Month: March 2022

Equity mutual funds received Rs 19,705 cr net inflow in February. This is the twelfth straight month of investments.

Many Equity mutual fund schemes invested in Vedant Fashions IPO. Overall Equity mutual funds acquired 7.04% stake in Vedant Fashions and 4.7% stake in Equitas Small Finance Bank.

Cipla, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda , Maruti, HDFC, Hindalco, Mphasis, Bharat Forge, Power Grid, Ashok Leyland and Metropolis were new entrants for several equity schemes in their portfolio.

Equity mutual fund schemes preferred to invest in Insurance, Textile, Mining, Capital Goods and Hospitality sectors in February.

It is very interesting to know which schemes received major inflows, which schemes faced redemption pressure, top traded stocks and fresh stock picks by Equity MF schemes during February month.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our report.

The data released by AMFI shows that Mutual Fund industry‘s Avg. AUM decreased by 0.83% to Rs.38.56 Lakh Crs in February 2022 with net inflow of Rs.31.53K Crs., despite witnessing significant outflows from FIIs due to high global inflationary environment and Russia-Ukraine tension. Domestic investors continue to support the market by investing in Indian equities.

The Equity mutual funds saw a net inflow of Rs.19.70K Crs. in February; and as per SEBI data, Mutual fund industry bought Rs.28.18K Crs. in Indian market which indicates that domestic investors took advantage of the market correction amid foreign institutional investors’ sell-off.

The Debt mutual funds saw net outflows of Rs.8.27K Crs due to uncertainty in the rate movement.

There were positive flows across Equity oriented scheme categories. Flexi Cap Funds continues to lead the inflow pack. Large cap fund inflow also increased to Rs.2.34K Crs. up from Rs.1.89K Crs the previous month.

The SIP contribution fell marginally lower to Rs.11.44K Crs. from Rs.11.52K Crs. in January.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our Mutual Fund Flow Feb-2022 report.