- About 32 asset management companies have exposure to the group companies through 406 mutual funds schemes, as on December 2022, shows Value Research data.
- Active mutual fund managers are known to be largely staying away from
Adani Group stocks. - However, some of the group companies are part of the benchmark index, which brings exposure to Adani Group stocks by default as passive funds usually mimic the benchmark indices.
Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports & SEZ are part of the Nifty 50 index, while Adani Green Energy and Adani Transmission are components of the Nifty Next 50 index.
A Value Research report shows that 32 asset management companies have exposure to the group companies through 406 mutual funds schemes, as on December 2022.
Nearly 3 crore investors put their hard earned money into the stock market through mutual funds.
Sharp erosion of ₹11.17 lakh crore in market capitalisation of nine listed Adani Group companies since January 24 have had a deep cut in market and will also impact performance of schemes having exposure to these companies.
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Active mutual fund managers are known to be largely staying away from Adani Group stocks. However, some of the group companies are part of the benchmark index, which brings exposure to Adani Group stocks by default as passive funds usually mimic the benchmark index.
Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports & SEZ are part of the Nifty 50 index, while Adani Green Energy and Adani Transmission are components of the Nifty Next 50 index.
SBI Mutual Fund has the highest exposure at ₹4,748 crore to the Adani Group companies in absolute terms followed by UTI MF - with ₹1,868 crore, and
Also, SBI MF is the top mutual fund house with assets of ₹7.12 lakh crore as on December 2022, as per the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) data.
Here are the top 20 fund houses that have in terms of exposure to Adani Group companies:
All the nine Adani Group stocks have been in deep red since January 24 when the Hindenburg report was published alleging stock manipulation, accounting fraud and substantial debt among others.
The report had sparked concerns about the group’s ability to repay loans and the exposure of Indian banks as well as the state-run insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India’s investment in Adani Group companies.
The company’s withdrawal of its ₹20,000 crore follow-on-public offering (FPO) also did not go well with the market sentiment.
In fact from today, stock exchange NSE has put Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports and SEZ and Ambuja Cements under short term additional surveillance measure (ASM).
“After the Adani crisis broke out, the market has been on a twin track - crash in Adani stocks and stability in the rest of the market. The banking segment, which also came under pressure on fears of the crisis impacting banks, has recovered. The crisis is unlikely to pose any systemic risk to the Indian banking system. It appears that the Adani crisis’ impact on the market is slowly dying down,” said V K Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
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