If FII selling is blamed for the carnage in the last one year, increased buying by domestic mutual fund houses has seen the Indian equity market bounce back recently.
Between March 12 and 23, mutual fund houses net bought equities worth Rs 1319 crore against Rs 1093 crore by foreign institutional investors. In the same period, the Sensex has risen to 9424 from 8343.
However, the MFs may be trying to shore up their balance sheet for year end consideration, and so the increased buying. This is also because they had been sitting on cash for too long.
But does this suggest that MFs are gaining prominence in driving the indices? Domestic institutional investors have already started showing their dominance. In 2007, domestic insurance houses invested Rs 55,000-Rs 66,000 crore against Rs 50,000 crore invested by FIIs in the Indian markets.
Given the expansion of mutual fund industry, domestic fund houses can play a vital role in driving the market in the next five years, experts feel. For the month of February, the AUM for mutual fund industry stood at Rs 5,00,973 crore.
“Huge MFs buying is one the reasons for the current market rally. Huge volume buying in equities by MFs and other domestic institutions will reduce dependence on FIIs. However, it will take some time,” said Bupen Shah, a Mumbai based broker.
“No doubt domestic fund houses along with insurance companies and pension fund will emerge stronger players in the market 4-5 years down the line. Whether they will replace the dominance by FIIs remains to be seen. MFs need to increase their corpus by tapping the huge retail base across the nation,” said Sandeep Dasgupta, chief executive officer, Bharti Investment Mangers.
Between March 12 and 23, mutual fund houses net bought equities worth Rs 1319 crore against Rs 1093 crore by foreign institutional investors. In the same period, the Sensex has risen to 9424 from 8343.
However, the MFs may be trying to shore up their balance sheet for year end consideration, and so the increased buying. This is also because they had been sitting on cash for too long.
But does this suggest that MFs are gaining prominence in driving the indices? Domestic institutional investors have already started showing their dominance. In 2007, domestic insurance houses invested Rs 55,000-Rs 66,000 crore against Rs 50,000 crore invested by FIIs in the Indian markets.
Given the expansion of mutual fund industry, domestic fund houses can play a vital role in driving the market in the next five years, experts feel. For the month of February, the AUM for mutual fund industry stood at Rs 5,00,973 crore.
“Huge MFs buying is one the reasons for the current market rally. Huge volume buying in equities by MFs and other domestic institutions will reduce dependence on FIIs. However, it will take some time,” said Bupen Shah, a Mumbai based broker.
“No doubt domestic fund houses along with insurance companies and pension fund will emerge stronger players in the market 4-5 years down the line. Whether they will replace the dominance by FIIs remains to be seen. MFs need to increase their corpus by tapping the huge retail base across the nation,” said Sandeep Dasgupta, chief executive officer, Bharti Investment Mangers.
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