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Alfalah Islamic Stable Return Fund Plan XVI

43 /100

Score Breakdown

Return (30%) 18.0

Risk Ctrl (30%) 8.8

Consistency (15%) 6.2

Cost Eff (15%) 4.6

Yield (10%) 9.7

Total AUM

Rs. 7.8B

Expense Ratio

0.26%

Category Rank

#27 of 65

✨ AI Analyst Thesis

⚖️ Neutral

Live NAV

Rs. 100.4800

0.00% 1D ▲ 0.56% YTD

Data As Of:
April 01, 2026

Interactive Performance

Growth of Rs.

Log Scale Payouts

Executive Summary

Institutional health checks and AI strategy overview.

Overall Score

43 / 100

Score Calculation Breakdown

Metric (Weight) Pts

Return (30%)

18.0

Risk Ctrl (30%)

8.8

Consistency (15%)

6.2

Cost Eff (15%)

4.6

Yield (10%)

9.7

Total Score 42.7

*Score is calculated using a weighted average of the fund's percentile rankings against peers.

Fund DNA X-Ray

How DNA is Scored

Return: 1-Year trailing return percentile vs category peers.
Risk Ctrl: Inverted volatility percentile. A higher score means it is safer than peers.
Consistency: % of positive returning months over 3 years.
Cost Eff: Expense ratio percentile. A higher score means it is cheaper than peers.
Yield: 7-Day annualized yield percentile.

*All dimensions map from 0 to 100. A larger, more balanced shape indicates a superior all-weather fund.

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Health Checks

Clean Portfolio: Zero non-compliant or provisioned assets detected.
Outperforming: 1Y Return (0.56%) beats the category median (0.14%).
Volatile Path: Only 0 out of 36 months (0%) were positive over the last 3 years.
Expensive: Expense ratio (0.26%) is higher than the category median (0.24%).
Strong Momentum: Positive capital inflows (69.5% AUM growth).

AI Strategy X-Ray

The fund posted a 9.29% return in April, slightly lagging its 10.32% benchmark. Performance was driven by a stable macro environment with modest inflation and steady policy rates, while the short maturity window limited yield capture. Credit quality remains ultra‑conservative with 99.5% AAA government securities, reflecting a risk‑averse stance.

Key Manager Actions

Portfolio Shift: The fund remains almost entirely in AAA government securities, with no exposure to corporate or equity assets, underscoring a defensive tilt as the fund approaches maturity.
Yield Dynamics: Despite a target return of 10.35%, the realized 9.29% reflects the low‑yield environment of short‑dated sovereigns, and the high turnover (176.7%) indicates active rebalancing to meet cash flow needs.
Outlook: With maturity slated for May 2026, the fund will likely liquidate remaining positions, returning principal to investors; future strategies may involve rolling over into a new short‑term Islamic fixed‑return vehicle.

Performance vs. Peers

Trailing absolute returns and consistency analysis.

Sleep Well Metric

Trailing Returns vs Benchmark

Top Tier Alternatives

Algorithmic recommendations based on Master Score and Category performance.

Portfolio X-Ray

Behavioral analysis, historical allocations, and conviction tracking.

AI Reading the Tea Leaves

The Asset River (12M History)

Market Timing Visualizer

Concentration Style

Top 10 Holdings Weight: --%

Broad/Index Aggressive Focus

Manager's Playbook (1M Delta)

Holdings DNA

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Risk & Quant Desk

Institutional engine diagnostics, crash testing, and momentum analysis.

The Magic Quadrant (Risk vs Return)

Plots the fund (Orange) against all peers (Gray) over a 1Y period. The dashed crosshairs represent the category average. The top-left quadrant represents high returns with low volatility.

AI Analyst Note

Engine Diagnostics

Internal structural metrics unique to this fund's macro class (Equity vs Debt).

Market Capture

Measures the fund's performance in bull (Up) vs bear (Down) markets. A ratio > 100% on the green side means it outpaces the market when it rises.

Trend & Momentum

RSI measures short-term momentum (overbought/oversold). SMA (Simple Moving Average) tracks medium-to-long term trends.

Yield & Income Stream

Payout reliability, capital preservation, and cashflow simulation.

Current Income Profile

Evaluates annualized yield vs category peers and checks if the underlying NAV is preserving its value while paying out.

Annualized Yield (7D)

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Income Health Checks

The "Truth" Chart: NAV vs Payouts

Shows historical dividend payouts alongside the fund's NAV. Beware of "Yield Traps" where the fund pays high dividends but the NAV line steadily bleeds downward over time.

Payout Consistency (3 Years)

Green = Payout Issued

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Passive Income Simulator

If I Invest Today (PKR)

Estimated Monthly

Rs. 0

Estimated Yearly

Rs. 0

Based on current annualized 7D yield. Not guaranteed. Assumes constant rate.

Audit & Governance Desk

Fee drag simulation, operational security, and historical FMR vault.

The "Fee Drag" Wealth Simulator

Projects the impact of the fund's Expense Ratio on a Rs. 1,000,000 investment over 10 years, assuming a baseline 15% gross market return. The red area is wealth permanently lost to management fees.

Expense Ratio

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Front/Back Loads

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10Y Wealth Lost to Fees

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Total Assets Under Mgt

Rs. --

Million

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Category Scale

Compares this fund's size against all other funds in the same category to gauge liquidity and popularity.

Category High Rs. --M

Category Avg Rs. --M

Category Low Rs. --M

Fund Manager

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Independent Trustee

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Holds the physical assets. Prevents the AMC from absconding with funds.

Auditor

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Verifies NAV math and prevents internal accounting fraud.

Pricing Mechanism

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Forward pricing executes your trade at the next calculated EOD price.

The Manager's Dossier

Leadership track record, portfolio empire, and turnover risk.

The FMR Time Machine

Historical Vault

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