New Delhi, April 21 -- Despite volatility in the market, the value of assets held by individual investors in mutual funds jumped 21.02 percent in the past one year from Rs.33.31 lakh crore in March 2024 to Rs.40.31 lakh crore in March 2025, the industry trends data released by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) shows.

The value of institutional assets, meanwhile, has risen from Rs.21.70 lakh crore in March 24 to Rs.26.39 lakh crore in March 2025, an increase of 21.63 per cent. However, individual investors now own a slightly lower proportion of industry assets. They now own 60.4 percent of mutual fund assets (in March 2025) against 60.5 percent in March 2024.

Institutional investors account for 39.6 percent of assets of which c...