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Inflow in balanced MFs rises fourfold in first half of FY18

Investors' fancy for balanced mutual funds is refusing to die. Interest and inflows into balanced funds have continued to grow with the category seeing nearly a fourfold jump in inflows in the first half of the current financial year.During the April-September period of 2017-18, balanced funds - which typically invest in debt as well equity and offer investors reasonable returns - witnessed an inflow of Rs 47,045 crore against Rs 11,828 crore in the corresponding period last year. This is a significant incremental flows pushing the overall asset under management of balanced funds to nearly Rs 1.35 lakh crore against Rs 84,800 crore in March.With markets at uncomfortably higher levels which has made several market participants as well as fund managers conscious and cautious, investors are increasingly looking for reasonable return on their investment with relatively lesser risks. This is what which has made the balanced funds exceptionally popular in the last two years. On an average, .