ETFs and Index Funds drove a 7.4% q-q surge in passive AUM while equity AUM shrank, says Nomura. Nippon and HDFC are leaning hardest into the shift — a structural read every investor should clock. While market headlines fixate on Flexi Cap and Small Cap flows, a quieter structural shift is reshaping India’s mutual fund … Read more
SIPs Hit Record Highs Even as Market Losses Drag Down AMC Profits India’s mutual fund industry demonstrated remarkable resilience in the March 2026 quarter, with systematic investment plan (SIP) flows surging to record highs even as a brutal market correction hammered asset management companies’ bottom lines. A fresh results preview by Nomura paints a picture … Read more
ICICI Prudential AMC and Nippon Life are pulling flow share well ahead of their AUM footprint, while SBI and UTI cede ground — Nomura’s March preview offers a clear scorecard on which listed asset managers are accreting future earnings power For investors tracking India’s listed asset managers, March 2026 flow data flagged a clear winner … Read more
March 2026 mutual fund inflows see flexi-caps funds as the talk of the town March 2026 mutual fund flow data offers retail investors a useful tell on where conviction is building — and which categories are winning new money. Nomura’s April 5 preview pegs industry net equity inflows at ₹43,600 crore, up 16% month-on-month, with … Read more
SIP contributions hit a record high, passive AUM crosses Rs 15 trillion and retail investors stay put through the worst equity correction in years. Antique Stock Broking says the industry’s structural growth story is intact. India’s mutual fund industry has done held together while everything around it has not. Equity markets are down over 13% … Read more
Mutual fund flows held firm in February despite a shorter month and choppy markets — retail India is still showing up India’s systematic investment plan contributions came in at Rs 29,800 crore in February 2026, roughly flat from the month before — and that near-stability is arguably more impressive than it looks. February is a … Read more
With flows down 23% and volatility high, it shows investors reassessing risk as the easy money phase ends India’s small-cap mutual fund category is at the crossroads. Flows dropped 23% in January 2026 to Rs 2,942 crore from Rs 3,824 crore in December, which marks a shift in investor sentiments towards these funds. The question … Read more
Mutual fund flows stayed resilient in January even as equity markets wobbled, but the real story is the record rush into gold and silver ETFs that signals a subtle shift in how India save In January, equity markets corrected sharply amid a global risk-off wave. Foreign investors pulled money out. Headlines turned gloomy. And yet, … Read more
Mutual funds let small investors access big opportunities. Here’s how they turn your monthly savings into a diversified portfolio Ask some one what a mutual fund is, and you’ll probably hear something about “returns” or “investments.” But here’s the simple truth that makes mutual funds smart for regular investors. A mutual fund is a pool … Read more
Flexi-cap funds topped equity segments with net inflows of approximately ₹10,020 crorei. Are investors considering them the primary engine for long-term wealth creation? The equity mutual fund story in India in December was of frenzied activity as it is always. But it seems one category shown out quite well with the highest inflows: flexi cap … Read more