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Union Retirement Fund

Solution Oriented Scheme - Retirement Fund Direct plan, growth riskometer: Very high launched 1 Sep 2022 open-ended

At a glance

the fund as it stands today, from public disclosures

NAV, 21 Sep 2026
₹17.26
−0.17% since 18 Sep 2026, the previous NAV
1 year
3.9%
return
3 years
13.3%
a year
5 years
not enough history
Since launch
15.5%
a year, over 4.0 years
Assets (AUM)
₹209 Cr
Jul 2026 factsheet
Expense ratio, Direct / Regular
0.98% / 2.10%
a year, as of Jul 2026
Holdings
80
top ten are 28% of the fund · Aug 2026
Disclosed history
2.2 yrs
Jul 2024 – Aug 2026 · 5 of 11 checks could run
Fund managers
Pratik Dharmshi · since Dec 2024Pratit Vajani · since Jun 2025

As the Jul 2026 factsheet printed it: standard deviation 14.0% · portfolio turnover 0.44×. Exit load and minimum investment are not yet extracted from the scheme documents.

What only Anveshan can tell you

measured from the disclosures, not quoted from a brochure — each links to how it was done

P5Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 1.59% a year more than Direct

₹54,374 on ₹1 lakh over ten years. Same portfolio, two prices — the difference is what the Regular plan's distribution costs you, read from the two NAVs.

See how it is measured →
P7Whose record

Run by Pratik Dharmshi for 1.7 yrs

with Pratit Vajani. A return earned before they arrived is the house's record, not theirs — the tenure table shows the fund against its category over exactly their months.

Pratik Dharmshi's other funds →
NAVTracking gap

Not replicated: the portfolio cannot be priced line by line in this build.

Each day, the NAV the fund published against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at that day's prices. A gap that opens and stays is a change the fund has made and not disclosed yet.

See the daily gap →
P4Consistency

Beat its category in 100% of three-year stretches, and averaged +4.6 points a year across all of them

13 rolling windows since 2022 · ahead by 4.6 points a year when it won — and never lost one. A single five-year figure depends on the day you look; the share of stretches won does not — and the average margin says whether winning often was worth anything.

See every window →

headline and record disagree 3 checks found the headline number and the underlying record pointing different ways — marked on the cards below.

NAV and drawdown

Direct plan, growth class · as of 21 Sep 2026

Month-end NAV, indexed to 100 at Sep 2022

100125150175Sep 2022Sep 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Sep 2026Sep 2022: NAV ₹9.73Oct 2022: NAV ₹10.07Nov 2022: NAV ₹10.33Dec 2022: NAV ₹10.00Jan 2023: NAV ₹9.73Feb 2023: NAV ₹9.76Mar 2023: NAV ₹9.67Apr 2023: NAV ₹10.02May 2023: NAV ₹10.52Jun 2023: NAV ₹11.04Jul 2023: NAV ₹11.56Aug 2023: NAV ₹11.76Sep 2023: NAV ₹11.92Oct 2023: NAV ₹11.67Nov 2023: NAV ₹12.53Dec 2023: NAV ₹13.23Jan 2024: NAV ₹13.52Feb 2024: NAV ₹13.72Mar 2024: NAV ₹13.87Apr 2024: NAV ₹14.37May 2024: NAV ₹14.42Jun 2024: NAV ₹15.47Jul 2024: NAV ₹15.88Aug 2024: NAV ₹16.16Sep 2024: NAV ₹16.58Oct 2024: NAV ₹15.75Nov 2024: NAV ₹15.80Dec 2024: NAV ₹15.71Jan 2025: NAV ₹15.00Feb 2025: NAV ₹13.79Mar 2025: NAV ₹14.86Apr 2025: NAV ₹15.24May 2025: NAV ₹15.80Jun 2025: NAV ₹16.51Jul 2025: NAV ₹16.13Aug 2025: NAV ₹15.93Sep 2025: NAV ₹16.12Oct 2025: NAV ₹16.72Nov 2025: NAV ₹16.93Dec 2025: NAV ₹16.88Jan 2026: NAV ₹16.57Feb 2026: NAV ₹16.84Mar 2026: NAV ₹15.16Apr 2026: NAV ₹16.60May 2026: NAV ₹16.69Jun 2026: NAV ₹17.24Jul 2026: NAV ₹17.42Aug 2026: NAV ₹17.79Sep 2026: NAV ₹17.26
100125150175Sep 2022Sep 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Sep 2026Sep 2022: NAV ₹9.73Oct 2022: NAV ₹10.07Nov 2022: NAV ₹10.33Dec 2022: NAV ₹10.00Jan 2023: NAV ₹9.73Feb 2023: NAV ₹9.76Mar 2023: NAV ₹9.67Apr 2023: NAV ₹10.02May 2023: NAV ₹10.52Jun 2023: NAV ₹11.04Jul 2023: NAV ₹11.56Aug 2023: NAV ₹11.76Sep 2023: NAV ₹11.92Oct 2023: NAV ₹11.67Nov 2023: NAV ₹12.53Dec 2023: NAV ₹13.23Jan 2024: NAV ₹13.52Feb 2024: NAV ₹13.72Mar 2024: NAV ₹13.87Apr 2024: NAV ₹14.37May 2024: NAV ₹14.42Jun 2024: NAV ₹15.47Jul 2024: NAV ₹15.88Aug 2024: NAV ₹16.16Sep 2024: NAV ₹16.58Oct 2024: NAV ₹15.75Nov 2024: NAV ₹15.80Dec 2024: NAV ₹15.71Jan 2025: NAV ₹15.00Feb 2025: NAV ₹13.79Mar 2025: NAV ₹14.86Apr 2025: NAV ₹15.24May 2025: NAV ₹15.80Jun 2025: NAV ₹16.51Jul 2025: NAV ₹16.13Aug 2025: NAV ₹15.93Sep 2025: NAV ₹16.12Oct 2025: NAV ₹16.72Nov 2025: NAV ₹16.93Dec 2025: NAV ₹16.88Jan 2026: NAV ₹16.57Feb 2026: NAV ₹16.84Mar 2026: NAV ₹15.16Apr 2026: NAV ₹16.60May 2026: NAV ₹16.69Jun 2026: NAV ₹17.24Jul 2026: NAV ₹17.42Aug 2026: NAV ₹17.79Sep 2026: NAV ₹17.26
100125150175Sep 2022Sep 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Sep 2026Sep 2022: NAV ₹9.73Oct 2022: NAV ₹10.07Nov 2022: NAV ₹10.33Dec 2022: NAV ₹10.00Jan 2023: NAV ₹9.73Feb 2023: NAV ₹9.76Mar 2023: NAV ₹9.67Apr 2023: NAV ₹10.02May 2023: NAV ₹10.52Jun 2023: NAV ₹11.04Jul 2023: NAV ₹11.56Aug 2023: NAV ₹11.76Sep 2023: NAV ₹11.92Oct 2023: NAV ₹11.67Nov 2023: NAV ₹12.53Dec 2023: NAV ₹13.23Jan 2024: NAV ₹13.52Feb 2024: NAV ₹13.72Mar 2024: NAV ₹13.87Apr 2024: NAV ₹14.37May 2024: NAV ₹14.42Jun 2024: NAV ₹15.47Jul 2024: NAV ₹15.88Aug 2024: NAV ₹16.16Sep 2024: NAV ₹16.58Oct 2024: NAV ₹15.75Nov 2024: NAV ₹15.80Dec 2024: NAV ₹15.71Jan 2025: NAV ₹15.00Feb 2025: NAV ₹13.79Mar 2025: NAV ₹14.86Apr 2025: NAV ₹15.24May 2025: NAV ₹15.80Jun 2025: NAV ₹16.51Jul 2025: NAV ₹16.13Aug 2025: NAV ₹15.93Sep 2025: NAV ₹16.12Oct 2025: NAV ₹16.72Nov 2025: NAV ₹16.93Dec 2025: NAV ₹16.88Jan 2026: NAV ₹16.57Feb 2026: NAV ₹16.84Mar 2026: NAV ₹15.16Apr 2026: NAV ₹16.60May 2026: NAV ₹16.69Jun 2026: NAV ₹17.24Jul 2026: NAV ₹17.42Aug 2026: NAV ₹17.79Sep 2026: NAV ₹17.26

49 month-ends · ₹9.73 → ₹17.26, 1.8× since Sep 2022

Deepest fall (max drawdown)
−17.8%
23 Sep 2024 → 28 Feb 2025
Worst month
−10.0%
Mar 2026
Days to recover
234
from the deepest trough back to the old high

Drawdown is measured on the last year of daily NAV; trailing returns are CAGR of the direct growth class. A single end date decides them — the consistency card (P4) below is the record that does not, and it reports both how often the fund beat its category and by how much, because the first without the second can point the wrong way.

Holdings

Aug 2026 disclosure · 80 lines · when each was first held and the change over the last three disclosures

#HoldingSectorWeightFirst heldHeld for3-mo change
21 Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
equity
Construction 1.50% Jul 2024 2.2 yrs -0.56%
22 Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
equity
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 1.45% Jan 2025 1.7 yrs +0.21%
23 Mphasis Ltd.
equity
IT - Software 1.44% Jul 2024 2.2 yrs -0.03%
24 Gabriel India Ltd.
equity
Auto Components 1.43% Jul 2025 1.2 yrs +0.24%
25 Bharti Airtel Ltd.
equity
Telecom - Services 1.42% Jul 2024 2.2 yrs -0.15%
26 ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd.
equity
Auto Components 1.41% Mar 2025 1.5 yrs -0.07%
27 The Phoenix Mills Ltd.
equity
Realty 1.41% Aug 2025 1.1 yrs -0.02%
28 Acutaas Chemicals Ltd.
equity
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 1.39% Apr 2025 1.4 yrs -1.77%
29 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd.
equity
Banks 1.37% Nov 2025 10 mo +0.19%
30 Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd.
equity
Capital Markets 1.36% Apr 2026 5 mo +0.25%
Showing 21–30 of 80 · page 3 of 8 rows per page102550all

Largest sectors, Aug 2026 · grey: a year ago

Banks17.7% · 18.7%
Capital Markets6.5% · 3.7%
Electrical Equipment6.0% · 4.1%
Chemicals & Petrochemicals5.6% · 3.3%
Auto Components5.6% · 4.7%
Consumer Durables5.5% · 4.6%
IT - Software4.7% · 7.9%
Retailing4.6%
share of the book05%10%15%20%

By market cap, Aug 2026

Large cap44.9%
Mid cap24.9%
Small / micro cap28.7%
Cash & equivalents1.5%
share of the book025%50%75%100%

Composition by market cap, month by month — what the fund actually held against what its label says

Large cap: 49% → 45%Mid cap: 24% → 25%Small / micro: 18% → 29%Cash & other: 4% → 1%25%50%75%Jul 2024Aug 2025Aug 2026
Large cap: 49% → 45%Mid cap: 24% → 25%Small / micro: 18% → 29%Cash & other: 4% → 1%25%50%75%Large cap 45%Mid cap 25%Small / micro 29%Jul 2024Aug 2025Aug 2026
Large cap: 49% → 45%Mid cap: 24% → 25%Small / micro: 18% → 29%Cash & other: 4% → 1%25%50%75%Large cap 45%Mid cap 25%Small / micro 29%Jul 2024Aug 2025Aug 2026
  • Large cap 45%
  • Mid cap 25%
  • Small / micro 29%
  • Cash & other 1%

The seven checks, in full

each: the plain claim, where it sits in the category, and — folded — how it is measured and the case against. A flag fires only where headline and record disagree.

P4 Consistency, not a single end date headline and record disagree

Beat its category in 100% of three-year stretches, and averaged +4.6 points a year across all of them

13 rolling windows since 2022 · ahead by 4.6 points a year when it won — and never lost one

What this means. Take every three-year stretch since the fund had a NAV, one starting each month, and ask two things of each: did it beat the typical fund in its category, and by how much. Counting the wins tells you the record does not depend on when you happen to look; averaging the margin tells you whether winning often was worth anything, because four small wins do not pay for one large loss.

How often, and by how much. The count and the average agree. It did not lose one of the 13, so the average across all of them is the average win, +4.6 points.

windows measured13windows won13average across every window+4.61 pts a year · median +4.54when ahead, by how much+4.61 pts a year over 13 windowsworst window+3.46 pts a year, ended Sep 2026best window+5.77 pts a year, ended Apr 2026non-overlapping windows in that span1 — the rolling count overlaps, this does not
Thin record. Only 13 rolling windows — under six years of NAV. The share is shown because it was measured; it is a start, not a record, and does not qualify for the home shelf until 36 windows exist.

Fund minus category, each rolling three-year window

-5.8 pp0.0 pp+5.8 ppSep 2025: fund 18.3% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 18.4% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 17.9% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 19.1% vs category 14.5% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 19.4% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 19.9% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 16.2% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 18.3% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 16.6% vs category 11.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 16.0% vs category 11.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 14.7% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 14.8% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 13.1% vs category 9.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025Apr 2026Sep 2026
-5.8 pp0.0 pp+5.8 ppSep 2025: fund 18.3% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 18.4% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 17.9% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 19.1% vs category 14.5% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 19.4% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 19.9% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 16.2% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 18.3% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 16.6% vs category 11.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 16.0% vs category 11.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 14.7% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 14.8% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 13.1% vs category 9.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025Apr 2026Sep 2026
-5.8 pp0.0 pp+5.8 ppSep 2025: fund 18.3% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 18.4% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 17.9% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 19.1% vs category 14.5% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 19.4% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 19.9% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 16.2% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 18.3% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 16.6% vs category 11.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 16.0% vs category 11.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 14.7% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 14.8% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 13.1% vs category 9.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025Apr 2026Sep 2026
ahead of categorybehind

Each bar is one window's margin in percentage points a year. The height of the bars, not the count of green ones, is what the average across every window measures.

A modest five-year number over a record that beat its category 100% of the time. Rolling every three-year window forward month by month gives hundreds of overlapping observations instead of one. This fund was ahead of its category median in 100% of them, which points the opposite way to the headline figure. A single end date decided that headline.
How it is measured, and the case against

A fund that beats its category in most rolling three-year windows has a record; one that beats it in a few has an end date. How often it won and by how much are different questions, and this card answers both, because a fund can win four windows in five and still be behind across all five.

How often has it beaten its category, across every window?

Why this might matterRolling every three-year window forward month by month gives hundreds of overlapping observations instead of one. A single end date decides a headline five-year figure; the share of windows won cannot be flattered by when you happen to look. The average margin across every window is that share and the payoff multiplied together — win share x average beat plus loss share x average shortfall is exactly the average — so a high share bought with a few ruinous windows cannot hide behind the count.
Why it might notRolling windows overlap heavily, so they are not independent observations and the true sample is far smaller than the count suggests.
P5 Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 1.59% a year more than Direct

₹54,374 on ₹1 lakh over ten years

What this means. The Regular and Direct plans hold the same portfolio; the Regular one pays a distributor out of your money every day. The gap between the two NAVs is that cost, measured from the NAVs rather than quoted from a document.

on ₹1,00,000 over ten years₹54,374Direct vs Regular, annualised15.4% vs 13.8%measured over4 years
How it is measured, and the case against

The Direct plan is the same portfolio, priced differently; the divergence of the two NAVs is the cost, measured rather than quoted.

What does the Regular plan actually cost against its Direct twin?

Why this might matterSame manager, same holdings, same day. The gap between the two NAV series is the one number on this page that is knowable today rather than hoped for, and it compounds for as long as the units are held.
Why it might notA Regular plan buys advice. If that advice stops someone selling in a drawdown it can be worth more than the fee — the cost is visible and the behavioural saving is not, which makes this comparison unfair in exactly one direction.
P1 Churn, and what it bought

Turns over 80% of the portfolio a year

+0.02 pts of excess return per unit of turnover

What this means. How much of the portfolio was bought and sold in a year, computed from what the fund disclosed each month. Trading costs something certain; the extra return it is meant to buy is not.

excess return per unit of turnover+0.02 pts
How it is measured, and the case against

Turnover measured from consecutive disclosures — Σ|Δweight|/2 — costs something certain; the excess return it is meant to buy is not.

Is the trading paying for itself?

Why this might matterAMCs define their own turnover figure inconsistently. This one is computed from what the fund disclosed month to month, so two funds are comparable on it. Read it beside the excess return per unit of turnover.
Why it might notTurnover computed from month-end snapshots misses everything bought and sold inside a month, and a fund forced to sell by redemptions is charged for churn it did not choose.
P2 Conviction or inertia

Typical top-10 holding kept 26 months

What this means. How long a typical top-10 position has been in the top ten. Long-held positions are a decision; a top ten that changes every quarter is a reaction.

active sharenot yet computable — needs index constituent files
How it is measured, and the case against

The median months a top-10 position has been held separates a portfolio somebody chose from one that drifted.

How long does a top-10 position stay a top-10 position?

Why this might matterConcentration is how a manager expresses conviction, and persistence is how long they keep it. Long-held positions with a rising weight are a decision; a top ten that turns over every quarter is a reaction.
Why it might notPersistence without active share is inertia: a portfolio of 166 names that tracks its category closely has diversified away the reason to pay for it. Active share needs index constituent files, which are not loaded yet.
P3 Hit rate of the top ten

6 of 10 top picks beat their peers over the next 6 months, and averaged 2.2 points ahead of them

200 positions judged, one disclosure at a time · ahead by 13.3 points when it won, behind by 12.2 when it lost

What this means. Take each month's ten largest holdings and check whether each one beat the typical stock its category holds over the next six months, and by how much. A blended return can hide two wins and eight losses; a count of wins can hide one position that lost half its value.

How often, and by how much. The count and the average agree. Ahead by 13.3 points in the 112 positions it won and behind by 12.2 in the 88 it lost, so the average across all 200 is +2.2 points. The worst position was INE087A01019 at the Sep 2024 disclosure, 81.1 points behind.

positions judged200beat the median stock112average across every position+2.23 pts · median +2.09when ahead, by how much+13.32 pts over 112 positionswhen behind, by how much−12.16 pts over 88 positionsworst position−81.13 pts, INE087A01019 at the Sep 2024 disclosurebest position+71.59 pts, INE745G01035 at the Oct 2025 disclosure
How it is measured, and the case against

A manager's largest bets, judged one by one over the following six months, say more than the fund's blended return — and how far each one beat or missed the median stock says more than counting how many did.

Of its top-10 positions, how often did they beat the category-median stock?

Why this might matterA fund can beat its category on two positions and lose on eight; the hit rate shows the pattern the aggregate hides. The average margin then shows what the hit rate hides in turn: six winners worth a point each do not pay for four losers worth ten, and only the margin says which happened.
Why it might notSix months is short, sizing matters more than counting, and a manager who is right on the biggest position and wrong on nine small ones has done their job — the margins here are unweighted, so they answer the counting question better, not the sizing one. Overlapping disclosures judge the same position again each month it is held, so one long-held winner is counted many times. And this is a description of six months already past, not a forecast of the next six.
P6 Size against edge

₹209 Cr, 41st percentile in category; 67% of growth came from inflows

smaller than 59% of the funds in its category (26 funds) · AUM Sep 2023 → Jul 2026 · Regular plan expense ratio 2.69%

What this means. Where the fund sits by size in its category, and how much of its growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding. A very large fund cannot buy what a small one can; size should buy a lower fee in return.

median holding weight, trendflatexpense ratio, Regular / Direct2.69% / 1.37% · category median 2.18%AUM, Sep 2023 → Jul 2026₹88 Cr → ₹209 Cr (+36% a year)of that change, from flows rather than returns67% net inflows · NAV +46% over the window

Assets under management, ₹ crore, Sep 2022 – Jul 2026

0100200Sep 2022Sep 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025Jul 2026Sep 2022: ₹6 CrDec 2022: ₹66 CrMar 2023: ₹68 CrMay 2023: ₹74 CrJun 2023: ₹75 CrSep 2023: ₹88 CrDec 2023: ₹97 CrMar 2024: ₹116 CrMay 2024: ₹125 CrJun 2024: ₹126 CrSep 2024: ₹146 CrDec 2024: ₹154 CrMar 2025: ₹150 CrMay 2025: ₹165 CrJun 2025: ₹164 CrSep 2025: ₹177 CrDec 2025: ₹188 CrMar 2026: ₹190 CrMay 2026: ₹198 CrJun 2026: ₹201 CrJul 2026: ₹209 Cr
0100200Sep 2022Sep 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025Jul 2026Sep 2022: ₹6 CrDec 2022: ₹66 CrMar 2023: ₹68 CrMay 2023: ₹74 CrJun 2023: ₹75 CrSep 2023: ₹88 CrDec 2023: ₹97 CrMar 2024: ₹116 CrMay 2024: ₹125 CrJun 2024: ₹126 CrSep 2024: ₹146 CrDec 2024: ₹154 CrMar 2025: ₹150 CrMay 2025: ₹165 CrJun 2025: ₹164 CrSep 2025: ₹177 CrDec 2025: ₹188 CrMar 2026: ₹190 CrMay 2026: ₹198 CrJun 2026: ₹201 CrJul 2026: ₹209 Cr
0100200Sep 2022Sep 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025Jul 2026Sep 2022: ₹6 CrDec 2022: ₹66 CrMar 2023: ₹68 CrMay 2023: ₹74 CrJun 2023: ₹75 CrSep 2023: ₹88 CrDec 2023: ₹97 CrMar 2024: ₹116 CrMay 2024: ₹125 CrJun 2024: ₹126 CrSep 2024: ₹146 CrDec 2024: ₹154 CrMar 2025: ₹150 CrMay 2025: ₹165 CrJun 2025: ₹164 CrSep 2025: ₹177 CrDec 2025: ₹188 CrMar 2026: ₹190 CrMay 2026: ₹198 CrJun 2026: ₹201 CrJul 2026: ₹209 Cr

21 points · months without a factsheet figure use AMFI's quarterly average · Regular-plan expense ratio 2.54% in Sep 2022 → 2.69% in Sep 2026

How it is measured, and the case against

Past a certain size the smaller end of a mandate becomes unreachable, and the fund starts to look like its index; what size should buy in return is a lower expense ratio.

Has the fund outgrown the universe it invests in — and did size buy a lower fee?

Why this might matterSize narrows what the manager can meaningfully hold and should lower what the investor pays. Read the AUM history beside the expense ratio: a fund that has tripled through inflows while its Regular-plan TER sits above the category median has kept the benefit of scale for the house. The flow decomposition says how much of the growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding.
Why it might notScale funds research teams, and plenty of large funds have gone on compounding for decades. Inflows follow performance, so a fund growing fast is usually one that did well; the constraint is real but not automatically binding, and a TER is a ceiling the AMC can cut at any time.
P7 Whose record is this headline and record disagree

Run by Pratik Dharmshi for 1.7 yrs

with Pratit Vajani

What this means. How long the people running it now have been running it, read from the monthly factsheets. A five-year record earned under someone else is not evidence about these managers.

running it nowPratik Dharmshi (since Dec 2024), Pratit Vajani (since Jul 2025)share of the fund's life under the longest-serving current manager43%changes of hands in the archive4 — last Jun 2025

Who ran it, month by month · factsheets through Sep 2026

running it nowearlier
ManagerRoleFromToFund vs category, those months3-yr stretches won in tenure
Pratik Dharmshi fund manager Dec 2024 now 6.0% vs 4.5% p.a. (+1.49 pp) —
Pratit Vajani fund manager Jun 2025 now 8.7% vs 3.9% p.a. (+4.87 pp) —
Sanjay Bembalkar fund manager Sep 2022 Nov 2024 25.1% vs 17.9% p.a. (+7.19 pp) —
Vinay Paharia fund manager Sep 2022 Dec 2022 2.8% vs 2.1% (+0.71 pp) —
Hardick Bora fund manager Jan 2023 Sep 2024 33.5% vs 23.1% p.a. (+10.40 pp) —
Vinod Malviya fund manager Oct 2024 May 2025 −4.7% vs 0.2% (−4.94 pp) —

* dated by first appearance in the archive we hold, not by a date the factsheet printed. Co-managed months count for every manager named; a factsheet names the manager of record, not who made each call. All managers →

The 5-year record predates everyone currently running it. The longest-serving manager on this scheme has been in place about 1.8 years, against a 5-year figure on display. Pratit Vajani joined roughly 1.2 years ago. A record earned under different people is not evidence about these ones.
How it is measured, and the case against

A record earned under different people is not evidence about these ones.

Does the displayed record predate the people running it?

Why this might matterA five-year figure on a fund whose longest-serving manager joined two years ago is the house's record more than the person's. The tenure here comes from what each monthly factsheet named, so a change of hands is dated to the month it was disclosed, and the fund's return against its category can be read over exactly those months.
Why it might notFund houses have processes, research desks and mandates that outlast individuals, so a manager change is not a reset. It does mean the displayed record is the house’s more than the person’s.

Tracking gap

the NAV the fund published, against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at each day's prices

No signal. Replication needs a fully disclosed domestic-equity portfolio and daily prices for every line; this fund has not been replicated in this build.

Share classes

latest NAV per AMFI code

PlanOptionNAVDate
direct
Union Retirement Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option
growth₹17.2621 Sep 2026
direct
Union Retirement Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option
idcw₹17.0621 Sep 2026
regular
Union Retirement Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option
growth₹16.3121 Sep 2026
regular
Union Retirement Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option
idcw₹15.1221 Sep 2026
The Direct / Regular gap, in rupees
Direct growth NAV
₹17.26
Regular growth NAV
₹16.31
NAV divergence to date
5.8% — same portfolio, priced differently
Regular costs more by
1.59% a year
On ₹1,00,000 over ten years
₹54,374

A Regular plan buys advice. The fee is visible and the behavioural saving is not; both are shown, neither is netted off.

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