Flexi-cap mutual fund schemes attracted nearly ₹50,000 crore in net inflows during January-July 2026, marking a 27% increase over the year-ago period, as reported by The Hindu BusinessLine, Business Standard, and Outlook Business. The strong flow momentum has been accompanied by a sharp expansion in the investor and asset base. According to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), the category recorded ₹49,915 crore in net inflows during the seven-month period, compared to ₹39,187 crore during the same period in 2025. The March quarter alone saw inflows of ₹24,651 crore, while the June quarter recorded ₹20,555 crore in inflows, demonstrating consistent performance throughout the year. In July, schemes registered ₹4,709 crore in inflows, compared with ₹5,231 crore in June, as reported by PTI.
Flexi-cap fund folios rose to 2.44 crore in July 2026 from 1.94 crore a year earlier, adding around 50 lakh investor accounts, according to The Hindu BusinessLine, Business Standard, and Outlook Business. Assets under management of the category stood at around ₹6 lakh crore as of July 2026, up from ₹4.94 lakh crore in July 2025. Chirag Mehta, CIO of Quantum AMC, noted that the category recorded the highest folio growth of 25.7% year-on-year and maintained a 19% market share in July and 27% over the last 12 months of total net equity flows. According to Mehta, investors appear to prefer strategies that can adapt quickly rather than those locked into a particular market-cap segment, reflecting more than a search for returns with investors moving away from rigid market-cap bets towards manager-led allocation.
While monthly flows moderated in July, flexi-cap funds continued to command a significant share of equity mutual fund flows. As reported by The Hindu BusinessLine, Business Standard, and PTI, the category received ₹4,709 crore in July, compared with ₹5,231 crore in June. Chirag Mehta, CIO of Quantum AMC, noted that the category recorded the highest folio growth of 25.7% year-on-year and maintained a 19% market share in July and 27% over the last 12 months of total net equity flows. According to Mehta, the rising inflows reflect more than a search for returns, with investors increasingly moving away from rigid market-cap bets towards manager-led allocation. The flexibility has gained importance amid global interest-rate movements, geopolitical developments, earnings divergence and elevated valuations.
According to Mehta, the rising inflows reflect more than a search for returns, with investors increasingly moving away from rigid market-cap bets towards manager-led allocation. As reported by The Hindu BusinessLine, Business Standard, and PTI, flexi-cap funds give fund managers the freedom to allocate across large-, mid- and small-cap companies depending on valuations and emerging opportunities. The category's strong fund flows have been visible through the year, with the strategy looking for businesses that are gaining a larger share of industry economics because of factors such as disruption, consolidation, changing consumer preferences or regulatory changes. The approach seeks to identify businesses positioned to benefit from changing industry economics before such opportunities become obvious to the broader market, combining this approach with a GARP (Growth at a Reasonable Price) framework and bottom-up stock selection.
Against this backdrop, Quantum Mutual Fund has launched the Quantum Flexi Cap Fund, an open-ended dynamic equity scheme investing across large-, mid- and small-cap stocks. The New Fund Offer (NFO) opened on August 21 and will close on September 4, with the scheme reopening for continuous sale and repurchase on September 11. The fund seeks to differentiate itself through a profit-pool migration approach that focuses on identifying shifts in where economic value is being created within an industry's value chain. According to Mehta, the approach seeks to identify businesses positioned to benefit from changing industry economics before such opportunities become obvious to the broader market, combining this approach with a GARP (Growth at a Reasonable Price) framework and bottom-up stock selection. Quantum Mutual Fund offers a total of 14 schemes after nearly 20 years of operations, with the AlphaGrep Flexi Cap Fund NFO having been open for subscription from July 21 to August 4.
