Mutual Funds

Average 5-year performance hardly above fixed income returns

They see multiple advantages - from performance visibility to client stickiness

Hindi and regional-language content, digital access and rising financial awareness can help mutual funds deepen their reach beyond major cities

Small-cap funds led SIP collections at ₹5,012 crore, followed by mid-cap and flexi-cap schemes, as four equity categories together garnered ₹16,096 crore

Market rebound and attractive smallcap and midcap returns, monthly net SIP additions hit a six-month high of 1.3 million, pushing total monthly contributions to a record ₹32,297 crore

Strong investor interest in mid-cap and small-cap funds lifted equity mutual fund inflows nearly 19 per cent from July, even as overall mutual fund inflows fell sharply

Flows via systematic investment plans, the preferred route ‌for retail investors, marked a 1.1% increase in contributions to ₹32,297 crore ($3.39 billion) last month

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund and Nippon India Mutual Fund accounted for over 52 per cent of total institutional allocations

Direct-plan retail AUM rose from ₹1.6 trillion in March 2021 to almost ₹7 trillion in March 2026, according to AMFI data

Growth was largely driven by mark-to-market gains amid a rally in key global markets and rising investor interest in overseas schemes as domestic markets underperformed

Market experts anticipate the stock could face further volatility till the announcement of his successor

Fund managers lap up bluechip stocks amid a sharp decline in valuations

Smallcap is the only equity category where SIP-linked assets account for more than half of total AUM

Smallcap schemes look to lock in long-term gains

The outflow came even as the Nifty 50 rose 2 per cent in July, supported by a sharp rally in information technology stocks, which recorded their best monthly gain in six years

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Redemptions rise across most categories as market recovers

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The mutual fund industry had 278.6 million folios at the end of June, with Nippon India MF accounting for 14.4 per cent (40.2 million folios) of the total

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