Inflows Remain Strong Even As Equity AUM Dips In A First Since October

Actively managed equity mutual funds recorded Rs 39,687 crore inflow during January, lower by 3.6%, compared to the inflow of Rs 41,155.9 crore recorded in December, as per the monthly data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India.

The assets held under active equity schemes fell for the first time since October. Inflows into small and mid cap funds accounted for 27% inflows into actively managed equity.

The industry net inflow of the mutual fund industry is at Rs 1.88 lakh crore against an outflow of Rs 80,355 crore the previous month. The net AUM of the industry at Rs 67.3 lakh crore versus Rs 66.9 lakh crore against last month.

Large-cap funds recorded an inflow of Rs 3,063.3 crore, against Rs 2,010.9 crore in December. The mid-cap category saw an inflow of Rs 5,147.8 crore, while the net flows into the category in the preceding month was Rs 5,093.2 crore. The small-cap funds recorded a net inflow of Rs 5,721 crore, while the net inflows stood at Rs 4,667.7 crore in the previous month.

Flexi-cap funds saw an inflow of Rs 5,697.5 crore.

Inflows into the sectoral and thematic category fell to Rs 9,016.5 core. Inflows into this category had risen in December and stood at Rs 15,331.5 crore.

The SIP contribution stood at Rs 26,400 crore in January, compared to Rs 26,459 crore in December 2024.

There were 10.27 crore SIP accounts for the month under review, according to AMFI.

Debt funds recorded an inflow of Rs 1.28 lakh crore in the month of January, against an outflow of Rs 1.27 lakh crore in December. Overnight funds recorded an outflow of Rs 18,936.5 core against Rs 22,347.6 crore last month. Liquid funds recorded an outflow of Rs 91,592.9 crore, compared to Rs 66,532.1 crore in December.

Hybrid schemes saw inflows worth Rs 8,767.5 crore, against Rs 4,369.8 crore inflows recorded in the preceding month. The highest inflows in the category is from Arbitrage Funds, with inflow of Rs 4,291.7 crore, while multi asset allocation funds accounted for the most inflows the previous month.

In the passive fund category, inflows worth Rs 10,255.2 crore were recorded in the month of January. The inflows stood at Rs 784.3 crore in the preceding month. The category that saw the most inflow was the Index Fund category with inflows of Rs 5,254.6 crore.

Inflows from new fund offers have accounted for inflow of Rs 4,544 crore this month with 12 new launches.

Index funds category saw the most number of NFO launches followed by Sectoral and thematic funds.