Mutual Funds add Rs 5.4 lakh cr kitty in 2017; AUM crosses Rs. 22 lakh cr mark
Mutual fund industry saw
its assets base jump to over Rs 22 lakh crore in 2017, adding more than Rs 5.4
lakh crore to the kitty, on strong participation from retail investors and
investor awareness initiatives.
Moreover, fund houses
are expecting similar healthy growth in AUM to continue in the new year too as
the penetration levels of mutual funds are still very low in the country.
Total AUM of all the
fund houses put together soared by over Rs 5.4 lakh crore, or 32%, to Rs 22.35
lakh crore at the end of December 2017 from Rs 16.93 lakh crore in December-end
2016, latest update with Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) noted.
This was the fifth
consecutive yearly rise in the industry AUM, after a drop in the assets base
for two preceding years.
Out of the 42 active
fund houses, two mutual funds have not disclosed the assets under management
(AUM) data at the end of December 2017.
Further, barring Taurus
MF, all the fund houses have registered a rise in their respective AUMs during
the period under review.
The spike in bank
deposits and consequent decline in interest rates following demonetisation on
November 8, 2016 have helped mutual funds.
Besides, Amfi Chairman A
Balasubramanian attributed the impressive surge in assets base to aggressive
investor awareness campaign both at the individual players level as well as at
an industry level.
"The Mutual Fund
Sahi Hai campaign has created huge impact in building confidence among
investors. Mutual fund distributors too have played a key role in connecting
with their existing and new customers. It is also believed that investors are
no more interested in buying into traditional asset classes such as real estate
and gold thus moving to financial asset class," he added.
"Demonetisation
effect, decline in interest rate on traditional assured returns product like
fixed deposit, shift from physical to financial savings as real estate and gold
were lack lustre and increasing initiatives on enhancing investor awareness
have all aided in such impressive growth in the industry," Franklin
Templeton Investments India President Sanjay Sapre said.
Moreover, a sharp rise
in systematic investment plans (SIPs) promoted more sustainable growth for the
industry as more people moved away from the concept of large lump sum
investments.
Among the top five
players, ICICI Prudential MF led the pack with asset base of Rs 2,93,338 crore
(excluding Fund of Funds) followed by HDFC MF (2,89,168 crore), Reliance MF (Rs
2,43,594 crore), Aditya Birla Sun Life MF (Rs 2,41,106 crore) and SBI MF (Rs
2,05,392 crore).
In terms of yearly rise
in AUM, Motilal Oswal MF saw maximum growth of 121 per cent to Rs 15,762 crore
in asset base, followed by Mirae Asset MF (112 per cent to Rs 13,467 crore)
L&T MF (71 per cent to Rs 60,314 crore), Axis MF (49 per cent to Rs 73,372
crore) and DSP Black Rock MF (48 per cent to Rs 86,255 crore).
Going ahead, Sapre said,
"low penetration of mutual funds in India is one of the key factors which
will drive growth, coupled with increasing levels of financial literacy and
lack of suitable alternatives for long term wealth creation".
"Further,
technology is likely to be a key enabler of growth to deepen reach and build
scale using the trinity of Jandhan, Aadhaar and the Mobile (JAM) for everything
from KYC to payments. This will not only help improve distribution reach across
the country but will also reduce costs and improves ease of investing," he
added.
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