Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund)
Fund basics
Returns
Returns for this scheme are not computed yet — we need at least three years of published NAV. The NAV above is today's, straight from AMFI.
Regular vs Direct — same portfolio, two prices
The same fund, the same manager, the same shares. The only difference is the distributor commission inside the Regular plan's expense ratio — charged every year, on the whole balance.
| Plan | NAV | 1y | 3y | 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular (this page) | 2,469.8659 | 6.28% | 6.83% | — |
| Direct | 2,504.5983 | 6.50% | 7.02% | — |
The two NAVs are 1.4% apart today. They started life at the same ₹10 — the whole of that gap is what the commission has taken out of the Regular plan since launch.
Everything the NAV says
Computed from 1,485 published NAVs between 1 Jan 2022 and 27 Aug 2026 — 4.7 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 | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 7Y | 10Y | Since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) Regular | 0.51 | 1.74 | 3.37 | 6.32 | 6.83 | — | — | — | 6.41 |
| Liquid Funds category median · 54 funds | — | — | — | 6.28 | 6.82 | 6.17 | — | 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 26 Aug 2026.
Risk measures
| Fund name | Volatility | Sharpe | Sortino | Beta | Alpha | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) Regular | 0.18 | 1.82 | 20.96 | — | — | -0.03 |
Risk measures use a risk-free rate of 6.5% and are stated so they can be checked — a ratio quoted without its risk-free rate cannot be. Beta and alpha need an index, so they are blank for the benchmark row itself.
Risk
| Volatility | Downside volatility | Sharpe | Sortino |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.82 | 20.96 |
Sharpe and Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond. Both are stated so the figure can be checked — a ratio quoted without its risk-free rate cannot be.
The worst it has been
| Deepest fall | Time to recover | Today, from its peak |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0% | 0 months | At a high |
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 year | Median year | Worst year | Losing years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3% | 6.9% | 4.8% | 0% |
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
How it compares with its closest peers
The same category, the same plan, the same option — the only comparison that means anything. A Liquid Funds Regular Plan GROWTH scheme against another of exactly the same kind.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) Sundaram Mutual Fund · this scheme | 6.8% | — | — | 0.2% | 1.82 | 0.0% |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Liquid Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 6.9% | — | — | 0.2% | 1.74 | -0.2% |
| UNIFI LIQUID FUND Unifi Mutual Fund | — | — | — | 0.2% | -3.24 | 0.0% |
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 Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) — Regular Plan — GROWTH?
₹2,469.8659 as on 26 Aug 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 Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management 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 Growth option mean?
Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.
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.