Domestic investors pumped Rs 1.14 lakh crore into AIFs in 18 months to September 2025, reflecting that the industry is building a locally-anchored capital base, a report by Crisil said.
Domestic investors accounted for 55.3 per cent of category I and II AIF capital in September 2025, up from 50.3 per cent in March 2024, with an incremental inflow of Rs 1.14 lakh crore over the period intervening, the report added.
“That indicates the industry is building a more self-sustaining, locally anchored capital base, reducing its reliance on foreign capital,” according to the third edition of ‘No Ifs About AIFs’, a benchmark-led assessment of India’s AIF ecosystem by Oister Global and Crisil Limited.
Cumulative alternative investment fund (AIF) commitments across Categories I, II and III reached Rs 15.05 lakh crore as of September 2025, clocking a compound annual growth rate of 30.7 per cent between fiscal 2021 and the first half of fiscal 2026, it highlighted.
On the outcome, the report sa