In March 2019, SIP witnessed a marginal drop in collections at Rs 8,055 crore and four fund categories including liquid, arbitrage, and balanced saw outflows
The domestic mutual fund industry’s assets under management declined 0.89% to Rs 23.16 lakh crore in February 2019, which was led by outflows from income and liquid funds
In January, SIP inflows touched an all-time high of Rs 8,064 crore as the retail investor keeps on investing with a ‘never-say-die’ attitude
Maharashtra is leading with Rs 990,800 crore of mutual funds AUM, out of which 32% are invested in equity assets and 68% in non-equity assets
HDFC Mutual Fund has topped the list of AMCs in India with AUM of close to Rs 3.35 lakh crore pushing ICICI Prudential AMC to no 2 position
This list is used by mutual funds to comply with SEBI rules dealing with mutual fund categories
Global macro factors, election uncertainties, debt markets imbroglio all have contributed to the negative sentiment in equity markets, which has resulted in a decline in net inflows to equity funds
Individual investors continue to hold a higher share of industry assets, i.e. 53.3% in October 2018, compared to 49% in October 2017
In April to October 2018, the net inflow in equity MFs is Rs 67,867 crore compared to Rs 66,393 crore in April-October of 2017
In September 2018, the mutual funds AUM shrank by over Rs 3 lakh crore to Rs 22.04 lakh crore mainly because of the net outflows in liquid funds
