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    Who are the top debt players in the MF industry?

    SBI MF, ICICI Pru MF and HDFC MF are the top three debt players.
    Abhinay Kumar Apr 28, 2025

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    A detailed analysis of AUM data done by Cafemutual shows that the SBI MF, ICICI Prudential MF and HDFC MF command the highest debt AUM in March 2025.

    Debt funds include pure debt funds, conservative hybrid funds and passively managed debt funds like constant maturity index/ETFs or target maturity index/ETFs.

    SBI MF leads the ranking table with debt AUM of Rs.2.54 lakh crore in March 2025. The fund house derives 24% of its total assets from debt funds.

    Not so far behind is ICICI Prudential MF with debt AUM of Rs. 2.51 lakh crore as on March 2025, constituting 29% of its total assets.

    HDFC MF occupies the third spot with debt AUM of  Rs. 2.36 lakh crore. The fund house derives 31% of its total assets from debt funds, the highest among the top three.

    Aditya Birla MF, with an AUM of Rs. 2.03 lakh crore, is in the club of fund houses that have debt AUMs above Rs. 2 lakh crore.

    Overall, Indian mutual fund industry has the total debt assets of of Rs. 19.80 lakh crore, which constitutes 30% of the total assets of Rs.67 lakh crore. .

    Here are other key highlights of our analysis;

    • Among the top five fund houses, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF has the highest percentage of its total AUM from the debt funds. The fund house has 54% of its total AUM under debt funds
    • Pure debt AUM (other than passive funds and hybrid funds) of the industry stands at Rs. 17.32 lakh crore as of March 2025
    • While the passive debt funds have an AUM of Rs. 2.01 lakh crore, the hybrid debt funds have assets of Rs. 47,000 crore
    • In terms of pure debt AUM, ICICI Pru MF, HDFC MF and SBI MF are the top three players
    • ICICI Pru has assets of of Rs. 2.35 lakh crore in pure debt funds while HDFC MF and SBI MF have pure debt AUM of Rs. 2.28 lakh crore and Rs. 2.18 lakh crore, respectively
    • Edelweiss MF emerges as the top player in terms of passive debt AUM. The fund house manages passive debt AUM of Rs. 70413 crore, followed by Aditya Birla Sun Life MF with assets of Rs. 22,000 crore
    • SBI MF has the highest AUM under the debt hybrid funds which is followed by UTI MF. SBI MF and UTI MF have assets of Rs. 17602 crore and Rs. 10498 crore, respectively in their hybrid debt funds

    Here is the table on AMC ranking based on debt assets:

    Sr. No.

    Fund House

    Pure Debt

    Debt Passives

    Debt Hybrids

    Total Debt AUM

    Total AUM

    Debt AUM %

    1

    SBI

    218990

    18241

    17602

    254833

    1061990

    24.00

    2

    ICICI Pru

    235117

    16125

    76

    251319

    874334

    28.74

    3

    HDFC

    228730

    4651

    3429

    236809

    762539

    31.06

    4

    Aditya Birla Sun Life

    181604

    21928

    71

    203604

    378506

    53.79

    5

    Kotak

    153068

    11194

    2994

    167256

    477737

    35.01

    6

    Nippon India

    119378

    20286

    0

    139664

    556530

    25.10

    7

    Axis

    112246

    4940

    330

    117517

    314489

    37.37

    8

    Bandhan

    81655

    13482

    114

    95251

    164640

    57.85

    9

    UTI

    75894

    685

    10498

    87077

    338362

    25.73

    10

    Edelweiss

    8682

    70413

    1559

    80654

    142796

    56.48

    11

    Tata

    73803

    2087

    170

    76060

    186009

    40.89

    12

    DSP

    48773

    5861

    0

    54633

    183223

    29.82

    13

    HSBC

    43049

    2084

    146

    45279

    119065

    38.03

    14

    Invesco

    28627

    120

    0

    28747

    104173

    27.60

    15

    Mirae Asset

    19106

    2111

    0

    21217

    182680

    11.61

    16

    LIC

    16620

    2464

    50

    19134

    36054

    53.07

    17

    Baroda BNP Paribas

    16766

    148

    732

    17646

    45003

    39.21

    18

    Sundaram

    12748

    0

    27

    12775

    64746

    19.73

    19

    JM Financial

    8974

    0

    0

    8974

    13596

    66.00

    20

    Canara Robeco

    8050

    0

    922

    8972

    101895

    8.81

    21

    Bajaj Finserv

    8360

    451

    0

    8811

    20821

    42.32

    22

    Franklin Templeton

    8367

    0

    198

    8564

    106246

    8.06

    23

    PPFAS

    2488

    0

    4138

    6626

    103462

    6.40

    24

    Union

    6068

    0

    0

    6068

    19700

    30.80

    25

    Quant

    1994

    0

    3105

    5098

    86016

    5.93

    26

    Zerodha

    0

    4033

    0

    4033

    5310

    75.95

    27

    Mahindra Manulife

    2625

    0

    551

    3176

    27090

    11.72

    28

    Bank of India

    2370

    0

    65

    2435

    11351

    21.45

    29

    360 One Asset

    1747

    0

    0

    1747

    11231

    15.55

    30

    Motilal Oswal

    1487

    101

    91

    1678

    91740

    1.83

    31

    PGIM India

    1139

    27

    0

    1165

    23450

    4.97

    32

    Trust

    1073

    0

    0

    1073

    2753

    38.98

    33

    WhiteOak Capital

    761

    0

    0

    761

    17093

    4.45

    34

    Quantum

    672

    0

    0

    672

    2595

    25.88

    35

    ITI

    381

    0

    0

    381

    9014

    4.23

    36

    Groww

    302

    62

    0

    365

    1594

    22.87

    37

    Shriram

    288

    27

    0

    315

    917

    34.34

    38

    NJ

    206

    0

    0

    206

    6326

    3.26

    39

    Helios

    157

    0

    0

    157

    3507

    4.47

    40

    Navi

    74

    0

    0

    74

    7126

    1.04

    41

    Samco

    60

    0

    0

    60

    2754

    2.19

    42

    Taurus

    0

    0

    0

    0

    852

    0.00

    43

    Old Bridge

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1258

    0.00

    44

    Unifi

     

     

     

    0

    320

    0.00

    45

    Angel One

     

     

     

    0

     

     

    Overall AUM

    1732500

    201519

    46869

    1980887

    6670893

    29.69

     

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