# SEBI report: mutual fund negative return schemes triple

2026-08-09T18:06:27+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk

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The SEBI annual report for 2025-26 shows a sharp decline in mutual fund performance, with the number of schemes delivering negative annual returns nearly tripling to 731 from 243 in the previous year. Schemes in the -5% to 0% range alone rose from 172 to 492, while those with losses over 10% jumped from 30 to 93. At the same time, only 198 schemes generated returns above 10%, down from 304 in FY25. The number of schemes with returns between 5% and 10% also fell sharply to 539 from 852. Despite weak returns, the investor base expanded 13.2% to 6.1 crore unique investors.

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- livemint.com <https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/mutual-fund-schemes-with-negative-returns-surge-3-fold-in-fy26-only-198-deliver-over-10-returns-sebi-annual-report-11786281805848.html>

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