BANK OF INDIA Large & Mid Cap Fund Eco Plan-Bonus

BANK OF INDIA Large & Mid Cap Fund Eco Plan-Bonus holds up reasonably well within the Large & Mid Cap Fund category, currently carrying a 3-star rating. It has delivered steady, if unspectacular, returns over a full market cycle. TopFund's composite Health Score, which weighs rating, 3-year CAGR, expense ratio and fund size, puts it at 70/100.

Cost: At 1.25%, the expense ratio runs 10% above the Large & Mid Cap Fund category average of 1.14%. That gap is worth weighing against the fund's actual performance versus cheaper peers before committing to a long SIP.

Risk-adjusted performance: Over the trailing 1-year period, the fund shows a modest Sharpe ratio of 0.21 — returns have only marginally compensated for the risk taken. Separately, annualised volatility of 13.36% is fairly typical for actively managed equity funds.

Who should invest: This fund is best suited to investors with a 5+ year horizon comfortable with meaningfully higher volatility than large cap funds. The High risk rating means near-term volatility should be expected — this isn't a fund to check daily.