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Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth vs ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative - Direct Plan - Growth Option

Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth and ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative are both in the Retirement Fund category, from Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited and ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited respectively. ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative has posted a higher 3-year rolling CAGR. ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative has the lower expense ratio. See the full table and FAQ below for the complete real-data comparison.

Basics

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative has the lower direct-plan expense ratio, by 0.30 percentage points.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct GrowthICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative - Direct Plan - Growth Option
CategoryRetirement FundRetirement Fund
AMCAditya Birla Sun Life AMC LimitedICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited
BenchmarkNifty 500 TRINIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 15:85 Index
NAV₹24.221 (2026-10-28)₹19.6899 (2026-10-28)
AUM₹451.063 Cr₹93.99 Cr
Expense Ratio (Direct)1.35%1.05%
Inception2019-02-192019-02-07

Returns

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative leads on 3-year rolling CAGR (9.8% vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth's 14.8%) - see the FAQ below for percentile context within each fund's own category.

Risk Metrics

Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth has been the more volatile of the two by standard deviation.

Portfolio Analytics

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative carries the higher portfolio YTM.

Punji Fund Health Score

Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-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 Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth or ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative's 3-year rolling CAGR of 9.8% is higher than Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth's 14.8%. ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative sits in the 44th percentile of its category on this metric, versus the 70th percentile for Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth - 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 Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth or ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative's direct-plan expense ratio is 0.30 percentage points lower than Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-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.

Which fund carries more risk, Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth or ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative?

By standard deviation (a measure of how much a fund's returns swing around its own average), Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth has been more volatile than ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative over the trailing window. Standard deviation captures total volatility in both directions - up and down - so a higher figure means bigger swings generally, not necessarily bigger losses specifically. Sharpe ratio (0.44 for Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth vs 0.33 for ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative) is a better single measure of risk-adjusted return, since it weighs the return earned per unit of volatility taken rather than volatility alone.

Which has higher AUM, Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth or ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative?

Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth has ₹451 Cr in assets under management, versus ₹94 Cr for ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative. 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 Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth or ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative's portfolio YTM (7.5689%) is higher than Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-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 Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth or ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative launched on 2019-02-07, making it older than Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s Plan-Direct Growth (launched 2019-02-19). 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.