CT Smith Income Fund vs NDB Wealth Income Fund
Prices as at 26 Aug 2026. Both are income / fixed income 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 CT Smith Income Fund returned +4.92% and NDB Wealth Income Fund returned +3.71%, both to 26 Aug 2026. CT Smith Income Fund is the cheaper of the two at 0.30% a year against 0.65%. CT Smith Income Fund has been the steadier, moving 10.8 times less than NDB Wealth Income Fund.
Side by side
Returns are price returns on the bid side, computed by us from daily published prices.
| CT Smith Income Fund | NDB Wealth Income Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Fund manager | CT Smith Asset Management (Pvt) Ltd | NDB Wealth Management Ltd |
| Category | Income / Fixed Income | Income / Fixed Income |
| 180-day returnPrice return, bid side | +4.92% | +3.71% |
| Management feeA year, deducted before pricing | 0.30% | 0.65% |
| VolatilityAnnualised, from daily prices | 0.58% | 6.24% |
| Largest fallPeak to trough, our record | −0.11% | −3.47% |
| Minimum investment | LKR 1,000 | LKR 5,000 |
| Pricing days we hold | 300 | 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
CT Smith Income Fund is run by CT Smith Asset Management (Pvt) Ltd and NDB Wealth Income Fund by NDB Wealth Management Ltd, so this compares two houses as well as two funds. Both are income / fixed income 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 clearest difference is the management fee. CT Smith Income Fund charges 0.30% a year against NDB Wealth Income Fund's 0.65%, a gap of 0.35 percentage points. On LKR 100,000 held for a year that is about LKR 350 more retained by a holder of CT Smith Income Fund, before any difference in what the two funds actually earn. The fee is deducted from the fund's assets before the unit price is struck, so it applies whatever the market does — which makes it the one number here that is knowable in advance.
Over the 180 days to the date shown, CT Smith Income Fund returned +4.92% against NDB Wealth Income Fund's +3.71%, a gap of 1.20 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. CT Smith Income Fund has annualised volatility of 0.58% against NDB Wealth Income Fund's 6.24%, meaning NDB Wealth Income Fund's unit price has swung roughly 10.8 times as much day to day. Their largest peak-to-trough falls over the period we hold prices for were −0.11% and −3.47%. Volatility describes how the price has behaved, not how likely a loss is, and a fund that has been steady can still fall.
CT Smith Income Fund opens at LKR 1,000 where NDB Wealth Income Fund requires LKR 5,000, so for a smaller first investment only one of the two is available at all.
Among the 19 income / fixed income funds we price daily, CT Smith Income Fund ranks 5th on 180-day return and NDB Wealth Income Fund 10th, against a category median of +3.71% over the same window. On fee they sit 1st and 13th cheapest of the 19, where the median is 0.50%. On how much the price has moved, CT Smith Income Fund is 8th steadiest and NDB Wealth Income Fund 19th.
Common questions
Which has the lower fee, CT Smith Income Fund or NDB Wealth Income Fund?
CT Smith Income Fund, at 0.30% a year against 0.65%. The management fee is deducted before the unit price is struck, so the returns shown on this page are already after it.
Which is less volatile, CT Smith Income Fund or NDB Wealth Income Fund?
CT Smith Income Fund, with annualised volatility of 0.58% against 6.24%, 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?
CT Smith Income Fund opens at LKR 1,000 and NDB Wealth Income Fund at LKR 5,000. 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.