NDB Wealth Money Fund vs Premier Money Market Fund
Prices as at 26 Aug 2026. Both are money market 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 NDB Wealth Money Fund returned +3.93% and Premier Money Market Fund returned +4.16%, both to 26 Aug 2026. Premier Money Market Fund is the cheaper of the two at 0.35% a year against 0.55%. Premier Money Market Fund has been the steadier, moving 2.3 times less than NDB Wealth Money Fund.
Side by side
Returns are price returns on the bid side, computed by us from daily published prices.
| NDB Wealth Money Fund | Premier Money Market Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Fund manager | NDB Wealth Management Ltd | Premier Wealth Management Limited |
| Category | Money Market | Money Market |
| 180-day returnPrice return, bid side | +3.93% | +4.16% |
| Management feeA year, deducted before pricing | 0.55% | 0.35% |
| VolatilityAnnualised, from daily prices | 0.73% | 0.31% |
| Largest fallPeak to trough, our record | −0.05% | – |
| Minimum investment | LKR 5,000 | LKR 10,000 |
| Pricing days we hold | 327 | 300 |
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
NDB Wealth Money Fund is run by NDB Wealth Management Ltd and Premier Money Market Fund by Premier Wealth Management Limited, so this compares two houses as well as two funds. Both are money market 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. Premier Money Market Fund charges 0.35% a year against NDB Wealth Money Fund's 0.55%, a gap of 0.20 percentage points. On LKR 100,000 held for a year that is about LKR 200 more retained by a holder of Premier Money Market 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.
Their 180-day returns are close, +3.93% and +4.16%, which is common between two money market funds holding similar instruments over the same stretch. When returns converge like this, the fee and the price variability below are what actually separate the two over time.
They have not moved by the same amount. Premier Money Market Fund has annualised volatility of 0.31% against NDB Wealth Money Fund's 0.73%, meaning NDB Wealth Money Fund's unit price has swung roughly 2.3 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.
Among the 19 money market funds we price daily, NDB Wealth Money Fund ranks 14th on 180-day return and Premier Money Market Fund 12th, against a category median of +4.18% over the same window. On fee they sit 13th and 3rd cheapest of the 19, where the median is 0.50%. On how much the price has moved, NDB Wealth Money Fund is 14th steadiest and Premier Money Market Fund 2nd.
Common questions
Which has the lower fee, NDB Wealth Money Fund or Premier Money Market Fund?
Premier Money Market Fund, at 0.35% a year against 0.55%. 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, NDB Wealth Money Fund or Premier Money Market Fund?
Premier Money Market Fund, with annualised volatility of 0.31% against 0.73%, 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?
NDB Wealth Money Fund opens at LKR 5,000 and Premier Money Market Fund at LKR 10,000. 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.