he intense love affair that investors had with mutual funds over the last few months seems to be going sour.
About Rs 3,704 crore (Rs 37 billion) was pulled out from mutual funds in March. This amounted to 2.43% of the assets with mutual funds.
Only 8 of the 29 fund houses were able to register a positive growth.
The Richest Five
This category includes mutual funds that have the most amount of Assets Under Management. AUM signifies the total amount of money the mutual fund manages for its investors.
1. UTI Mutual Fund: Rs 20,739.58 crore (Rs 207 billion)
2. Franklin Templeton: Rs 15,353.61 crore (Rs 153 billion)
3. Prudential ICICI - Rs 15,189.18 crore (Rs 151 billion)
4. HDFC Mutual Fund: Rs 15,009.83 crore (Rs 150 billion)
5. Birla SunLife Mutual Fund: Rs 10,377.96 crore (Rs 103 billion)
Top 5 gainers
These funds added to their AUM. That is, fresh money came in from investors.
1. Reliance Capital Mutual Fund heads the list.
The fund house added Rs 1,040.80 crore (Rs 10 billion), as a result of the successful Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund Initial Public Offering.
2. JM Financial Mutual Fund's asset base swelled by Rs 923.68 crore (Rs 9 billion), an impressive 29.44% increase.
The fund house managed such significant gains following an Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion)-plus collectionªby the JM Equity and Derivative Fund.
3. HDFC Mutual Fund added Rs 435.18 crore (Rs 4 billion).
4. Principal Mutual Fund's assets jumped by Rs 411.01 crore (Rs 4 billion).
5. Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund added Rs 337.71 crore (Rs 3 billion).
Top 5 losers
Investors in these funds sold their units and withdrew their money.
Here are the funds which experienced most redemptions (withdrawals) in terms of money:
1. Standard Chartered Mutual Fund shed assets worth Rs 1,835.59 crore (Rs 18 billion) to become the top loser for the month.
2. Prudential ICICI saw its assets decline by Rs 1,025.15 crore (Rs 10 billion).
3. HSBC Mutual Fund's corpus declined by Rs 888.12 crore (Rs 8 billion).
4. DSP Merrill Lynch lost Rs 665.04 crore (Rs 6 billion).
5. Tata Mutual Fund saw its assets decline by Rs 581.43 crore (Rs 5 billion).
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