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Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth vs Axis Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth and Axis Long Duration Fund are both in the Long Duration Fund category, from Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited and Axis Asset Management Co. Ltd. respectively. Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth has posted a higher 3-year rolling CAGR. Axis Long Duration Fund has the lower expense ratio. See the full table and FAQ below for the complete real-data comparison.
Basics
Axis Long Duration Fund has the lower direct-plan expense ratio, by 0.10 percentage points.
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth | Axis Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Long Duration Fund | Long Duration Fund |
| AMC | Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited | Axis Asset Management Co. Ltd. |
| Benchmark | NIFTY Long Duration Debt Index A-III | NIFTY Long Duration Debt Index A-III |
| NAV | ₹13.1729 (2026-10-28) | ₹1233.4864 (2026-10-28) |
| AUM | ₹86.523 Cr | ₹150.017 Cr |
| Expense Ratio (Direct) | 0.43% | 0.33% |
| Inception | 2022-07-22 | 2022-12-07 |
Returns
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth leads on 3-year rolling CAGR (7.7% vs Axis Long Duration Fund's 6.2%) - 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
Axis Long Duration Fund carries the higher portfolio YTM.
Punji Fund Health Score
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth has the stronger Punji Quality grade of the two.
Frequently asked questions
Which has a higher 3-year return, Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth or Axis Long Duration Fund?
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth's 3-year rolling CAGR of 7.7% is higher than Axis Long Duration Fund's 6.2%. Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth sits in the 86th percentile of its category on this metric, versus the 43rd percentile for Axis Long Duration Fund - 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 Long Term Fund-Direct Growth or Axis Long Duration Fund?
Axis Long Duration Fund's direct-plan expense ratio is 0.10 percentage points lower than Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth'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 Long Term Fund-Direct Growth and Axis Long Duration 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 Long Term Fund-Direct Growth or Axis Long Duration Fund?
Axis Long Duration Fund has ₹150 Cr in assets under management, versus ₹87 Cr for Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth. 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 Long Term Fund-Direct Growth or Axis Long Duration Fund?
Axis Long Duration Fund's portfolio YTM (7.8454%) is higher than Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth'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 Long Term Fund-Direct Growth or Axis Long Duration Fund?
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Term Fund-Direct Growth launched on 2022-07-22, making it older than Axis Long Duration Fund (launched 2022-12-07). 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.