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Fund manager · LIC

Mahesh Bendre

Runs 6 schemes worth ₹5,271 Cr.

  • Fund house

    LICThey run their schemes at LIC.

  • AUM they run

    ₹5,271 CrThe AUM of the schemes they run, as main or co-manager, at the latest month's end, as AMFI reports it. A scheme two people run counts for both.

  • Schemes

    6 now · 4 beforeSchemes they run now, as main or co-manager, and ones they ran before, since Aug 2024.

  • Experience

    Not publishedTheir fund house's documents give no figure for it yet.

Profile

About

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Schemes now6

  1. LIC MF Multi Cap Fund₹2,187 Cr
  2. LIC MF Infrastructure Fund₹1,153 Cr
  3. LIC MF Manufacturing Fund₹770 Cr
  4. LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund₹653 Cr
  5. LIC MF Value Fund₹336 Cr
  6. LIC MF Focused Fund₹171 Cr

AUM they run(Jul 2024 – Sept 2026)

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months₹ CrChange
Sept 20265,271+12.5%
Aug 20264,686+98.5%
Jul 20262,361−51.7%
Jun 20264,886+3.7%
May 20264,713+2.0%
Apr 20264,619+30.4%
Mar 20263,543−11.0%
Feb 20263,980+2.8%
Jan 20263,871−4.8%
Dec 20254,064−1.6%
Nov 20254,130−2.8%
Oct 20254,249+2.8%
AUM at month end, Sept 2026
₹5,271 Cr
+24.0% since Oct 2025
Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Mahesh Bendre ran at each month's end, each only in the months they ran it, ₹ crore. A scheme two people run counts in full for both. Source: AMFI.

Schemes over time(Jul 2024 – now)

  1. Infrastructure Fund
  2. Value Fund
  3. Small Cap Fund
  4. Manufacturing Fund
  5. Large Cap Fund
  6. Focused Fund
  7. Childrens Fund
  8. Unit Linked Insurance Scheme
  9. Multi Cap Fund
  10. Balanced Advantage Fund
LIC20252026
Fig. 1.The schemes they ran when, the oldest first: each from the date its fund house gives, or the first document listing them where it gives none, to when they left, coloured by fund house.

Schemes(Jul 2024 – now)

LIC

6 now · since Jul 2024
  1. LIC MF Multi Cap Fund
    Co-managerSept 2026—2m₹2,187 CrMulti Cap
  2. LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
    Fund managerJul 2024—2y 4m₹1,153 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 2.90%
  3. LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund
    Fund manager, equitySept 2026—2m₹653 CrBalanced AdvantageTER 0.91%

Source.Each scheme's Scheme Summary Document at AMFI and its filings at NSE.

Performance(10 schemes)

Growth · Direct plans

Return as manager
+5.22%
Beat peers
4 of 4
vs peers
+3.84 pt
Longest run
2.3 years
Beat benchmark
Upcoming
Each scheme Mahesh Bendre ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.
LIC MF Infrastructure Fund
Jul '24–now · 2.3y
+2.97%+1.66%+1.31 pt––
LIC MF Small Cap Fund
Jul '24–Jul '26 · 2.0y
+3.75%+3.51%+0.24 pt––
LIC MF Value Fund
Jul '24–now · 2.3y
+7.22%+0.84%+6.37 pt––
LIC MF Manufacturing Fund
Oct '24–now · 2.0y
+6.68%−0.08%+6.76 pt––
LIC MF Large Cap Fund
Jul '25–Jul '26 · 1.0y
−5.79%−1.81%−3.98 pt––
LIC MF Focused Fund
Apr '26–now · 0.5y
+12.74%+10.04%+2.71 pt––
LIC MF Unit Linked Insurance Scheme
Apr '26–Jul '26 · 0.2y
+10.30%+11.88%−1.58 pt––
LIC MF Childrens Fund
Apr '26–Jul '26 · 0.2y
+13.97%+9.78%+4.19 pt––
LIC MF Multi Cap Fund
Aug '26–now · 0.2y
−2.52%−3.41%+0.89 pt––
LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund
Sep '26–now · 0.1y
−4.46%−3.58%−0.88 pt––
Fig. 1.Each scheme Mahesh Bendre ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with(3 now)

  1. Dikshit MittalMulti Cap Fund1 scheme
  2. Nikhil KapoorMulti Cap Fund1 scheme
  3. Rahul SinghBalanced Advantage Fund1 scheme