The Canara Robeco Infrastructure Fund has delivered excellent returns to its investors over the long term. Launched in December 2005, this scheme has provided an annual CAGR return of 15.15%. If an investor had started a SIP of ₹10,000 from the beginning, its value would have reached ₹1.36 crore by July 31, 2025.
Canara Robeco Infrastructure Fund: Canara Robeco Mutual Fund, India's second oldest asset management company, has made investors millionaires with its infrastructure-themed open-ended equity scheme, the Canara Robeco Infrastructure Fund. Launched on December 2, 2005, this scheme has delivered an annual return of 15.15% to date. According to the fund house, if an investor had made a monthly SIP of ₹10,000 from the beginning, its total value would have reached ₹1.36 crore by July 31, 2025. This scheme focuses on the growth opportunities present in the infrastructure sector and currently has an AUM of ₹917 crore.
20 Years Long Journey
The Canara Robeco Infrastructure Fund was launched on December 2, 2005. It is an open-ended equity scheme that is entirely based on the infrastructure sector. According to the fund house's report, this fund has given an annual return of 15.15 percent since its launch. During the same period, the BSE Sensex TRI index has given a return of 13.36 percent.
₹10,000 SIP Creates a Fund of 1.36 Crore
The fund house says that if an investor had started a SIP of ₹10,000 every month from the beginning, this amount would have increased to ₹1.36 crore by July 31, 2025. Not only this, if only a lump sum amount of ₹10,000 was invested in the regular plan growth option of the scheme, it would have increased to ₹1,60,530. Whereas in the benchmark, this amount would have reached only ₹1,17,939.
AUM and NAV Status
As of July 31, 2025, the Asset Under Management (AUM) of this scheme was ₹917 crore. The monthly average AUM was ₹924.55 crore. The Net Asset Value (NAV) of the fund's regular growth option was ₹160.53. Whereas the NAV of the direct plan was recorded at ₹180.55.
Recent Years Performance
In the last one year, this fund has given a return of -3.42 percent. Its CAGR return in three years has been 26.80 percent and in five years it has been 32.33 percent. This fund has consistently performed well over the long term, due to which the confidence of investors remains on it.
Fund Highlights
This scheme is a thematic fund. Its objective is to achieve capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-related instruments of infrastructure companies. Investment in this fund can be started with a minimum of ₹5,000. After that, additional investment can be made in multiples of ₹1. The SIP can be started with a minimum of ₹1,000.
This scheme comes in the high-risk category on the riskometer. That is, there are more fluctuations in it and investors have to take risk accordingly. The expense ratio of the fund is 2.27 percent in the regular plan and 0.99 percent in the direct plan. There is no lock-in period in this fund, but a fee of 1 percent is charged on withdrawal within 365 days.
Investment as per Sector
According to the report as of July 31, 2025, the fund's investment is spread across several key sectors.
- Electrical Equipment at 15.31 percent.
- Power Sector at 11.51 percent.
- Construction Sector at 8.80 percent.
- Consumer Durables at 8.12 percent.
- Industrial Products at 5.78 percent.
- Petroleum Products at 5.18 percent.
- Industrial Manufacturing at 5.13 percent.
- Transport Services at 4.62 percent.
- Aerospace and Defence at 4.52 percent.
- Cement and Cement Products at 4.03 percent.
Who is Managing the Fund
This fund is managed by Vishal Mishra and Shridatta Bhandwaldar. Both fund managers have long experience in the equity and infrastructure sectors. Due to their strategy, this scheme has been performing consistently for two decades.
