The fund outperformed most of its peers in the last one year

Investors willing to take systematic exposure to equities at this juncture but not wanting to go the whole hog — given the market uncertainty — could consider HDFC Balanced fund. Currently, it has about 67 per cent exposure to equities while the rest is into debt-based instruments, giving comfort of protection against market corrections. While it may have had higher exposure to mid-cap stocks ...