North India Statesman
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Mumbai: The flow of new investors in mutual funds has started slowing down. On the global front, Trump’s tariff war on the one hand and the Israel-Hamas War on the other and the Russia-Ukraine War, and then the Indo-Pakistan tension at the domestic level has also created instability in global markets as well as Indian markets, affecting investors’ trust. Due to this instability, the number of investors in mutual funds has started to be limited as the new investor class has become alert.
Due to the major improvements in the market in recent months, the flow of new investors has slowed down, as the current investors are also adopting a policy of waiting and look. In the month of April 2025, about three lakh new investors are connected to the mutual fund. Which is the lowest in the last 22 months.
In the last 12 months, the number of investors has increased by an average of 960,000 per month. The total number of these specific investors has been calculated on the basis of their permanent account number (PAN). By the end of April 2025, there were 54.6 million specific investors in the Mutual Fund industry.
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With this, the number of demat accounts in April also increased to 23 months low to 20 lakhs. Industry leaders believe that the offer of new funds, which is important to attract new investors, has also been affected by the decline in recent months.
In April, only one active equity scheme completed the NFO, raising Rs 1,000 crore. 171 crores A total of seven schemes were started in all these categories and a total of Rs. 350 crore rupees were raised. In comparison, 25 launched in the second half of FY 2025 and an average of Rs. 6,000 crore rupees were raised per month.
In April, investment flow reached a new level of Rs 26,632 crore through systematic investment schemes (SIPs).
