Mutual fund schemes News

In May 2025, the total AUM was 72.20 lakh crore, while it was 61.16 lakh crore in June 2024. Investors favoured hybrid schemes for their balanced risk-reward profile amid market volatility in the month as they witnessed record-breaking net inflows of Rs 23,223 crore with arbitrage, multi-asset allocation and balanced advantage funds being the key contributors.

Retail investors have joined mutual fund schemes through Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs). Despite unstable market conditions, mutual fund investors have invested in several schemes and got double returns.

Equity and equity-linked schemes attracted Rs 12,622 crore, besides, Rs 55,296 crore was invested in balanced funds.

Mutual funds is a professionally managed investment scheme that brings together a group of individuals and invest their money in stocks, bonds and other securities.

In contrast, gold ETFs continued to see net outflow of Rs 388 crore.

Sebi asked mutual funds to ensure that schemes devised under the news norms should not result in duplication of other plans offered by them.

Investors pulled out nearly Rs 16,600 crore from various mutual fund schemes in June, making it the second consecutive monthly outflow, primarily due to huge redemption from income and liquid segments.

Investors have pulled out nearly Rs 41,000 crore from various mutual fund schemes in May, with liquid funds witnessing most of the outflows.

Investors have pumped in nearly Rs 1.51 lakh crore into various mutual fund schemes in April, with liquid, income and equity funds attracting most of the inflows.

Markets regulator Sebi on Monday allowed investors to buy mutual fund schemes for up to Rs 50,000 through digital wallets, making it easier for them -- especially the young generation -- to purchase these instruments.

Markets regulator Sebi is looking to allow investors to buy mutual funds worth up to Rs 50,000 through digital wallets to make it easier for investors to purchase these instruments, especially by young generation.

Investors have pumped in more than Rs 30,000 crore into various mutual fund schemes in February, with liquid, income and equity funds attracting the most of the inflows.

Existing mutual fund schemes will not require approval of a majority of unit holders to invest in derivatives segment provided the investors are given the exit option.

Investors have pumped in Rs 2.86 lakh crore into various mutual fund schemes in 2016, with 'liquid' and income funds attracting the most of the inflows.

Investors have pulled out more than Rs 58,000 crore from various mutual fund (MF) schemes in May on account of huge outflow from money market and gilt funds.

Helped by buoyant investor sentiment, the asset base of country's mutual fund industry surged to an all-time high of over Rs 14.22 lakh crore at the end of April.  

Investors pumped in over Rs 22,500 crore into various mutual fund (MF) schemes in January, with debt segment contributing the most to the inflow.

As of January-end, over 40 fund houses in the country together had an average AUM of Rs 12,73,714 crore as against Rs 12,74,835 crore in the preceding month, the latest data of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed.

Investors continued to pull out money from gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last year and withdrew close to Rs 900 crore, shrinking asset base of such products by around 20 percent.  

Concerned over mutual fund investors' exposure to distressed corporate bonds, markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday asked fund houses to be careful about such investments and said it has launched a wider scrutiny of the risks posed by such investment decisions.