Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)
Invests in very short-duration debt. Used to park money for a few days to months, safer than most fund types. From Sundaram Mutual Fund. It's been running since 1 Jan 2022.
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Calendar-year returns. 4 of last 5 years were positive.
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 2% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
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Technical details (for the pros)
Fund info
- Fund house
- Sundaram Mutual Fund
- Category
- Debt Scheme - Liquid Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- IDCW
- ISIN (Growth)
- INF173K01GV8
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- INF173K01GW6
- Fund code
- 149662
- First price on record
- 1 Jan 2022 · 1,495 daily prices
About Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)
Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) is a Debt Scheme - Liquid Fund offered by Sundaram Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the IDCW option. It has approximately 5 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the liquid category — Invests in very short-duration debt. Used to park money for a few days to months, safer than most fund types.
The current NAV of Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) is ₹1050.5333 (as of 6 Sep 2026). Historically, it has delivered 0.92% over the last year, 0.72% CAGR over 3 years. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 2.0% annualised volatility — a "low" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 1.5%. Being mentally prepared for drawdowns of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Frequently asked
What is the latest NAV of Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)?+
The latest NAV of Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) is ₹1050.5333 as of 6 Sep 2026, up 0.02% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)?+
Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) has delivered 1-year return 0.92%, 3-year CAGR 0.72%, since-inception CAGR 0.54%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) belong to?+
Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) is categorised as Debt Scheme - Liquid Fund. Invests in very short-duration debt. Used to park money for a few days to months, safer than most fund types.
How risky is Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 2.0%, Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) sits in the "low" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) a direct plan?+
Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the IDCW option (periodic distributions, taxable at your slab rate).
How old is Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal)?+
Sundaram Liquid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Cash Management Fund) - Direct Plan - IDCW (Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal) has NAV history available from 1 Jan 2022 — approximately 5 years of track record and 1,495 daily NAV observations.
Numbers are computed from stored daily prices from mfapi.in/AMFI. This is descriptive analytics, not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.