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Nippon India Liquid Fund

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Fund basics

Launched22 Dec 2009 16.8 years of history
CategoryLiquid FundsSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · QUARTERLY IDCW OPTION code 112340
Benchmark— no equity benchmark for this category
NAV as on27 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 4,463 published NAVs between 22 Dec 2009 and 16 Sep 2026 — 16.7 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Nippon India Liquid Fund Regular 0.51-0.170.13 0.200.000.18 0.00-0.01-4.55
Liquid Funds category median · 52 funds ——— 6.356.796.22 —6.04—

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Regular plan in Liquid Funds — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 27 Sep 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Nippon India Liquid Fund Regular 13.90 -0.47 -0.47 — — -55.47

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
13.9%13.9%-0.47-0.47

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-55.5%—-54.6%
0%-21%-41%-62%201020122014201620182020202220242026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
2.4%0.0%-2.0%49%
Worst-2.0%Median0.0%Best2.4%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

0.0%20210.1%20220.0%20230.0%20240.1%20251.3%2026MF Analyser
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

If you had run a SIP

₹10,000 every month for five years — ₹600,000 invested in all — would be worth ₹604,376 today, an XIRR of 0.29% a year.

XIRR, not CAGR. A SIP's money arrives over sixty months, so most of it has been invested for far less than five years — which is why this figure normally sits below the five-year CAGR above in a rising market, and above it in a falling one. It is the return the investor got, not the return the fund got.

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

95.57%Debt
3.74%Cash & Equivalents
0.46%REITs / InvITs
0.23%AIF Units

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

AMFI has not classified this scheme's holdings into large, mid and small cap in the filing we hold, so there is no split to show. The section is left here rather than hidden so it is clear the data is missing, not that the fund holds nothing.

Concentration

Number of stocks164
Top 5 stocks12.50%
Top 10 stocks20.97%
Top 20 stocks33.24%
Largest single holding2.89%
Largest sectorCRISIL A1+ · 48.62%
Number of sectors7
Effective stocks98.5
Cash & equivalents3.74%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

CRISIL A1+ — 48.6%ICRA A1+ — 16.9%Unclassified — 12.8%CARE A1+ — 12.4%Cash & Equivalents — 3.7%FITCH A1+ — 3.1%Other — 2.5%CRISIL A1+48.6%ICRA A1+16.9%Unclassified12.8%CARE A1+12.4%Cash & Equivalents3.7%FITCH A1+3.1%Other2.5%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 21.5% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

91 Days Tbill 2.89%
91 Days Tbill 2.69%
Small Industries Dev Bank of India 2.66%
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited 2.31%
Triparty Repo 2.13%
HDFC Bank Limited 1.95%
National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development 1.74%
HDFC Bank Limited 1.73%
National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development 1.73%
National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development 1.65%
91 Days Tbill 1.62%
Reverse Repo 1.56%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

What the manager did last month

Between the filing of 15 Jul 2026 and 31 Jul 2026. A position grows for two reasons — the manager bought more, or the price went up — and only the first is a decision. The share count is what separates them, because it moves only when somebody trades.

Bought₹204 cr shares added, valued at this filing
Sold₹827 cr shares reduced or exited
New positions21 stocks not held a month ago
Sold out of24 stocks fully exited
Price move of what it held +0.29% the market's doing, not the manager's

Swipe the table sideways for share counts, price change and values.

Stock Shares traded Change in shares Change in price Value of the trade₹ crore Position now₹ crore
New positiondid not hold this a month ago 8
91 Days Tbill 110,000,000 entered — 1,087 1,087
HDFC Bank Limited 15,000 entered — 742 742
Triparty Repo — entered — 514 514
Union Bank of India 10,000 entered — 493 493
Bajaj Housing Finance Limited 10,000 entered — 492 492
Union Bank of India 10,000 entered — 492 492
91 Days Tbill 47,500,000 entered — 469 469
Indian Bank 4,000 entered — 198 198
Added tobought more shares than last month 2
Punjab National Bank 3,800 +760.0% +0.3% 189 213
6.97% Government of India 1,500,000 +6.0% -0.1% 15.0 265
Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 8
HDFC Securities Limited 4,500 -90.0% +0.3% 224 24.9
182 Days Tbill 15,500,000 -51.7% +0.2% 155 145
HDFC Securities Limited 3,000 -75.0% +0.3% 149 49.8
Central Bank of India 2,000 -25.0% +0.3% 99.3 298
HSBC InvestDirect Financial Services (India) Limited 1,500 -33.3% +0.3% 74.5 149
DSP Finance Private Limited 1,000 -50.0% +0.3% 49.9 49.9
Small Industries Dev Bank of India 1,000 -4.2% +0.3% 49.6 1,140
Central Bank of India 500 -5.0% +0.3% 24.8 472
Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 8
91 Days Tbill 95,000,000 exited — 949 —
182 Days Tbill 71,000,000 exited — 709 —
182 Days Tbill 50,000,000 exited — 499 —
Canara Bank 10,000 exited — 497 —
National Bank For Financing Infrastructure And Development 9,000 exited — 449 —
Union Bank of India 9,000 exited — 447 —
364 Days Tbill 30,000,000 exited — 299 —
Godrej Consumer Products Limited 6,000 exited — 299 —

Only stocks and fund units are listed. Treasury bills, repo and money-market lines roll over every month by design — they are larger in rupees than most equity trades and are not decisions, so they are summarised as cash above rather than listed as activity. Share counts and values are the fund house's own filing. What a position cost when it was first bought is in no monthly disclosure, so a value here is what the shares were worth at the later filing, not what was paid.

How it compares in its category

Against the Liquid Funds Regular schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Nippon India Liquid Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund · this scheme 0.0% — — 13.9% -0.47 -55.5%
Franklin India Liquid Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund 7.0% — — 0.2% 2.24 -0.2%
BANK OF INDIA LIQUID FUND Bank of India Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 2.04 -0.2%
Axis Liquid Fund Axis Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 2.20 -0.2%
Franklin India Liquid Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 1.86 -0.2%
Invesco India Liquid Fund Invesco Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 1.76 -0.2%
DSP Liquid Fund DSP Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 1.61 -0.3%
Groww Liquid Fund Groww Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 1.85 -0.2%
Mahindra Manulife Liquid Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund 6.9% — — 0.2% 1.54 -0.2%

Alpha and beta are against the category index. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Liquid Funds scheme is

Debt maturing within 91 days.

The place money waits. Redemption reaches the bank in one working day, and a small instant-redemption limit is usually available. Not a savings account, and not guaranteed — but as close as a fund gets.

Who it suits. Emergency money and anything needed within weeks.

How long money should stay. Days to 3 months.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Nippon India Liquid Fund — Regular Plan — QUARTERLY IDCW OPTION?

₹1,005.0040 as on 27 Sep 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Nippon India Liquid Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the QUARTERLY IDCW OPTION option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

Debt maturing within 91 days. The place money waits. Redemption reaches the bank in one working day, and a small instant-redemption limit is usually available. Not a savings account, and not guaranteed — but as close as a fund gets.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically Days to 3 months. Emergency money and anything needed within weeks.