
Ever since the Adani saga unfolded, most mutual fund investors have been asking whether their mutual funds or schemes have investments in Adani stocks. After US-based short-seller Hindenburg put out a report questioning the finances of the Adani group, most Adani group companies lost heavily.
ETMutualFunds looked at data and found out that several mutual funds had investments in the Adani Group companies like Adani Enterprise, Adani Green Energy, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Adani Power Ltd., Adani Total Gas., Adani Transmission, Adani Wilmar, Ambuja Cement, and ACC Ltd.
Mutual funds had the highest holding of around Rs 8,204.01 in Ambuja Cement, followed by Rs 7,996.16 crore in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and Rs 5,097.67 crore in Adani Enterprise.
Company |
Market Value (Rs Crore) |
No of Shares |
Ambuja Cement | 8,204.01 | 156,535,079 |
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. | 7,996.16 | 97,740,662 |
Adani Enterprises Ltd. | 5,097.67 | 13,212,030 |
ACC Ltd. | 3,743.86 | 15,333,652 |
Adani Total Gas Ltd. | 557.07 | 1,508,510 |
Adani Transmission Ltd. | 394.88 | 1,525,061 |
Adani Green Energy Ltd. | 374.07 | 1,936,368 |
Adani Wilmar Ltd. | 14.69 | 237,799 |
Adani Power Ltd. | 5.53 | 184,719 |
Total mutual fund holdings |
26,387.94 |
177,076,469 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
SBI Mutual Fund had the highest exposure of Rs 6,142 crore in Adani group, followed by UTI Mutual Fund with around Rs 2,333.26 crore exposure. SBI Mutual Fund’s highest exposure was in Adani Enterprises, followed by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone ( Rs 1816.40 crore).
UTI Mutual Fund had a total exposure of Rs 2,333.26 crore, with around Rs 863.29 crore in Adani Enterprises Ltd. It also had exposure in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone ( Rs 727.37 crore).
Kotak Mutual Fund had total exposure of Rs 2,329.22 crore in Adani Group companies. It invested around Rs 1,080 crore in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, and Rs 661.39 crore in Ambuja Cements.Nippon India Mutual Fund had total exposure of Rs 2095.40 crore. It had exposure in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Rs 689.21 crore), and Ambuja Cements ( Rs 663.20 crore).
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund had an exposure of Rs 2,091.58 crore. It had investments around Rs 692.68 in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone. It also had investments in Ambuja Cement (Rs 505.98 crore).
Exposure in Adani group companies | ||
Mutual Fund |
Market Value (Rs Crore) |
No of Shares |
SBI Mutual Fund | 6,142.49 | 47,542,283 |
UTI Mutual Fund | 2,333.26 | 19,790,082 |
Kotak Mutual Fund | 2,329.22 | 27,591,979 |
Nippon India Mutual Fund | 2,095.40 | 23,681,983 |
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund | 2,091.58 | 21,369,599 |
HDFC Mutual Fund | 1,589.94 | 22,150,296 |
Tata Mutual Fund | 1,549.01 | 17,676,227 |
Quant Mutual Fund | 1,276.16 | 19,579,686 |
Axis Mutual Fund | 1,122.17 | 13,187,729 |
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 912.41 | 10,027,314 |
DSP Mutual Fund | 835.52 | 7,515,756 |
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 760.81 | 13,858,639 |
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund | 694.83 | 12,559,725 |
Edelweiss Mutual Fund | 354.26 | 5,447,077 |
IDFC Mutual Fund | 348.76 | 4,144,989 |
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund | 334.01 | 1,387,985 |
NJ Mutual Fund | 318.91 | 2,182,627 |
HSBC Mutual Fund | 274.10 | 4,050,881 |
Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund | 172.61 | 2,864,850 |
Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund | 172.55 | 1,639,625 |
Invesco Mutual Fund | 165.53 | 3,028,003 |
Sundaram Mutual Fund | 123.54 | 2,057,699 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
We have included only mutual fund houses with exposure above Rs 100 crore.
SBI Mutual Fund had the highest holding in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Adani Enterprise. SBI Mutual Fund held around Rs 1,816.40 crore in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Here are the schemes that had a holding in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ) | ||
Scheme Name |
Market Value (Rs Crore) |
No of Shares |
SBI Nifty 50 ETF | 1,196.60 | 14,626,562 |
SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund | 273.35 | 3,341,250 |
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund | 198.03 | 2,420,625 |
SBI Equity Savings Fund | 110.34 | 1,348,750 |
SBI Nifty Index Fund | 24.46 | 299,032 |
SBI Infrastructure Fund | 12.27 | 150,000 |
SBI Equity Minimum Variance Fund | 1.30 | 15,884 |
SBI S&P BSE 100 ETF | 0.04 | 520 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Adani Enterprise Ltd. |
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Scheme Name |
Market Value (Rs Crore) |
No of Shares |
SBI Nifty 50 ETF | 2,042.27 | 5,293,113 |
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund | 550.39 | 1,426,500 |
SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund | 125.78 | 326,000 |
SBI Nifty Index Fund | 41.75 | 108,214 |
SBI Equity Savings Fund | 14.37 | 37,250 |
SBI Equity Minimum Variance Fund | 1.46 | 3,771 |
SBI S&P BSE 100 ETF | 0.07 | 194 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Adani Green Energy: Nippon India Mutual Fund had investments of around Rs 79.33 crore in the company. UTI Mutual Fund had around Rs 77.55 crore in the company. Here are Nippon India schemes that had investments in Adani Green Energy.
Scheme Name |
Market Value (Rs Crore) |
No of Shares |
Nippon India ETF Nifty Next 50 Junior BeES | 78.00 | 403,763 |
Nippon India ETF Nifty 100 | 1.33 | 6,878 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Adani Power Ltd. – In Adani Power Ltd., Kotak Mutual Fund had the highest holding of around Rs 3.86 crore which is followed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund had a holding of Rs 1.01 crore as on December 2022 which was reduced from Rs 1.15 crore as on November 2022. The other fund house that had exposure in Adani Power Ltd were Nippon India Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, and UTI Mutual Fund. Only ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund had prior holding in the company whereas the mutual fund houses mentioned above didn’t had prior exposure.
Scheme Name |
Market Value (Rs Crore) |
No of Shares |
Kotak Nifty Alpha 50 ETF | 3.86 | 128,908 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Adani Total Gas Ltd. – Nippon India Mutual Fund had the highest holding in Adani Total Gas Ltd of around Rs 119.65 crore which is followed by UTI Mutual Fund which had holding of around Rs 116.96 crore. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund was third in the list that had holding of around Rs 112.08 crore.
Scheme Name | Market Value (Rs Crore) | No of Shares |
Nippon India ETF Nifty Next 50 Junior BeES | 117.65 | 318,576 |
Nippon India ETF Nifty 100 | 2.00 | 5,427 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Adani Transmission Ltd. – Nippon India Mutual Fund had the highest holding of around Rs 86.67 crore in Adani Transmission Ltd followed by UTI Mutual Fund that had holding of around Rs 83.18 crore. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund was third on the list, which had holding of Rs 80.16 crore.
Scheme Name | Market Value (Rs Crore) | No of Shares |
Nippon India ETF Nifty Next 50 Junior BeES | 83.66 | 323,124 |
Nippon India ETF Nifty India Consumption | 1.58 | 6,096 |
Nippon India ETF Nifty 100 | 1.43 | 5,504 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Adani Wilmar Ltd. – Nippon India Mutual Fund had the highest holding of around Rs 6.05 crore followed by Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund which had holding of around Rs 4.96 crore. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund was third in the list that had holding of around Rs 1.44 crore. The other five fund houses that had holding in Adani Wilmar Ltd was a small corpus.
Scheme Name | Market Value (Rs Crore) | No of Shares |
Nippon India ETF Nifty Midcap 150 | 3.15 | 51,073 |
Nippon India Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund | 2.90 | 46,933 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
ACC Ltd. – Tata Mutual Fund had the highest holding of around Rs 607.77 crore followed by SBI Mutual Fund which had holding of Rs 603.75 crore. Here’s the schemes of Tata Mutual Fund that had exposure in ACC Ltd. :
Scheme Name | Market Value (Rs Crore) | No of Shares |
Tata Equity P/E Fund | 170.91 | 700,000 |
Tata Balanced Adv Fund | 90.29 | 369,800 |
Tata Arbitrage Fund | 65.80 | 269,500 |
Tata Mid Cap Growth Fund | 39.07 | 160,000 |
Tata Infrastructure Fund | 36.14 | 148,000 |
Tata Large & Mid Cap Fund | 34.18 | 140,000 |
Tata Focused Equity Fund | 25.57 | 104,746 |
Tata Flexi Cap Fund | 24.42 | 100,000 |
Tata Retirement Sav Fund – Mod Plan | 20.75 | 85,000 |
Tata Retirement Sav Fund – Prog Plan | 19.53 | 80,000 |
Tata Dividend Yield Fund | 19.38 | 79,367 |
Tata Business Cycle Fund | 18.31 | 75,000 |
Tata Hybrid Equity Fund | 17.09 | 70,000 |
Tata Multi Asset Opp Fund | 12.43 | 50,900 |
Tata Resources & Energy Fund | 8.55 | 35,000 |
Tata Young Citizen Fund | 4.15 | 17,000 |
Tata Retirement Sav Fund – Cons Plan | 0.73 | 3,000 |
Tata Equity Savings Fund | 0.47 | 1,920 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022
Ambuja Cements Ltd. – SBI Mutual Fund had the highest holding in Ambuja Cements Ltd of around Rs 789.99 crore followed by HDFC Mutual Fund that had holding of around Rs 740.03 crore.
Scheme Name | Market Value (Rs Crore) | No of Shares |
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund | 263.58 | 5,029,200 |
SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund | 260.00 | 4,960,800 |
SBI Long Term Equity Fund | 143.50 | 2,738,019 |
SBI Nifty Next 50 ETF | 39.64 | 756,356 |
SBI Magnum Comma Fund | 39.31 | 750,000 |
SBI Equity Savings Fund | 23.58 | 450,000 |
SBI Nifty Next 50 Index Fund | 15.38 | 293,548 |
SBI Multi Asset Allocation Fund | 2.61 | 49,743 |
SBI CPO Fund-A-4 | 0.69 | 13,225 |
SBI CPO Fund-A-5 | 0.51 | 9,741 |
SBI CPO Fund-A-3 | 0.43 | 8,254 |
SBI S&P BSE Sensex Next 50 ETF | 0.27 | 5,085 |
SBI CPO Fund-A-6 | 0.20 | 3,883 |
SBI CPO Fund-A-7 | 0.15 | 2,930 |
SBI CPO Fund-A-8 | 0.10 | 1,914 |
SBI S&P BSE 100 ETF | 0.03 | 520 |
Source: ACE MF, Data as on December 2022