Hindenburg report: Mutual funds invested

Mutual funds in India have currently invested ₹41,814 crore into Adani companies, according to a Moneycontrol report, which added that all these companies are now in focus due to the latest Hindenburg report.
The new report by US-based short seller Hindenburg Research LLC which cited whistleblower documents, alleged that Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch owned stakes in offshore funds related to what Hindenburg calls the “Adani money siphoning scandal.”
Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch denied the allegations, calling them “baseless” and an attempt at “character assassination.”
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The report was published on the night of Saturday, August 10, 2024. When the markets opened on Monday, August 9, Adani group shares were mostly in the red.
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Around 9.45 AM IST, Adani Enterprises Ltd dropped by 4.10%, trading at ₹3,054.50, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd traded about 2.44% lower at ₹1,496.75, Ambuja Cements traded flat at ₹628.25, and ACC dropped by 1.49% at ₹2,316.35.
Currently 11 Adani companies are listed on the Indian stock exchanges. These include ACC, Ambuja Cements, Adani Ports and SEZ, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Enterprises, Adani Green Energy, Adani Power, Adani Total Gas, Adani Wilmar, New Delhi Television (NDTV), and Sanghi Industries.
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However, mutual funds do not hold investments in NDTV, according to the Moneycontrol report.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd had the highest amount of investment by mutual funds at ₹13,024.22 crore, spread across 111 funds. Ambuja Cements came next, with an investment of ₹8,999.25 crore, ACC had an investment of ₹7,668.38 crore, and Adani Enterprises had a ₹7,290.63 crore investment, according to Value Research data.
SBI Nifty 50 ETF invested the most ( ₹1,520.59 crore) in Adani Ports, while Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund invested ₹701.90 crore and SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund invested ₹649.12 crore.
DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund had the highest exposure at 4.17%, having invested ₹133.78 crore, followed by NJ Arbitrage Fund, which at 3.99%, invested ₹15.44 crore, and DSP Equity Savings Fund, at 3.04%, invested ₹40.99 crore in Adani Ports.
A total of 140 schemes invested ₹7,668.38 crore in ACC, but only 32 of them were passive schemes, and they invested only ₹63.47 crore at the end of July 2024.
HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund invested ₹1,149.44 crore, Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund invested ₹572.26 crore and SBI Contra Fund invested ₹373.88 crore.
PGIM India Arbitrage Fund had a 7.56% investment, UTI BSE Housing Index Fund had a 3.42% investment, and Kotak BSE Housing Index Fund invested 3.42%.
From the total of ₹41,813.57 crore, passive funds held ₹11,777.36 crore and passive mutual fund schemes held ₹30,036.21 crore.
Passive funds invested most in Adani Wilmar (100%), and least in ACC (0.8%). Adani Green Energy had a 92.1% investment, while Adani Total Gas had 91.8%.