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Insights from Fund Comparison

• Both ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) and Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) are Sectoral / Thematic, Equity schemes. ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) is 20 yrs 8 m old and manages ₹8,097.89 Crs, whereas Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) is 13 yrs 3 m old with ₹689.06 Crs.
• ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) is therefore older and larger, which may indicate more experience and investor confidence.
• ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) has its top 3 sectors in Infrastructure Developers & Operators (17.78%), Air Transport Service (8.29%), and Banks (7.40%), while Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) focuses on Infrastructure Developers & Operators (13.16%), Pharmaceuticals (11.09%), and Mining & Mineral products (7.78%).
• The funds share exposure to Infrastructure Developers & Operators, but differ in the rest, which means they will partially move together but may diverge depending on how the unique sectors perform.
• ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) holds Interglobe Aviation Ltd. (8.29%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (7.43%), TREPS (6.05%), NTPC Ltd. (4.40%), and Oberoi Realty Ltd. (3.82%), whereas Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) holds TREPS (9.58%), Larsen Toubro Limited (9.38%), NTPC Limited (6.93%), Reliance Industries Limited (6.83%), and Vedanta Limited (4.58%).
• The funds share exposure to TREPS, which makes their performance partly correlated. However, the unique holdings like Interglobe Aviation Ltd. in ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) and Larsen Toubro Limited in Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) can create divergence depending on how these stocks perform.
• In terms of risk profile, ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) has 91.69% equity and 1.12% debt, while Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) has 90.22% equity and 0.12% debt.
• Risk profile is similar for both funds.
• ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund - (G) outperformed Bank of India Manufacturing & Infrastr Fund-Dir (IDCW) in 3 Months, 6 Months, 1 Year, 5 Years (returns: -9.57%, -6.70%, 2.07%, 23.96% ) but underperformed in 3 Years (returns: 21.57%). This mixed performance indicates strength in certain market cycles while highlighting periods of relative weakness, suggesting selective timing or careful monitoring may be needed.