India-focused equity funds have witnessed accelerating foreign outflows this year, with investors pulling out $8.5 billion in 2026 and reversing more than half of the inflows that poured into the country after 2023, as global capital rotates toward US technology and artificial intelligence-linked markets.
About 55% of the inflows received during the March 2023-October 2024 period have now been redeemed, according to Elara Securities' latest Global Liquidity Tracker. Most of the withdrawals have come from Luxembourg and Japan-domiciled funds."India remains a funding source for this global rotation," the brokerage said, adding that redemptions from India-focused funds have accelerated since the start of the year as investors redirected capital toward AI-linked opportunities in Taiwan and South Korea.The outflows come amid a broader rush of money back into U.S. equities, which attracted an unprecedented $120 billion in inflows in the latest week, led by exchange-traded funds (ETFs).Elara said the dollar index has surged to a one-year high as investors increasingly position for a "higher-for-longer" interest-rate environment and concentrate bets on US technology companies viewed as direct beneficiaries of the AI boom.
Nearly $50 billion of the inflows into US equities went into three ETFs benchmarked to the S&P 500, while US mid-cap ETFs attracted a record $20 billion. U.S. small-cap ETFs received $12.3 billion, their largest inflows since June 2007, and US technology sector funds drew a record $19.2 billion."The euphoria in global AI trade is narrowing to play the U.S. tech innovators while the peripheral AI ecosystem flows are gradually slowing," the report said.Emerging market funds continued to witness redemptions, although the pace slowed to $570 million from around $3 billion in each of the previous two weeks.Elara said global emerging market funds have increasingly become a proxy for the AI value-chain trade as South Korea and Taiwan now account for around 52% of the benchmark emerging market index.Country-level flows turned positive again for South Korea and Taiwan after six weeks of weakness, with foreign inflows of $1.3 billion and $600 million, respectively.On the other hand, India and China remained under pressure, recording outflows of $440 million and $1.7 billion, respectively. Brazil and Mexico, both major beneficiaries of the AI and commodity rally over the past year, also continued to see redemptions.Meanwhile, investors continued to pull money out of precious metals funds. Outflows from the category rose to a 12-week high of $3 billion, taking cumulative withdrawals since March to $18 billion, according to the report.
Report by Anisha Kumar
Source:Network18

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