Axis Retirement Fund - Aggressive Plan - Regular Plan - IDCW

Axis Retirement Fund - Aggressive Plan - Regular Plan - IDCW sits in the middle of the pack for Aggressive Hybrid funds, currently carrying a 2-star rating. TopFund's composite Health Score, which weighs rating, 3-year CAGR, expense ratio and fund size, puts it at 57/100.

Cost: At 1.28%, the expense ratio runs 28% above the Aggressive Hybrid category average of 1.0%. That gap is worth weighing against the fund's actual performance versus cheaper peers before committing to a long SIP.

Risk-adjusted performance: Over the trailing 1-year period, the fund shows a negative Sharpe ratio of -1.06 — over the past year, returns haven't kept pace with the volatility involved, even before accounting for the risk-free rate. Separately, annualised volatility of 13.38% is fairly typical for actively managed equity funds.

Who should invest: This fund is best suited to investors who want a single fund blending equity growth with debt-driven stability. The High risk rating means near-term volatility should be expected — this isn't a fund to check daily.