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Flexi-cap funds attract nearly Rs 50,000 crore in 2026
Flexi-cap funds are mutual funds that can invest in large, medium-sized, or small companies.
They can change this mix when fund managers see new opportunities.
Investors put nearly Rs 50,000 crore into these funds from January through July 2026.
This was more money than during the same period in 2025.
The number of investor accounts also grew sharply to 2.44 crore.
The funds managed about Rs 6 lakh crore in July 2026.
Monthly investment slowed in July compared with June, but the category still received substantial money.
Quantum Mutual Fund launched a new fund using this flexible investment approach.
Flexi-cap mutual funds received Rs 49,915 crore in net inflows during January-July 2026.
The category’s inflows rose 27% from Rs 39,187 crore during January-July 2025.
Flexi-cap fund folios increased to 2.44 crore in July 2026 from 1.94 crore a year earlier.
Assets under management grew to about Rs 6 lakh crore from Rs 4.94 lakh crore over the same period.
July inflows moderated to Rs 4,709 crore from Rs 5,231 crore in June, while Quantum Mutual Fund launched a new flexi-cap scheme.
- Who
- Investors, flexi-cap mutual fund schemes, Quantum Mutual Fund, and industry officials including Chirag Mehta.
- What
- Flexi-cap funds attracted Rs 49,915 crore in net inflows during January-July 2026, while their folios and assets expanded.
- Where
- India’s mutual fund market; the report is datelined New Delhi.
- When
- January-July 2026, with figures reported for July 2026.
- Why
- Investors increasingly favored strategies that can move across large-, mid- and small-cap stocks rather than remain tied to one market-cap segment.
Key facts
- January-July 2026 inflows
- Rs 49,915 crore
- January-July 2025 inflows
- Rs 39,187 crore
- July 2026 inflows
- Rs 4,709 crore
- Flexi-cap folios
- 2.44 crore in July 2026, up from 1.94 crore a year earlier
- Assets under management
- About Rs 6 lakh crore in July 2026, compared with Rs 4.94 lakh crore in July 2025
- March-quarter inflows
- Rs 24,651 crore
- June-quarter inflows
- Rs 20,555 crore
- Share of total net equity flows
- 19% in July and 27% over the previous 12 months, according to Chirag Mehta
Quotes
Chirag Mehta
Chief investment officer of Quantum AMC
“The category has seen robust growth in both folios and assets. Flexi-cap funds recorded the highest folio growth of 25.7 per cent year-on-year, with robust inflows translating into a market share of 19 per cent last month and 27 per cent over the last 12 months of total net equity flows”
thehansindia.com
“Investors appear to prefer strategies that can adapt quickly rather than those locked into a particular market-cap segment”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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