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LIC MF Money Market Fund
LIC Mutual FundDebt Scheme - Money Market Fund4.2 years
The scheme seeks to generate income through investment in a portfolio comprising of money market instruments.
- NAV
- 1,310.6263
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +6.5%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹3,979.06 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 0.4% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Fits if · Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Prefer peers if · Prefer UTI - Money Market Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Watch
4.2 years - usable, still building a track record.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.16% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -0.1%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
0% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Watch
Pratik Harish Shroff · 1.1 years on the scheme.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Pass
Top 10 holdings ≈ 38.1% of the portfolio.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y+6.5%
- 3Y+6.7%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- SI+6.6%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+6.6%
- 3Y+6.7%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +6.6%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +0.1%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- 0%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 0
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +6.7%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +6.6%
- 300 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +6.8%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- n/a
- 0 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -0.1%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- 0.0%
- At peak
- Current spell
- 0 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +9%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 3 days
- 36 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 8 days
- Trough to prior peak
11 May 2026 – 29 May 2026
Trough 22 May 2026 · recovered in 7 days
-0.1%
6 Jul 2026 – 16 Jul 2026
Trough 8 Jul 2026 · recovered in 8 days
-0.1%
19 Sept 2022 – 30 Sept 2022
Trough 27 Sept 2022 · recovered in 3 days
-0.1%
19 Oct 2026 – 26 Oct 2026
Trough 22 Oct 2026 · recovered in 4 days
-0.1%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
0
Vs category
51
Consistency
9
Risk-adjusted
100
Drawdown
100
Mean
52
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
- Three-year return sits below the 25th percentile of comparable share classes.
Supporting reads
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 55 holdings · top 10 are 38.1%.
- Top 5
- 19.8%
- Top 10
- 38.1%
- Largest holding
- 4.3%
- Effective holdings
- 36.3
ICICI BANK LIMITED CD 27JAN27
Financial
4.3%
ICICI SECURITIES LIMITED 365D CP 18FEB27
Financial
4.3%
STATE DEVELOPMENT LOAN 30214 GUJ 31MR27 6.58 FV RS 100
Industrials
3.8%
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 37449 182 DAYS TBILL 19NV26 FV RS 100
Financial
3.7%
INDIAN BANK CD 12JAN27
Financial
3.7%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
UTI - Money Market Fund
UTI Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.3%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.4%
- Max DD
- -0.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.53
- 3Y win
- +56%
- Lower volatility
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
Bandhan Money Market Fund
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.5%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.6%
- Max DD
- -1.3%
- Sharpe
- 2.21
- 3Y win
- +37%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Edelweiss Money Market Fund
Edelweiss Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.2%
- Vol
- 1.8%
- Max DD
- -2.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.41
- 3Y win
- +43%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Franklin India Money Market Fund
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.6%
- Max DD
- -1.2%
- Sharpe
- 2.50
- 3Y win
- +70%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
HDFC Money Market Fund
HDFC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.3%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- n/a
- Max DD
- -1.4%
- Sharpe
- n/a
- 3Y win
- +86%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Deeper drawdown · Higher TER