Charging bulls chase up mutual fund average AUM in Q1, shows data

Industry growth at 6.4% highest in seven quarters

The mutual fund (MF) industry recorded a 6.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter growth in the average assets under management (AAUM) during the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year (2023–24) as a bull run in the equity market pushed up the value of the underlying assets.

The growth was the highest in seven quarters and helped drive AAUM for the industry above the Rs. 43 trillion mark. In the preceding five quarters, the average sequential growth in AAUM was just 1.2 per cent.

The largest fund house, SBI MF, witnessed a 6.3 per cent (Rs. 45,187 crore) rise in its AAUM to Rs. 7.6 trillion during the June quarter.

The other major fund houses — HDFC, ICICI Prudential, Aditya Birla Sun Life, Kotak Mahindra, and Nippon — also recorded 6–8 per cent growth.

Of the fund houses with over Rs. 10,000 crore in assets under management, quant MF grew the fastest, with a 25 per cent rise in AAUM. PPFAS, Baroda BNP Paribas, and Tata were the other MFs to exhibit double-digit growth.