MUMBAI: In the aftermath of Franklin Templeton India winding down six debt schemes, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) on Friday rushed to assure investors that their money in debt schemes is safe. "The action taken by the particular AMC (asset management company) is limited to the six specific credit risk fixed income schemes managed by the said AMC due to the illiquidity of their portfolios.
The assets under management (AUM) of these six schemes constitute less than 1.4% of the Indian Mutual Fund Industry’s aggregate AUM as on March 31, 2020," said AMFI in a press statement.
Liquidity, maturity profile and credit quality for debt funds are appropriate for day- to-day smooth operations, AMFI added.