Inflows into equity mutual funds in India down by over 21 pc in May 25
Kolkata, June 10 (UNI) The inflows into equity mutual funds in India declined by 21.66 per cent on a month-on-month basis at Rs 19,013.12 crore in May 2025, as compared with Rs 24,269.26 crore in April this year, according to ICRA Analytics senior vice-president and head of market data Ashwini Kumar.
On a year-on-year basis, inflows dropped by nearly 45.2 per cent from Rs 34,697 crore last year as persistent concerns over India-U.S. trade relations following the conclusion of the 90-day pause continued to act as an external headwind.
He said with the inflows to the tune of Rs 3214.21 crore, small cap funds continued to garner investor interest witnessing a growth of 17.97 per cent from Rs 2724.67 crore in May 2024.
The Reserve Bank of India's latest move to slash repo rate by 50 basis points is expected to have a positive impact on the market and this is likely to draw retail investor's interest in mutual funds, Ashwini Kumar observed.
"The industry AUM has touched Rs 72.20 lakh crore in May 2025 and we expect the industry to breach the Rs 100 lakh crore mark in the next few years," he said.
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