A ground-level look at the categories being launched across Indian AMCs this quarter, and what the composition of the pipeline says about the industry’s direction. For an industry that had built its launch calendar around a steady flow of thematic and sectoral equity schemes, 2026 has been a year of quiet reinvention. The overall … Read more
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
Passive AUM has grown at nearly twice the pace of active equity funds over the last three years. Under SEBI’s new expense regime, the gap could widen further. A structural shift is underway in Indian mutual funds. Large-cap active managers have found it increasingly difficult to beat the benchmark, and retail investors are voting 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