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ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative - Direct Plan - Growth Option vs Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-Direct Plan-Growth Option

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative and Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- are both in the Retirement Fund category, from ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited and Tata Asset Management 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 0.00 percentage points.

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-Direct Plan-Growth Option
CategoryRetirement FundRetirement Fund
AMCICICI Prudential Asset Management Company LimitedTata Asset Management Limited
BenchmarkNIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 15:85 IndexCRISIL Short Term Debt Hybrid 75+25 Index
NAV₹19.6899 (2026-10-28)₹37.7618 (2026-10-28)
AUM₹93.99 Cr₹160.49 Cr
Expense Ratio (Direct)1.05%1.05%
Inception2019-02-072011-10-07

Returns

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative leads on 3-year rolling CAGR (9.8% vs Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-'s 9.2%) - see the FAQ below for percentile context within each fund's own category.

Risk Metrics

Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- 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

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative has the stronger Punji Quality grade of the two.

Frequently asked questions

Which has a higher 3-year return, ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative's 3-year rolling CAGR of 9.8% is higher than Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-'s 9.2%. ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative sits in the 44th percentile of its category on this metric, versus the 30th percentile for Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- - 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, ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative's direct-plan expense ratio is 0.00 percentage points lower than Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-'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, ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

By standard deviation (a measure of how much a fund's returns swing around its own average), Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- 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 (0.33 for ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative vs -0.11 for Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-) 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, ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- has ₹160 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), ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative's portfolio YTM (7.5689%) is higher than Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-'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 has longer duration (more interest-rate sensitivity), ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- has the longer Macaulay duration of the two, meaning its NAV is more sensitive to interest-rate changes - a longer-duration debt fund tends to gain more when rates fall and lose more when rates rise, compared to a shorter-duration fund. Duration is expressed in years but isn't literally about how long you hold the fund; it's a measure of price sensitivity to rate moves. If you expect rates to fall, the longer-duration fund benefits more; if you expect rates to rise or want to minimize that swing, the shorter-duration fund is the more conservative pick.

Which fund has a longer track record, ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative or Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan-?

Tata Retirement Savings Fund- Conservative Plan- launched on 2011-10-07, making it older than ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund - Hybrid Conservative (launched 2019-02-07). 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.