #87 of 88 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option has delivered a CAGR of -7.47% — -17.53 pp behind the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 10.05%. The fund ranks #70 of 71 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option has delivered a CAGR of 4.07% — -4.76 pp behind the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 8.82%. The fund ranks #30 of 34 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹122,051 today — a multiplier of 1.22×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 4.07%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹152,612.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹523,007 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of -5.37%.

Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (5-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹523,007 — XIRR -5.37%.

On a 5-year basis, Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option ranks #30 out of 34 funds in the Flexi Cap Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 8.82%; this fund delivered 4.07%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 40.44% — its NAV fell from a high on 23 Jan 2018 to a low on 09 Oct 2018. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option averaged 0.94% (best 13.87%, worst -9.71%). 48% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.01 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2017, Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option returned 22.40% — lagging the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 29.49% by 7.08 pp. It ranked #24 of 30 in its category that year.

Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 40.4%. 5-year CAGR: 4.07%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.