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Fund manager · HDFC

Rahul Baijal

Runs 2 schemes worth ₹48,787 Cr.

  • Fund house

    HDFCThey run their schemes at HDFC.

  • AUM they run

    ₹48,787 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

    2 now · 2 beforeSchemes they run now, as main or co-manager, and ones they ran before, since Sept 2024.

  • Experience

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

Profile

About

Their fund house's documents give no profile for them yet.

Schemes now2

  1. HDFC Large Cap Fund₹37,294 Cr
  2. HDFC Defence Fund₹11,493 Cr

AUM they run(Jul 2022 – Sept 2026)

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months₹ CrChange
Sept 202648,787−10.0%
Aug 202654,185+1.0%
Jul 202653,646+2.7%
Jun 202652,256+3.2%
May 202650,645+0.5%
Apr 202650,377+10.5%
Mar 202645,571−11.3%
Feb 202651,387+1.4%
Jan 202650,656−1.4%
Dec 202551,371−0.3%
Nov 202551,527+1.2%
Oct 202550,911+4.4%
AUM at month end, Sept 2026
₹48,787 Cr
−4.2% since Oct 2025
Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Rahul Baijal 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 2022 – now)

  1. Large Cap Fund
  2. Business Cycle Fund
  3. MNC Fund
  4. Defence Fund
HDFC2023202420252026
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 2022 – now)

HDFC

2 now · since Jul 2022
  1. HDFC Large Cap Fund
    Fund managerJul 2022—4y 4m₹37,294 CrLarge CapTER 1.04%

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

Performance(4 schemes)

Growth · Direct plans

Return as manager
+13.13%
Beat peers
2 of 4
vs peers
−0.74 pt
Longest run
4.3 years
Beat benchmark
Upcoming
Each scheme Rahul Baijal ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.
HDFC Large Cap Fund
Jul '22–now · 4.3y
+12.64%+12.36%+0.28 pt––
HDFC Business Cycle Fund
Nov '22–Sep '26 · 3.8y
+13.63%+15.39%−1.76 pt––
HDFC MNC Fund
Mar '23–Jun '26 · 3.2y
+9.91%+17.21%−7.30 pt––
HDFC Defence Fund
Apr '25–now · 1.5y
+30.47%+8.29%+22.18 pt––
Fig. 1.Each scheme Rahul Baijal ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with(1 now)

  1. Priya RanjanDefence Fund1 scheme