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Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option vs ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) and ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund are both in the Short Duration Fund category, from Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited and ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited respectively. ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund has posted a higher 3-year rolling CAGR. Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) has the lower expense ratio. See the full table and FAQ below for the complete real-data comparison.
Basics
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) has the lower direct-plan expense ratio, by 0.41 percentage points.
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option | ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Short Duration Fund | Short Duration Fund |
| AMC | Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited | ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited |
| Benchmark | CRISIL Medium to Long Duration Debt A-III Index | NIFTY Short Duration Debt Index A-II |
| NAV | ₹13.364 (2026-10-28) | ₹70.4737 (2026-10-28) |
| AUM | ₹238.832 Cr | ₹18,540.463 Cr |
| Expense Ratio (Direct) | 0.04% | 0.45% |
| Inception | 2022-03-22 | 2012-12-11 |
Returns
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund leads on 3-year rolling CAGR (8.4% vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days)'s 7.8%) - see the FAQ below for percentile context within each fund's own category.
Risk Metrics
Risk metrics aren't shown for debt funds. Their NAV starts near Rs 10 and compounds steadily, so CAGR, beta and drawdown measure the arithmetic rather than the manager.
Portfolio Analytics
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund carries the higher portfolio YTM.
Punji Fund Health Score
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund has the stronger Punji Quality grade of the two.
Frequently asked questions
Which has a higher 3-year return, Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) or ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund?
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund's 3-year rolling CAGR of 8.4% is higher than Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days)'s 7.8%. ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund sits in the 94th percentile of its category on this metric, versus the 48th percentile for Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) - though note both funds may belong to different categories with different medians, so a raw CAGR comparison doesn't account for how each fund performed relative to its own peers. A higher historical return also doesn't necessarily mean lower risk; check the risk metrics below before concluding either fund is the "better" choice.
Which has a lower expense ratio, Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) or ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund?
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days)'s direct-plan expense ratio is 0.41 percentage points lower than ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund's. Over long holding periods, a persistent expense-ratio gap compounds into a materially different final corpus even if the two funds' gross returns are similar - it's one of the few fund attributes you can compare with total certainty upfront, unlike future returns, since the fee is contractually fixed rather than a historical estimate.
Why don't Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) and ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund show risk metrics like Sharpe ratio or alpha?
Risk metrics aren't shown for debt funds. Their NAV starts near Rs 10 and compounds steadily, so CAGR, beta and drawdown measure the arithmetic rather than the manager. This is a deliberate methodology choice, not missing data - risk metrics like alpha and Sharpe ratio are most meaningful for actively-managed funds where a manager makes decisions that can add or subtract value versus a benchmark. For a fund that mechanically tracks an index, the equivalent useful metric is tracking error (how closely it follows its index), not alpha.
Which has higher AUM, Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) or ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund?
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund has ₹18,540 Cr in assets under management, versus ₹239 Cr for Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days). A larger AUM generally means deeper liquidity and lower per-unit fixed costs for the AMC to spread across investors, but an AUM that's very large relative to a fund's category and strategy (especially in small/mid cap categories, where the investable universe is smaller) can also make it harder for a manager to enter and exit positions without moving the price - bigger isn't automatically better, especially for less liquid categories.
Which has a higher yield to maturity (YTM), Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) or ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund?
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund's portfolio YTM (8.0875%) is higher than Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days)'s. YTM is the weighted-average return a debt fund's current bond holdings would earn if held to maturity, assuming no defaults and coupons reinvested at the same rate - a useful forward-looking yield estimate for debt funds the way rolling CAGR is for equity funds, though it's an estimate based on today's portfolio, not a guaranteed return, and can move as bonds are bought/sold or as interest rates change.
Which fund has a longer track record, Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) or ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund?
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund launched on 2012-12-11, making it older than Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TQ (1879 days) (launched 2022-03-22). A longer track record means more real market cycles (bull runs, corrections, rate cycles) the fund has actually navigated, which is useful context for judging consistency - but it isn't a guarantee of future performance, and a newer fund isn't automatically worse, especially if it's run by an experienced manager or team with a track record at a prior fund.
Data as of 2026-10-29. Source: AMFI disclosures via Punji. Not investment advice.