MF Industry AUM Falls For First Time Since March, Debt Funds Lead Outflow

Actively managed equity mutual funds recorded Rs 41,155.9 crore inflow during December, with 14% rise in inflow from the amount recorded in November, Association of Mutual Funds in India data showed. Industry AUM also sees a fall since March as net inflows into the mutual fund industry recorded an outflow of Rs 80,354.6 crore. Debt funds lead the industry outflow as the category recorded an outflow of Rs 1.27 lakh crore in the month of December.

The industry saw inflows worth Rs 60,295 crore during the month of November. NFOs led the revival of the sectoral and thematic category, accounting for 74% of the total inflows.

Large cap funds recorded an inflow of Rs 2,010.9 crore, against Rs 2,547.9 crore in November. The mid-cap category saw an inflow of Rs 5,093.2 crore, while the net flows into the category in the previous month was Rs 4,883.4 crore. The small-cap funds recorded a net inflow of Rs 4,667.7 crore, while the net inflows stood at Rs 4,111.8 crore in the previous month.

Flexi cap funds saw an inflow of Rs 4,730.7 crore, while multi cap funds have seen inflows worth Rs 5,084.1 crore.

Inflows into the sectoral and thematic category rises to at Rs 15,331.5 core. Inflows into this category had cooled off during November and stood at Rs 7,657.7 crore.

Debt funds recorded an outflow of Rs 1.27 lakh crore in the month of December, against an inflow of Rs 12,915.9 crore in November. Overnight funds recorded an outflow of Rs 22,347.6 core and liquid funds recorded an outflow of Rs 66,532.1 crores.

The SIP contribution stood at Rs 26,459 crore in December, compared to Rs 25,320 crore in November 2024 and an inflow of Rs 25,332 crore in the month of October. There were 41.89 lakh new folio additions during the month under review according to AMFI.

Hybrid schemes saw inflows worth Rs 4,369.8 crore, against Rs 16,863 crore inflows recorded the previous month. The highest inflows in the category is from multi asset funds, with inflow of Rs 2,574.7 crore, while multi asset allocation funds accounted for the most inflows the previous month.

In the passive fund category, inflows worth Rs 784.3 core were recorded in the month of December. The inflows stood at Rs 7,061.3 crore last month. The category that saw the most inflow was the Index category with inflows of Rs 4,785.9 crore.

Inflows from new fund offers have accounted for inflow of Rs 13,643 crore this month with 33 new launched.

Passive fund category saw the most number of NFO launches. The inflows for the month of November brought more than 74% of inflows into sectoral thematic with 13 new schemes. NFOs have brought Rs 4,052-crore inflow into the industry last month.