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Number of complaints in MF industry drops 40%
Financial Express Kolkata
|February 18, 2026
TRUST DEEPENS
IN A CLEAR sign of the mutual fund industry attaining maturity, the number of folios has been rising at a fast clip while complaints have declined by over 40% year-on-year.
According to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), the number of complaints has gone down from 1,379 in January 2025 to 784 in January 2026, marking a 43.15% reduction.
Venkat Chalasani, chief executive at Amfi, said: “The mutual fund industry has steadily strengthened investor servicing through deeper digitisation, tighter compliance, and more robust grievance redressal mechanisms.”
This story is from the February 18, 2026 edition of Financial Express Kolkata.
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