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As retail interest in public issuances fades, mutual funds are filling the gap—funding promoter exits and delivering subpar returns to the very investors they represent.
The just-concluded 2025-26 fiscal saw a record Rs 1.79 lakh crore mobilized from 112 mainboard IPOs. With this, the Indian IPO market has seen record highs for two years in a row—after FY25’s Rs 1.62 lakh crore.
Whilst the momentum has slowed a little in the past few months—with fewer issuances and dwindling retail subscriptions—the furniture continues to stand on its strongest leg: mutual fund interest, which remains sticky against all odds.
The numbers don’t lie: of the Rs 1.79 lakh crore, mutual funds brought in Rs 26,607 crore as anchor investors and Rs 10,975 crore as qualified institutional buyers, …
A dismal track record in portfolio management services doesn’t help the firm as it takes its first steps in a crowded industry dominated by some heavyweights.
The kingdom is moving to tighten the rules around public listings, algorithmic trading, trading in foreign securities and company disclosures—all in an effort to chase transparency.
Thinly traded listed entities have long served as breeding grounds for stock manipulation, hurting investors. The regulator, the NSE and BSE now want to fix things by focusing on efficient delisting.
