AIICO Balanced Fund

The AIICO Balanced Fund has delivered a Year-to-Date (YTD) return of 19.75% in 2026, which is a meaningful gain for investors who have held the fund through the year so far. However, recent weeks tell a more cautious short-term story. The fund's Week-to-Date (WTD) yield currently sits at -1.03%, which is worse than the median WTD yield of -0.43% recorded across all Balanced Funds in the same period. In terms of size, the fund holds a Net Asset Value (NAV) of ₦996.62M, ranking it #162 of 222 funds overall and #21 of 29 within its Balanced Funds category, placing it in the lower half of its peer group by assets managed.

Zooming into the fund's recent NAV history reveals a bumpy few weeks. The NAV climbed from ₦980.07M on 5 June 2026 to a recent high of ₦1.04B by 19 June 2026, but then pulled back sharply, falling to ₦1.01B on 26 June after a WTD yield of -2.71%, the steepest single-week drop in the period shown. It has since settled at ₦996.62M as of 3 July 2026. The fund currently serves 12,007 unitholders, meaning over twelve thousand individual investors have a stake in its performance. The contrast between the strong YTD result and the recent run of negative weekly returns suggests the bulk of the year's gains were built up earlier in 2026, with the fund facing some headwinds in the most recent weeks.