Four new equity funds were
launched in December which together mopped up Rs. 849 crore, shows AMFI data.
Thanks
to new fund launches, equity funds saw net inflows of Rs. 1059 crore in
December for the second consecutive month.
There
were four new equity NFOs in December - ICICI Prudential Value Fund - Series 2,
Reliance Close Ended Equity Fund - Series A, Birla Sun Life Banking and
Financial Services Fund and Pramerica Midcap Opportunities Fund which together
mopped up Rs. 849 crore.
The
assets under management of the industry fell 7% to Rs. 8.25 lakh crore in
December from Rs. 8.89 lakh crore in November largely on account of outflows
from liquid and income funds.
Debt
Corporates
and banks withdrew their investments as a result of which liquid funds witnessed net outflows of Rs.
66313 crore. Income funds also saw net outflows of Rs. 8954 crore. The assets
under management of income funds fell from Rs. 4.31 lakh crore to Rs. 4.24 lakh
crore in December. The industry launched 74 FMPs which together collected Rs.
6776 crore.
Gilt
funds also witnessed net outflows of Rs. 519 crore as RBI hiked the repo rate
by 25 basis points to tame inflation. A fall in interest rates benefits gilts funds.
ETFs
Gold
ETFs continued to witness outflows in December on account of the dismal returns
from gold funds. Investors pulled out nearly Rs. 157 crore from Gold ETFs. According
to Value Research, the Gold fund category has delivered – 8 % return over a one
year period.
Net inflow/outflow in December
Category
|
Net inflow/outflow in Dec
|
Net inflow/outflow in
Nov
|
Income
|
-8954
|
-3333
|
IDF
|
375
|
NA
|
Equity
|
1059
|
927
|
Balanced
|
25
|
-270
|
Liquid
|
-66313
|
51436
|
Gilt
|
-519
|
530
|
ELSS
|
-202
|
-228
|
Gold ETFs
|
-157
|
-131
|
Other ETFs
|
31
|
5
|
Fund of funds
investing overseas
|
77
|
71
|
Total
|
-74578
|
49007
|
Source: AMFI. Rs in (crore)
|
Source: Team Cafe Mutual