2015 Review: SIX Equity Mutual Fund Schemes Manages Asset Worth Rs. 10,000 crore.

India's mutual fund industry is witnessing a rising number of equity schemes with asset worth Rs 10,000 crore.

In 2015, such schemes doubled in number from 3 to 6 while one is barely Rs 100 crore away from getting into this elite group.

Interestingly, this happened in a year when key benchmark indices lost around 8% while they are down 14% from their all time highs.

Thanks to the incessant robust inflows from India's retail investors that mutual fund sector could see its schemes surpassing the Rs. 10,000 crore mark.

                      6. Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund.

These schemes include,

1. HDFC Equity Fund

2. HDFC Top 200

3. Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund

4.  ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund

5.  HDFC Mid Cap Opportunities and

6. Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund.

Put together, they manage assets worth a whopping Rs, 74,000 crore or about 20% of overall equity assets.

Mr. Kaustubh Belapurkar, Director, Manager Research, Morningstar India, says, "It was certainly the strong domestic inflows on the back of retail investors' participation which helped these funds gain in size in a year when markets gave negative returns. Popular funds, generally, turn out to be beneficiary in an environment where inflows are robust."

Majority of these schemes have given negative return from a year perspective. Experts suggest that if inflows remain robust and market perform, it would not be surprise to see more number of schemes joining the Rs. 10, 000 crore club.

Mr. Kaustubh Belapurkar, "I believe number of such schemes will only rise if market performs and inflows remain intact as there are several schemes with assets between Rs. 5,000 crore and Rs. 7,000 crore. They may soon join the club if market does well."

It appears quite possible. There are at least seven more schemes.

1. ICICI Prudential Focused Bluechip -  Rs. 9,896 crore.

2. Franklin India Bluechip - Rs. 6,694 crore

3. Axis Long Term Equity Rs. 6,497 crore

4.  Franklin India Prima Plus (Rs. 6,145 crore) are well established funds and among the most popular with investors.

Amid this, what's good for the industry as well as the investors is the fact that concentration of equity assets among top twenty schemes has started to reduce.

A year back, 42% of equity assets were managed by the top 20 largest schemes; this 

has declined to 37% in 2015.

Currently, mutual fund industry offers nearly 460 equity oriented  mutual fund schemes managing assets worth Rs. 4 lac crore.

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