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With a 15-to-30 year runway, equity volatility stops being a risk and starts being your friend — you have time to recover from every dip and compound through every cycle. Flexi-cap funds (which roam across large, mid and small caps) plus steady large-caps form a diversified core for a retirement SIP.
Anyone 15+ years from retirement building a corpus through monthly SIPs.
Flexi-cap + large-cap = a diversified, long-track-record equity core that doesn't bet the corpus on one market cap. Ranked by 5-year return.
15+ years
Moderate–High
Direct-plan funds from the Flexi Cap and Large Cap categories, ranked by 5-year return. Past returns don’t predict future ones — use this as a starting shortlist, not a buy list.
| # | Fund | 5Y CAGR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan HDFC Mutual Fund | 24.1% |
| 2 | Invesco India Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Invesco Mutual Fund | 23.9% |
| 3 | Kotak Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 22.7% |
| 4 | Aditya Birla Sun Life Midcap Fund - Growth - Direct Plan Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 20.7% |
| 5 | Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Principal Mutual Fund | 20.3% |
| 6 | Kotak Large & Midcap Fund - Direct- Growth Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 20.1% |
| 7 | Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct - Growth Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund | 19.0% |
| 8 | Sundaram Large and Midcap Fund Direct Plan - Growth Sundaram Mutual Fund | 18.0% |
| 9 | HSBC Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Growth HSBC Mutual Fund | 17.8% |
| 10 | Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Mirae Asset Mutual Fund | 17.6% |
| 11 | Union Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Union Mutual Fund | 16.7% |
| 12 | DSP Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth DSP Mutual Fund | 16.6% |
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