Retail frenzy creates Rs 17,500-crore confusion for smallcap fund managers

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Even as retail investors continue to loosen purses for smallcap mutual funds, AMCs are sitting on a cash pile of Rs 17,500 crore..

Fund managers have chosen to keep about 7.6% of the total assets under management (AUM) in cash, shows data collected by ET Mutual Funds...

Nippon India Small Cap Fund, the largest small cap scheme in the small cap category based on assets managed, was sitting on Rs 1,853.26 crore cash..

Quant Small Cap Fund was sitting with Rs 1,182.41 crore cash making it to 8.16% of its equity AUM...

The market regulator Sebi has told mutual funds to frame a policy to protect the interest of investors of small and midcap mutual fund schemes...

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