The year 2025 has not been good so far for the Indian mutual fund industry, plagued by a continuous sell-off in domestic equities. Amidst the market turmoil, especially in the first two months of 2025, all mutual fund categories suffered heavy losses, especially small-cap and mid-cap funds. But amid this volatility, there was one category that gave some relief to the investors — international mutual funds. International funds gave an average positive return of 1.24%.
Small-cap and mid-cap funds major laggards
Small-cap funds suffered the biggest blow, generating an average (-)14.76% return for investors in the last three months. Mid-cap funds also gave an average negative return of (-)10.56%. Large-cap funds performed slightly better during this period but still suffered a loss of (-)3.33%.
Flexi-cap and multi-cap funds were also not untouched by the weak market sentiment. Flexi-cap funds saw an average return of (-)7.52% and multi-cap funds (-)9.15%. These figures clearly show that the beginning of 2025 has been difficult for mutual fund investors.
But when volatility was increasing in the Indian market, international mutual funds emerged as a safe haven for investors.
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Here, we will take a look at the top 10 international funds with up to 30% returns in the last three months.
1. DSP World Gold FoF (29.77%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 1,058 crore
Expense ratio: 1.78%
2. Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF (24.24%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 404 crore
Expense ratio: 0.54%
3. ICICI Prudential Strategic Metal and Energy Equity FoF (21.63%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 92 crore
Expense ratio: 0.62%
4. Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF FoF (21.36%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 103 crore
Expense ratio: 0.11%
5. Nippon India ETF Hang Seng BeES (17.98%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 869 crore
Expense ratio: 0.93%
6. HSBC Brazil Fund (17.14%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 52 crore
Expense ratio: 0.93%
7. Edelweiss Europe Dynamic Equity Offshore Fund (16.90%)
Assets under management (AUM): Rs 107 crore
Expense ratio: 0.57%
8. Invesco India – » Read More
