ICL Balanced Fund

Balanced+ dividends

Open-end balanced mutual fund in Bangladesh, managed by Impress Capital. Tracked since Jul 2019, with dividends reinvested by default or taken as cash.

৳12.43NAV per unit
৳18 crFund size
7.0 yrsSince Jul 2019
+6.56%Per year, since launch

Latest collected NAV: 29 Jun 2026, from Impress Capital's website. Page last updated: 20 Jul 2026. NAVs are refreshed every day.

Historical returns

Total return reinvests every dividend. “Per year” is the annualized compound rate. The last column is the return on a fixed amount invested every month (SIP).

Return periodTotal returnPer yearMonthly SIP /yr
6 months+12.59%+26.77%+25.65%
1 year+21.72%+21.72%+23.33%
2 years+35.66%+16.47%+17.62%
3 years+25.99%+8.01%+13.41%
5 years+29.32%+5.28%+8.55%
Max (7.0 yrs)+55.23%+6.56%+8.54%

Figures as of 29 Jun 2026. Total return includes the fund’s cash dividends (about 11%/yr), reinvested by default.

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Dividends
৳1,000 · Jul 2019৳1,552 · 29 Jun 2026

Total-return NAV rebased to your amount. Dividends are reinvested by default; switch to taken as cash above.

Fund details

Management fee2.50% down to 1.00% per year (tiered by fund size)
Minimum investmentBDT 1,000 (100 units)
LiquidityOpen-end, redeemable weekly at NAV
Asset managerImpress Capital
SponsorImpress Capital (also the asset manager)
TrusteeBangladesh General Insurance Company
CustodianBRAC Bank
Face valueBDT 10 per unit

What ICL Balanced Fund holds

As of 31 Mar 2026

From the fund’s quarterly portfolio disclosure. Percentages by market value.

Asset mix
Listed equity 74.47%Government securities (T-bonds) 20.79%Corporate bond 1.17%Cash at bank 2.96%Receivables & prepayments 0.61%
Sector allocation
Bank32.18%
Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals24.37%
Telecommunication4.24%
Financial Institution3.92%
Engineering3.19%
Food & Allied2.59%
Miscellaneous2.18%
Cement1.80%
Top holdings
BRAC Bank12.05%
Square Pharmaceuticals9.12%
Marico Bangladesh9.07%
Prime Bank6.56%
Renata6.18%
Jamuna Bank5.97%
Pubali Bank4.62%
IDLC Finance3.92%
Grameenphone3.56%
BSRM Steels2.72%

Its 5 largest holdings are 42.98% of the fund.

✓ Verified from ICL quarterly financial statements (scrip-level annexure) (31 Mar 2026). Holdings are disclosed quarterly, so they can lag the latest weekly NAV.

The statement's sector column uses merged cells; labels were resolved against the identical scrips' printed sectors in the sibling BCB ICL Growth Fund statement and DSE classification.

Questions about ICL Balanced Fund

What kind of fund is ICL Balanced Fund?
ICL Balanced Fund is an open-end balanced mutual fund in Bangladesh, managed by Impress Capital. You buy and redeem units at its weekly net asset value (NAV), and it has no fixed maturity.

What is the historical return of ICL Balanced Fund?
Over roughly 7.0 years to 29 Jun 2026, ICL Balanced Fund returned about +6.56% per year, as a total return with dividends reinvested. The figure changes with the period you choose, and past performance does not guarantee future results.

What are the fees for ICL Balanced Fund?
ICL Balanced Fund charges a management fee of 2.50% down to 1.00% per year (tiered by fund size). Its published NAV, and so every return shown, is already net of this fee.

What is the minimum investment for ICL Balanced Fund?
ICL Balanced Fund has a one-time minimum of BDT 1,000 (100 units).

Is ICL Balanced Fund Shariah-compliant?
No. ICL Balanced Fund is a conventional open-end fund, not Shariah-certified. ReturnKoto? has a one-tap filter to show only Shariah funds.

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3 of 54th of 8 balanced funds

A rules-based score over the same fixed 3-year window every fund is measured on: return against its benchmark, downside deviation, worst drop and consistency, on a scale set for balanced funds.

5-year rating: 3 of 5 over the same fixed 5-year window (4th of 6).

Stars capped at 3: over this window its return did not beat both of its yardsticks, the 91-day T-bill and (for equity funds) the DSEX index.

Return / year (3 yr)
+8.00%
Downside deviation
7.3%
Worst drop
-13%
Consistency
80%
Versus the market (DSEX)

Beta 0.42 · historically moved about 0.42% for each 1% move in the DSEX market index. DSEX explains roughly 16% of its month-to-month swings.

✓ Rules-based, measured from the fund’s own NAV history. How the rating will work.