India's mutual fund industry has quietly crossed another milestone. As of July 2026, industry-wide assets under management (AUM) touched ₹85.76 lakh crore, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) up nearly six-fold from ₹15.18 lakh crore just a decade earlier, in July 2016. The Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) own Annual Report for 2025-26 puts average AUM for the year at ₹73.7 lakh crore, a 12.2% year-on-year increase, with activ

If you’ve been tracking the Indian stock market lately, you may have noticed a strange split in investor behaviour. On one side, foreign investors are heading for the exit. On the other hand, Indian investors, both big institutions and everyday savers, are stepping in with unshakable confidence. It’s a tug of war, and the story behind it reveals a fundamental shift in the Indian market. The Great Divide- A Tale of Two Investors Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have been in

By March 2025, individuals owned 19.3% of the total market cap of micro-cap stocks. That’s already a big number. But here's the kicker: when we look only at non-promoter holdings, that is, shares available to the public, retail investors control over 70%. That’s a staggering concentration.