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MF cash kitty swells 29% in Oct

Financial Express Bengaluru

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November 15, 2025

THE OVERALL CASH buffer kept by mutual fund houses rose by 29% in October when debt funds recorded their highest inflow of %1.6 lakh crore in nearly six months.

- ANANYA GROVER & CHRISTINA TITUS

According to monthly mutual fund tracker of Prime MF database, overall cash holdings of mutual funds rose by ₹95,971.58 crore to %4.27 lakh crore. Of the total increase, 6,892.13 crore was added in equity schemes where the total cash holding stood at $1.51 lakh crore.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund raised the cash buffer the most by 22,566.33 crore. For Nippon India Mutual Fund, Axis Mutual Fund, and Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, the increase was between 8,391.31 crore and %8,822.20 crore.

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