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Balanced advantage funds' net equity

58%
of assets, AUM-weighted, 5 Oct 2026

Inside its usual range of 47% to 61%. The record is 74%, in March 2020. Up from 58% a year ago.

202020222024202630%40%50%60%70%80%74%, Mar 2020usual range, 47% to 61%58%202020222024202630%40%50%70%80%74%, Mar 2020usual range, 47% to 61%58%202020222024202630%40%50%70%80%74%, Mar 202037%, Jun 2018usual range, 47% to 61%58%2019202020212022202320242025202630%40%50%70%80%74%, Mar 202037%, Jun 2018usual range, 47% to 61%58%

What it is. Balanced advantage funds' estimated unhedged equity, from their daily NAVs, weighted by size.

How to read it. These funds promise to buy shares when they are cheap and cut back when they are dear. Our tests found their equity barely moves with valuation.

Source: AMFI daily NAV Method Data

The numbers

Latest58%5 Oct 2026
A week ago58%
A month ago59%
A year ago58%
Usual range47% to 61%
Median54%
Lowest37%4 Jun 2018
Highest74%13 Mar 2020
Percentile, full history66
Percentile, last 5 years83

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2018. A percentile is the share of the 2,034 readings since 1 Jun 2018 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “Balanced advantage funds' net equity”, data to 5 Oct 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/baf-net-equity/

Read it with

Arbitrage funds: estimated net equity (the control) 8.5%record high
Small-cap funds: days to sell a quarter of the portfolio 3.0 daysnew series
Mid-cap funds: days to sell a quarter of the portfolio 2.0 daysnew series
Equity ETFs: median premium to NAV −0.02%usual
Gold ETFs: median premium to NAV 0.26%above usual
International ETFs: median premium to NAV 15.70%above usual

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.