Ceylon Treasury Income Fund vs First Capital Gilt Edged Fund
Prices as at 26 Aug 2026. Both are gilt / short-term treasury funds, so they are measured over the same window on the same basis. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
In short
Over the last 180 days Ceylon Treasury Income Fund returned +1.47% and First Capital Gilt Edged Fund returned +3.81%, both to 26 Aug 2026. Both charge close to the same management fee, 0.50% and 0.50%. First Capital Gilt Edged Fund has been the steadier, moving 2.7 times less than Ceylon Treasury Income Fund.
Side by side
Returns are price returns on the bid side, computed by us from daily published prices.
| Ceylon Treasury Income Fund | First Capital Gilt Edged Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Fund manager | Ceylon Asset Management Limited | First Capital Asset Management Limited |
| Category | Gilt / Short-Term Treasury | Gilt / Short-Term Treasury |
| 180-day returnPrice return, bid side | +1.47% | +3.81% |
| Management feeA year, deducted before pricing | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| VolatilityAnnualised, from daily prices | 3.08% | 1.12% |
| Largest fallPeak to trough, our record | −1.11% | – |
| Minimum investment | LKR 100,000 | LKR 1,000 |
| Pricing days we hold | 287 | 327 |
A blank means unknown, not zero: our price record for that fund does not reach back far enough, or the figure is not published.
What actually differs
Ceylon Treasury Income Fund is run by Ceylon Asset Management Limited and First Capital Gilt Edged Fund by First Capital Asset Management Limited, so this compares two houses as well as two funds. Both are gilt / short-term treasury funds licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, which means they are doing broadly the same job, and the differences below are differences in how each house has chosen to do it.
The two charge almost the same management fee, 0.50% and 0.50% a year. In a category where the funds hold similar instruments, a fee difference is often the largest durable difference between two products; here it is not, so the comparison rests on what each holds and how much its price has moved.
Over the 180 days to the date shown, First Capital Gilt Edged Fund returned +3.81% against Ceylon Treasury Income Fund's +1.47%, a gap of 2.34 percentage points. That is one window: a different 180 days would very likely order them differently, and neither figure predicts the next six months. Both are price returns on the bid side and exclude income a fund distributed rather than accrued into its price.
They have not moved by the same amount. First Capital Gilt Edged Fund has annualised volatility of 1.12% against Ceylon Treasury Income Fund's 3.08%, meaning Ceylon Treasury Income Fund's unit price has swung roughly 2.7 times as much day to day. Volatility describes how the price has behaved, not how likely a loss is, and a fund that has been steady can still fall.
First Capital Gilt Edged Fund opens at LKR 1,000 where Ceylon Treasury Income Fund requires LKR 100,000, so for a smaller first investment only one of the two is available at all.
Among the 8 gilt / short-term treasury funds we price daily, Ceylon Treasury Income Fund ranks 7th on 180-day return and First Capital Gilt Edged Fund 2nd, against a category median of +3.11% over the same window. On fee they sit 1st and 1st cheapest of the 8, where the median is 0.50%. On how much the price has moved, Ceylon Treasury Income Fund is 7th steadiest and First Capital Gilt Edged Fund 5th.
Common questions
Which has the lower fee, Ceylon Treasury Income Fund or First Capital Gilt Edged Fund?
They are close: Ceylon Treasury Income Fund charges 0.50% a year and First Capital Gilt Edged Fund charges 0.50%. Both figures are as last published by the fund manager.
Which is less volatile, Ceylon Treasury Income Fund or First Capital Gilt Edged Fund?
First Capital Gilt Edged Fund, with annualised volatility of 1.12% against 3.08%, measured from the daily prices we collect. That describes how much each price has moved in the past; it is not a prediction and not a risk rating.
Can I hold both funds at the same time?
Yes. Unit trusts are bought independently of each other and holding two does not affect either. Whether holding both makes sense for a particular person depends on their circumstances, which is a question for a licensed investment adviser rather than for this page.
What is the minimum investment for each?
Ceylon Treasury Income Fund opens at LKR 100,000 and First Capital Gilt Edged Fund at LKR 1,000. Minimums are set by each fund manager and can change, so treat these as the last published figures rather than a quotation.
This page sets out how two funds differ on measures we can state and date. It is not a recommendation, it does not say which fund is better, and CeylonFunds is not a licensed investment adviser. How every figure is calculated is in our methodology.
Related
Daily unit prices published by the Unit Trust Association of Sri Lanka (utasl.lk). Performance figures as published by the respective fund managers.