Indias mutual funds faced a huge loss in their total assets under management (AUM) by ₹3 lakh crore in February 2025, mainly due to the recent stock market crash. The total AUM was down by 4% to ₹64.5 lakh crore in February from ₹67.3 lakh crore in January, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).
However, this drop seems not to have affected retail investors’ confidence in mutual funds via the SIP mode, which decreased by only ∆Σ=26,400 crore in January to ₹25,999 crore in February. This shows that although market conditions have an impact on AUM, retail investors have not changed their mind about the long-term investment approach.
Equity fund inflows also declined; net equity inflows were ₹29,241.78 crore in February, down from ₹39,669.6 crore in January. It is worth highlighting that in total, mutual funds attracted ₹40,063 crore in flows in February, but this was more than offset by outflows of ₹1,87,551 crore. In different categories of funds, small cap funds witnessed the highest decline in the inflows which moved down from ₹5,721 crore in January to ₹3,722.5 crore in February. Mid cap funds also witnessed a decline in the inflows which stood at ₹3,407 crore as against ₹5,148 crore in the month before. Flows into large cap funds also shrank but to a lesser extent – from ₹3,063.3 crore to ₹2,866 crore. However, on a positive note, debt funds have started to recover and posted inflows of ₹1,065 crore in February as against outflow of ₹217.4 crore in January. Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) drew ₹1,980 crore in February, but this was a huge drop from the previous month’s ₹3,751.4 crore.
