Mutual Fund Industry Dashboard - Mar 2025 - 250416 - 201839
Mutual Fund Industry Dashboard - Mar 2025 - 250416 - 201839
Industry Dashboard
March 2025
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Global Mutual Fund Industry Trends
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Americas Dominate Global Mutual Fund Assets
39 40
0.00
34 34 0.27
0.31 10 11
30 29 0.25
7 8
26 0.28 0.25
5
22 6
21 4 0.28
18 19
18 3 0.28 0.25
3
3 0.27
2 0.29 2 0.26
27 29 29
24 26
21 22
19 18
16 16 16
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Mutual Funds ETFs Traditional Closed Ended Funds Total
US Equity, 48%
2025 2015
Passively
Actively
Managed Funds,
Managed Funds,
34%
31%
Passively Actively
Managed Funds, Managed Funds,
69% 66%
Note: Actively managed funds include active mutual funds and closed ended funds. Passively managed funds include index funds and ETFs.
Source: ICI, February 2025
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India Mutual Funds Industry - Vital Stats
Monthly
Industry AUM
SIP Flows
Unique Investor
Rs 65.74 lakh Cr Accounts
Rs 25,926 Cr
5.42 Cr
SIP AUM
Individual Institutional
Rs 13.35 lakh Cr Total SIP accounts AUM % share^ AUM % share^
Direct
AUM % share^ MF AUM to
Passive AUM % Bank Deposits %
47% of Total AUM
29%
17%
Equity funds Net flows** (12 months) Rs 5.42 lakh cr Rs 2.37 lakh cr
Fixed income funds Net flows (ex Liquid & overnight) (12 months) Rs 1.02 lakh cr Rs 0.08 lakh cr
Direct AUM % share^ (Individual: Insti breakup) 17% : 30% 15% : 30%
Notes: *Equity oriented funds AUM includes equity oriented hybrid funds, **includes equity funds, index, ETFs and global FoF, ^Pertains to monthly average AUM. Figures in bold are all time high. Source: AMFI, BSE, CRISIL.
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Industry at Glance
Aggregate SIP Flows for last 12 months Rs 2.89 lakh cr Rs 1.99 lakh cr 45%
Source: AMFI, BSE. ^Pertains to monthly average AUM. Figures in bold are all time high.
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Industry Trends
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Industry AUM @ INR 65.7 Lakh Cr
Industry has added over Rs 12.3 lakh cr to AUM over the past year
Industry AUM grew by 24% CAGR in the last 5 years and 20% CAGR in the last 10 years respectively, ended March 2025
2 Months
2 Months
5 Months 4 Months
8 Months 9% Growth
7% Growth
9% Growth 13% Growth
16 Months
15% Growth
8 Months
18 Months 11% CAGR
Industry AUM (Rs lakh crore)
Jul-16 Aug-17 May-19 Nov-20 Jul-21 Nov-22 Jul-23 Dec-23 Apr-24 Jun-24 Aug-24 Mar-25
Annualised growth (CAGR) for the period more than 12 months and absolute growth for the period less than 12 months
Source: AMFI
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MF AUM to Bank Deposits (%) Grew 3X in 10 years
MF AUM about one third of Bank Deposits
175
22.8% 24%
Rs lakh crore
150
19.5% 21.8%
125 18.6% 20.8% 20%
16.2%
100
16%
75 13.1% 16.4%
12.6%
50
10.7% 12%
25
0 8%
Mar-14 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Mar-18 Mar-19 Mar-20 Mar-21 Mar-22 Mar-23 Mar-24 Mar-25
Bank Deposits (Rs lakh cr) MF AUM (Rs lakh cr) MF AUM as a % of Bank Deposits
Share of equity in the total assets at 61.4% in March 2025 vs 60% a year ago
80.00
60.00
50.78
50.00
39.89
40.00 37.73
31.02
30.00 26.54
22.86
21.27
20.00 16.46
12.75
10.51
10.00
0.00
Dec-14 Dec-15 Dec-16 Dec-17 Dec-18 Dec-19 Dec-20 Dec-21 Dec-22 Dec-23 Dec-24 Mar-25
Debt includes open ended debt categories (other than liquid and overnight), closed ended debt, interval schemes and gold ETFs. Equity includes open and closed ended equity funds, index funds, other ETFs and FOFs investing Overseas.
Hybrid includes hybrid schemes, retirement funds and children’s funds.
Source: AMFI
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Total Investor Count Rose to 5.42 cr in March 2025
3.52 lakh investors added in March 2025
97 lakh new investors added in last 12 months vs 69 lakh in the same period last year
Investor
count at all
time high in
March 2025
6.0 14
Total Unique Investors (Crore)
5.42
12
0.0 0
Oct-23
Oct-24
Nov-24
Apr-23
May-23
Jul-23
Apr-24
May-24
Jul-24
Aug-23
Sep-23
Nov-23
Dec-23
Aug-24
Sep-24
Dec-24
Mar-23
Jan-24
Jun-23
Feb-24
Mar-24
Jun-24
Jan-25
Feb-25
Mar-25
Total Unique Investors (Crore) New Investors added p.m (lakh)
Source: AMFI
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SIP Flows @ Rs 25,926 cr in March 2025
Doubled in less than 3 years
Monthly SIP flows (up 35% YoY) rose to SIP accounts rose to 10.05 cr in Mar’25, Avg. SIP size up at Rs 2579 p.m.
Rs 25,926 cr in Mar’25 vs Rs 19,271 cr in Mar’24 up 20% YoY vs Rs 2295 p.m. last year
2
2 1 1 Months
2 Months Month Month
2
1 Months
2 Months
2 2 Month
4 Months
5 Months Months
Months 26459
SIP Gross Sales (Rs Cr)
Oct-22 Mar-23 Jul-23 Sep-23 Nov-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Apr-24 Jun-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Dec-24 Mar-25
Key Milestones
Share of Equity in Total AUM has Risen Over Time SIP Average Ticket Size (Rs)
61.7% 3500
59.7%
3000 2861
54.6% 61.4%
2564 2579
2425
2500 2303 2306
47.7% 2216
2000
39.6% 39.2%
1500
32.9%
31.3% 39.2%
37.4%
1000
30.4%
500
Dec-14
Dec-15
Dec-16
Dec-17
Dec-18
Dec-19
Dec-20
Dec-21
Dec-22
Dec-23
Dec-24
Mar-25
0
Dec-19 Dec-20 Dec-21 Dec-22 Dec-23 Dec-24 Mar-25
Note – Above data only includes open-ended equity funds, closed ended equity funds, index funds, ETFs and global FoFs Source: AMFI
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SIP Share of Equity AUM moved higher to 27.6% in
March 2025 from 27.3% a Year Ago
28.0% 88000
84000
27.7%
27.5%
27.6%
27.5%
27.5%
27.4%
27.4%
27.4%
27.4%
27.4%
27.3%
27.3%
27.3%
27.3%
27.3%
80000
27.3%
27.2%
BSE Sensex
27.2%
27.0%
26.9%
26.9%
26.9%
76000
26.7%
26.5%
26.5%
72000
26.2%
26.0%
26.0%
68000
25.7%
25.5%
64000
25.0% 60000
24.5% 56000
Oct-24
Oct-23
Apr-23
Jul-23
Apr-24
Jul-24
Nov-23
Dec-23
Nov-24
Dec-24
May-23
Jun-23
May-24
Mar-23
Aug-23
Sep-23
Jan-24
Mar-24
Jun-24
Aug-24
Sep-24
Jan-25
Mar-25
Feb-24
Feb-25
SIP AUM as % of the total equity funds AUM BSE Sensex
Source: AMFI
Equity oriented funds AUM includes equity oriented hybrid funds
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Equity Gross Sales Rising Since April 2023
SIP Flows as % of equity gross sales is rising since June 2024
40% 120000
% SIP gross sales to total equity gross sales
34%
34%
100000
33%
35%
31%
30%
27%
27%
27%
27%
30%
27%
26%
25%
26%
25%
60000
24%
23%
22%
24%
25%
24%
22%
40000
21%
20%
20%
20000
16%
15% 0
Oct-23
Dec-23
Oct-24
Dec-24
Apr-23
May-23
Jul-23
Apr-24
May-24
Jul-24
Nov-23
Nov-24
Jun-24
Mar-23
Jun-23
Aug-23
Sep-23
Jan-24
Feb-24
Mar-24
Aug-24
Sep-24
Jan-25
Feb-25
Mar-25
Equity Gross Sales (Rs Crs) % SIP gross sales to total equity gross sales
Note – Above data only includes open-ended equity funds, closed ended equity funds, index funds, ETFs and global FoFs. Source: AMFI
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Equity Net Sales Positive for 49 Months (Over 4 Years)
125000 90000
85000
105000 95862
80000
MF Sales (Rs Crore)
77415
BSE Sensex
85000
75000
65000 70000
45000 3924365000
60000
25000
55000
5000
50000
-15000 45000
Jul-21
Jul-22
Jul-23
Jul-24
Nov-21
Nov-22
Nov-23
Nov-24
Mar-24
Mar-21
Mar-22
Mar-23
Mar-25
Equity Gross Sales Equity Net Sales BSE Sensex
Note – Above data only includes open-ended equity funds, closed ended equity funds, index funds, ETFs and global FoFs. Source: AMFI
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Equity Net Sales (Ex SIPs + NFOs) in Positive Zone
70000
60000
50000
MF Sales (Rs Crore)
39,243
40000
30000
20000
10,160
10000
-10000
-20000
-30000
Nov-21
Nov-22
Nov-23
Nov-24
Jul-21
Jul-22
Jul-23
Jul-24
May-21
May-22
May-23
May-24
Sep-21
Sep-22
Sep-23
Sep-24
Mar-21
Mar-22
Mar-23
Mar-24
Mar-25
Jan-22
Jan-23
Jan-24
Jan-25
Equity Net Sales Equity Net Sales (ex SIP + NFOs)
Note – Above data only includes open-ended equity funds, closed ended equity funds, index funds, ETFs and global FoFs Source: AMFI
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Equity Funds Dominate the NFO Flows
Aggregate NFO flows in last one year were Rs 1,08,494 crores out of which equity funds comprised 97% or
Rs 1,05,434 crores.
18000 27,000
16,565
15,227 14,575
15000 13,815 13,852 26,000
NFO Flows (Rs Crore)
12000
Nifty 50 Index
10,140 25,000
9000
6,078 24,000
6000
4,544
4,052 4,029 4,085
23,000
3000
1,532
0 22,000
Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25
Net inflows for DIIs were INR 6.1 lakh crore for last 12 months (till March 2025) vs Net outflows of INR 4.0 lakh crore for FPIs
1,50,000 90000
85000
1,00,000
80000
Net flows (Rs in Cr)
50,000
Sensex
75000
0 70000
65000
-50,000
60000
-1,00,000
55000
-1,50,000 50000
Oct-23
Oct-24
Apr-23
Jul-23
Apr-24
Jul-24
Nov-23
Dec-23
Nov-24
Dec-24
May-23
May-24
Mar-23
Jun-23
Aug-23
Sep-23
Jan-24
Mar-24
Jun-24
Aug-24
Sep-24
Jan-25
Mar-25
Feb-24
Feb-25
FPI DII Sensex
12 18%
10
Passive AUM (Rs lakh crore)
16%
8
14%
12%
4
10%
2
0 8%
Jul-21
Jul-22
Jul-23
Jul-24
May-21
Nov-21
May-22
Nov-22
May-23
Nov-23
May-24
Nov-24
Sep-21
Sep-22
Sep-23
Sep-24
Mar-21
Jan-22
Mar-22
Jan-23
Mar-23
Jan-24
Mar-24
Jan-25
Mar-25
Passive AUM (Rs lakh crore)-LHS % to Total AUM-RHS
88%
Passive AUM component for equity funds has seen a marginal increase between March 2024 and March 2025. International funds have seen a rise in passive AUM component
from 58% in March 2024 to 59% in March 2025.
Note: Active Equity AUM comprises of multicap, large cap, large and midcap, mid cap, small cap, dividend yield, value/contra, focused, sectoral/thematic, ELSS, flexicap and closed ended equity categories. Active debt AUM comprises of
overnight, liquid, ultra short duration, low duration, money market, short duration, medium duration, medium to long duration, long duration, dynamic bond funds, corporate bond fund, credit risk fund, banking and PSU fund, gilt fund, gilt fund with
10 year constant duration, floater fund, closed ended and interval debt funds.
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Passive Fund AUM - Asset Class Split
Equity passives make up ~72% of passive fund AUM in March 2025 up
from 71% in March 2024.
March 2025 March 2024
Note: Domestic Equity Passive Funds include equity oriented index funds and ETFs. Debt passive funds include Target Maturity Index Funds, other than target maturity index funds and debt oriented ETFs. Commodity
Passives include Gold and Silver ETFs. International Passive Funds include international index funds, international ETFs and FOFs investing in overseas passive funds.
Source: AMFI
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Domestic Equity Passive Fund AUM Details
Equity
oriented Equity
ETFs, 80% oriented
ETFs, 85%
Equity
oriented Index
Equity oriented Index Funds, 15%
Funds, 20%
Source: AMFI
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Debt Passive Fund AUM Details
Other than
Target Maturity Other than
Index Funds, Target Maturity
7% Index Funds,
7%
Source: AMFI
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International Passive Fund AUM Details
International
International ETFs, 47%
ETFs, 49%
Source: AMFI
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Passive Fund Folios have Grown ~16X in Last 5 Years
22.45 23.40
4.15
3.89
0.60 0.61
16.43 1.57
1.52 0.69
14.06 2.55 0.68
11.95 2.09 0.58
1.28
1.50 0.57 0.72
9.23 1.20
8.43 0.57 0.56 0.72
0.26 1.11
0.54 0.54 0.76 15.75 16.38
0.95 0.93
0.60 0.81 11.30
9.49
8.02
6.08 6.38
Open Ended Equity Oriented Schemes Open Ended Fixed Income Schemes Open Ended Hybrid Schemes
Open ended fixed income funds include - overnight, liquid, ultra short duration, low duration, money market, short duration, medium duration, medium to long duration, long duration, dynamic
bond, corporate bond, credit risk, banking & psu, gilt fund, 10 year constant maturity gilt fund and floater fund. Open ended equity oriented schemes include – multi cap, large cap, large & mid,
mid cap, small cap, dividend yield, value/ contra, focused, sectoral, ELSS and flexi cap. Open ended hybrid schemes include – conservative hybrid, aggressive hybrid, balanced advantage, multi
asset, arbitrage and equity savings. Other schemes include – index funds, gold ETF, other ETFs and fund of funds investing overseas. Solution oriented schemes include – retirement fund and
children’s fund.
Source: AMFI
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Global Funds AUM has Grown 16X in 10 years
50,000
44,557
45,000 42,563
40,000 38,044
35,565
Total AUM (Rs Crore)
35,000
29,955
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000 12,510
10,000
The industry limit of 7 billion USD for foreign investments has not been revised upwards by the regulator.
Large & Mid Cap Fund 5,114 2,396 2,718 263,207 70,098 40,308
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Source: AMFI. Data available up to December 2024 and on quarterly basis.
Jun-21 44% 26% 30%
Other cities
60 57
55
50
AUM in Rs Lakh Crore
42
40
34
32
B30 AUM Growth
30 26 CAGR 23%
20
13 12
9
10 6 7
5
0
Dec-20 Dec-21 Dec-22 Dec-23 Dec-24 Mar-25
Rs crore
Name of the States AAUM (as of Mar’25) AAUM (as of Mar’24) AAUM (as of Mar’20) AAUM Last 1yr Chg AAUM Last 5yr Chg
100%
12%
90%
80% 40%
70% 64%
60%
89% 87%
50%
88%
40%
30% 60%
20% 36%
10%
11% 13%
0%
Debt oriented schemes Equity oriented schemes Liquid/ Money market ETFs, FoFs Total
Individuals Institutions
Data as of March 2025. Equity oriented schemes include equity oriented hybrid funds. Source: AMFI.
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Investor Category Wise Allocation in AUM
Equity Funds^ (54% of Total AUM) Debt Funds (28% of Total AUM)
Banks/FIs
Retail Investor
0.10% FIIs/FPIs FIIs/FPIs
2.83%
0.07% 0.07%
Banks/FIs
Corporates 6.28%
12.58% High
Networth
Individuals
Retail
21.59%
High Investor
Networth 44.75% Corporates
Individuals 69.22%
42.50%
30 40%
25 24
21 30%
20
16
15
15 13 20%
11
10 8
6 10%
5
0 0%
Dec-15 Dec-16 Dec-17 Dec-18 Dec-19 Dec-20 Dec-21 Dec-22 Dec-23 Dec-24 Mar-25
Individual Investors AUM (Rs Lakh Cr) Individual Investors AUM YoY Growth % Industry AUM YoY Growth %
Source: AMFI. Individual investors include Retail and HNI investors. AUM data is Monthly average AUM.
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Individual vs Institutional – Asset Composition
Individual Institutional
Liquid/
Money Liquid/ Money
market market ETFs,FoFs
Equity 3% 30% 28%
oriented
schemes ETFs,FoFs
86% 3%
Debt
oriented
schemes
9%
Data as of March 2025. Equity oriented schemes include equity oriented hybrid funds. Source: AMFI.
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Category Wise Breakup - Direct vs Distributors
28% of equity assets, 82% of liquid/money market and 66% of Debt assets are in direct plan
100%
90% 18%
25%
34%
80%
53%
70%
72%
60%
50%
40% 82%
75%
66%
30%
47%
20%
28%
10%
0%
Liquid/ Money Market Debt Oriented Equity oriented ETF, FoFs Total
Direct Distributors
Data as of March 2025. Equity oriented schemes include equity oriented hybrid funds. Source: AMFI.
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Direct vs Distributor – Asset Composition
Equity schemes account for 36% of direct AUM and 80% of distributor driven AUM
Debt schemes account for 21% of direct AUM and 10% of distributor driven AUM
Direct Distributors
Liquid/
ETF, FoFs Money
20% Market
23% ETF, FoFs
6%
Equity
oriented
Liquid/
80%
Money
Market
4%
Debt
Oriented Debt
21% Oriented
Equity 10%
oriented
36%
Share of Direct AUM held by individual investors in total AUM increased to 17% in March 2025 from 15% a year ago
Direct and Distributor AUM Share – March 2025 Direct AUM Breakup - February 2025
DIY – Do It Yourself Investors, RIA – Registered Investment Advisors, PMS - Portfolio Management Service
Data as of March 2025. Source: AMFI.
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Share of Beyond Top 10 Players Growing Steadily
100%
90% 19.3% 17.3% 16.4% 17.1% 18.3% 19.7% 21.2% 23.0% 23.1%
80%
70% 23.8% 24.0% 25.7% 25.8% 26.0% 25.0% 23.0% 21.1% 21.0%
60%
50%
40%
30% 56.9% 58.7% 57.9% 57.1% 55.6% 55.3% 55.8% 55.9% 55.9%
20%
10%
0%
Dec-17 Dec-18 Dec-19 Dec-20 Dec-21 Dec-22 Dec-23 Dec-24 Mar-25
Top 5 Top 6 -10 Rest of the AMCs
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