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Union Money Market Fund
Union Mutual FundDebt Scheme - Money Market Fund5.2 years
The scheme seeks to generate regular income through investment in a portfolio comprising of money market instruments.
- NAV
- 1,380.8497
- 5 Nov 2026
- 1Y
- +6.7%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹1,120.46 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 5 Nov 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 Bandhan Money Market Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
5.2 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.17% 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
Pass
Devesh Thacker · 5.2 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 ≈ 45.6% 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+6.7%
- 3Y+7.2%
- 5Y+6.5%
- 10Yn/a
- SI+6.4%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+6.7%
- 3Y+7.0%
- 5Y+7.0%
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +6.4%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +0.2%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- 0%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 25
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +7.0%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +5.9%
- 534 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +7.2%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 48 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
- +5%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 3 days
- 27 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 9 days
- Trough to prior peak
6 Jul 2026 – 17 Jul 2026
Trough 8 Jul 2026 · recovered in 9 days
-0.1%
13 Oct 2026 – 27 Oct 2026
Trough 22 Oct 2026 · recovered in 5 days
-0.1%
19 May 2026 – 29 May 2026
Trough 22 May 2026 · recovered in 7 days
-0.1%
2 May 2022 – 12 May 2022
Trough 5 May 2022 · recovered in 7 days
-0.1%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
25
Vs category
51
Consistency
7
Risk-adjusted
100
Drawdown
100
Mean
57
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
No status reasons yet. History is still thin.
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 · 42 holdings · top 10 are 45.6%.
- Top 5
- 23.9%
- Top 10
- 45.6%
- Largest holding
- 6.5%
- Effective holdings
- 27.6
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INDIAN BANK CD 04DEC26
Financial
4.4%
360 ONE PRIME LIMITED 295D CP 10JUN27
Financial
4.3%
AXIS BANK LIMITED CD 12FEB27
Financial
4.3%
AXIS BANK LIMITED CD 05MAR27
Financial
4.3%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Bandhan Money Market Fund
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.5%
- 3Y
- +7.4%
- Vol
- 0.6%
- Max DD
- -1.3%
- Sharpe
- 2.24
- 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
- +6.5%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 1.8%
- Max DD
- -2.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.43
- 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
- +6.5%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.6%
- Max DD
- -1.2%
- Sharpe
- 2.56
- 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
- +6.4%
- 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
ICICI Prudential Money Market Fund
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.5%
- Max DD
- -1.2%
- Sharpe
- 1.60
- 3Y win
- +32%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER