Mutual Fund Flows – March 2023

April 18, 2023

Average AUM of Mutual Fund Industry decreased by 1.58% to ₹40 Lakh Crs in March due to large outflow in debt and hybrid funds.

Inflows in Equity oriented schemes increased to a 12-month high of Rs. 20.53k crs.

The net inflow in passive funds increased more than three times to Rs. 26.8k crs. from previous months Rs. 6.49k crs.

Among the debt funds, Liquid funds continued to witness highest outflows; whereas, investors’ focus shifted to higher duration funds after government introduced changes to mutual fund taxation in the Finance Bill.

The Average Quarterly AUM of the Mutual fund industry increased by 0.61% to Rs. 40.51 Lakh Crs.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our Mutual Fund Flow March-2023 report.

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – March 2023

April 17, 2023

Equity mutual fund inflows hit a 12-month high in March. Equity mutual funds witnessed a total inflow of ₹20,534 crore in March as against an inflow of ₹15,685 crore in February.

Many equity mutual fund schemes preferred to do fresh investment in Canara Bank, Varun Beverages, HAL, Page Industries, HDFC AMC, Mahindra CIE Automotive, Infosys, NMDC, Adani Wilmar and Apollo Tyres.

Some equity schemes completely exited from Gland Pharma, Firstsource Solutions, Yes Bank, Bandhan Bank, GAIL India, Britannia Industries, Vedanta Ltd, National Aluminium Company and Bajaj Auto.

Textile, FMCG, Mining, Power, Oil & Gas and Capital Goods were preferred investment sectors of Equity MF Schemes.

Some MF schemes exited their investments from IT, Alcohol, Insurance, Logistics, Consumer Durables and Telecom sectors.

Small Cap Schemes got net inflows of ₹ 2,430 Cr while Mid Cap Schemes received inflows of ₹ 2,129 Cr. Kotak Emerging Equity Fund and Nippon Small Cap Fund received  high inflows compared to other schemes.

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

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

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – February 2023

March 16, 2023

Equity mutual fund inflows hit nine month high in February. Equity mutual funds witnessed a total inflow of ₹15,685 crore in February as against an inflow of ₹12,546 crore in January.

Many equity mutual fund schemes preferred to do fresh investment in LTIMindtree Ltd, GAIL, Ultratech Cement, Syngene International, Coforge, L&T, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NTPC, Voltas, Alkem Laboratories and ITC.

Some equity schemes completely exited from Adani Ports, Bank of Baroda, Ambuja Cements, Canara Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI Life Insurance, ACC, IndusInd Bank, City Union Bank, HPCL, Cummins India and BEL.

IT, Construction Materials, Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure were preferred investment sectors of Equity MF Schemes.

Some MF schemes exited their investments from Insurance, Logistics, Alcohol, Chemicals, Iron & Steel and Non-Ferrous Metals sectors.

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

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

Mutual Fund Flows – February 2023

March 13, 2023

Average AUM of Mutual Fund Industry marginally decreased by 0.28% to ₹40.06 Lakh Crs in February.

Equity oriented schemes witnessed a nine month high net inflow despite volatility in the stock market. However, SIP contribution fell from its all time high.

The net inflow in passive funds increased by 64% to ₹6.48k crs.

Among the debt funds, Liquid funds witnessed highest outflows; whereas, there appears to be slight increase in the fund flows to long term debt funds.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our Mutual Fund Flow February-2023 report.

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – January 2023

February 16, 2023

Equity mutual fund inflows hit four month high in January on strong SIP flows. Inflows into  equity mutual  schemes increased by 72%  to ₹ 12,546 crore in January compared to ₹7,303 crore inflow in December.

Many equity mutual fund schemes preferred to do fresh investment in Tata Steel, SBI, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, TVS Motor, HPCL, Eicher Motors and Samvardhana Motherson International.

Some equity schemes completely exited from Max Financial Services, Gland Pharma, Ultratech Cement, Ambuja Cements, ITC, Maruti Suzuki, HCL Technologies, Cholamandalam Investment, Coal India and Adani Enterprises.

Iron & Steel, Telecom, Textile, Hospitality, Alcohol and IT were preferred investment sectors of Equity MF Schemes.

Some MF schemes exited their investments from Aviation, Logistics, Trading, Gas Transmission, Retailing and Media sectors.

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

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

Mutual Fund Flows – January 2023

February 10, 2023

Mutual Fund Industry Average AUM rose to ₹40.08 Lakh Crs in January, marginally higher than the previous month.

Avg. AUM of  Equity oriented schemes decreased by 1.5% despite a 70% rise in net inflows compared to December month.

With spreads improving, Arbitrage funds saw inflows of ₹2.05k Crs, as investors preferred them over liquid funds for better tax efficiency.

Average AUM of Debt Funds increased by 2.06% to ₹13.24 Lakh Crs with a fall in net outflows at ₹10.32k Crs.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our Mutual Fund Flow January-2023 report.

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – December 2022

January 16, 2023

AUM of Mutual Fund Industry as on December 31, 2022 stood at ₹ 39.88 lakh crore. Inflows into  equity mutual  schemes more than tripled to ₹ 7,303 crore during December as against ₹ 2,258 crore in November.

Many equity mutual fund schemes preferred to do fresh investment in IPO stocks, include KFin Technologies(7.58% Stake) and Elin Electronics. Other preferred stocks for fresh investment are Jindal Steel and Power, Eicher Motors, LIC, Axis Bank, GAIL, The Federal Bank, Canara Bank, Tata Motors and TVS Motors.

Some equity schemes completely exited from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Bank of Baroda, Tata Power, Amara Raja Batteries, The Ramco Cements, Info Edge, Laurus Labs, SRF and Tata Chemicals.

Bank, Iron & Steel, Insurance, Crude Oil, IT and Telecom were preferred investment sectors of Equity MF Schemes.

Some MF schemes exited their investments from Textile, Consumer Durables, Agri, Construction Materials, Trading and Diversified sectors.

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

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

Mutual Fund Flows – December 2022

January 12, 2023

Mutual Fund Industry Average AUM increased by 0.66% to Rs.40.76 Lakh Crs in December.

Equity oriented schemes witnessed a three times rise in inflow compared to previous month; maximum inflows was seen in Small Cap funds followed by Mid Cap funds.

After 6 consecutive outflows, Hybrid schemes witnessed a net inflow of Rs.2.26K crs.

Average AUM of Debt funds decreased by 0.30% to Rs.12.97 Lakh Crs with net outflows of Rs.21.95k Crs where maximum outflow was seen in Liquid funds.

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

Will 2022 see a Santa Claus Rally?

December 23, 2022

HO HO HO!

It’s that time of the year when the markets look forward to a SANTA CLAUS RALLY! However with markets lagging ahead of the Christmas holidays, can it be expected this year?

Last year, we published our first report on ‘A Santa Claus Rally’. This phenomenon was witnessed across all global markets in 2021.

What is it? Will it happen again this year? Read on for details!

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – November 2022

December 15, 2022

Mutual Fund Industry AUM has crossed ₹ 40 lakh crore for the first time to reach AUM of ₹ 40.49 lakh crore in November 2022. Inflows into the of equity schemes dropped to ₹ 2,258 crore during November against ₹ 9,390 crore in October.

Many equity mutual fund schemes preferred to do fresh investment in IPO stocks, include Archean Chemical, Global Health, Bikaji Foods and Fusion Microfinance. Other preferred stocks for fresh investment are Delhivery, NTPC, Union Bank of India, Nykaa and PB Fintech.

Some equity schemes completely exited from HDFC Life, ICICI Pru Life, SBI Life, ICICI Lombard, Divis Lab, Zomato, Dr. Reddy’s Lab, The Indian Hotels, LIC Housing Finance, ABB India, Power Finance and Tube Investment.

Capital Goods, Electricals, Power, Telecom, Aviation and Logistics were preferred investment sectors of Equity MF Schemes.

Some MF schemes exited their investments from Insurance, Hospitality, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and Realty sectors.

Most of equity schemes underperformed compared to the benchmark indices in November. Major large cap equity schemes witnessed redemption pressure.

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

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