Change in assets under management\, a near-term challenge for AMCs

Change in assets under management, a near-term challenge for AMCs

In the current Covid-19 scenario, investors are more conservative with a rising preference for less risky liquid funds compared to equity

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assets under management | HDFC AMC | AMC

Shreepad S Aute  |  New Delhi 

The stocks of two listed asset management companies (AMCs) – HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) and Nippon Life India Asset Management Company (Nippon AMC) – have underperformed the broader market in the last one month. While the AMCs’ stocks shed upto 16 per cent over a last month, the BSE Sensex was up around 5 per cent during the same period.

A negative impact of the change in assets under management or AUM mix on AMCs’ top-line and earnings is hurting investor interest in these stocks apart from lower equity inflows. In the current Covid-19 scenario, ...
First Published: Tue, August 04 2020. 17:56 IST