In the first quarter, 1,641 funds distributed over 50 billion yuan in dividends. Equity funds account for nearly 50%, with ETFs performing the best.

Entering the second quarter, the distribution (dividend) boom in public mutual funds continues to heat up. With 22 funds having released distribution-related announcements in close succession, the trend of “returning cash directly to investors” remains in full swing.

Wind data statistics show that, in the first quarter, both the scale and intensity of dividend distributions by public mutual funds were outstanding. A total of 1,641 funds (with shares counted separately) distributed a combined dividend amount of RMB 53.21 billion (using the dividend payment day as the statistical reference), highlighting solid performance support and a sincere commitment to distributions. Among them, bond funds accounted for 885 funds, making them the absolute leader in Q1, while stock funds + hybrid funds totaled 700 funds.

Specifically, in Q1, bond funds’ total dividend distribution amounted to RMB 22.68B. Of this, mid-to-long-term pure bond fund distributions were RMB 14.81B, accounting for 65.27% of the total bond fund dividend amount.

There were 463 stock funds, with a total dividend distribution of RMB 21.51B. Worth noting is that, within stock funds, passive index funds showed strong distribution willingness: 426 passive index funds distributed a total of RMB 19.96B, accounting for 92.79% of the total stock fund dividend amount.

By distribution amount, the top four are all large-cap broad-based index ETFs, and all their dividend amounts exceeded RMB 1 billion. They are Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF, E Fund CSI 300 ETF, Southern CSI 500 ETF, and Southern CSI 1000 ETF, with amounts of RMB 9.81B, RMB 4.59B, RMB 1.16B, and RMB 1.04B, respectively.

In addition, REITs, QDII, and FOF funds also had distributions in Q1. The number of distribution times was 15, 14, and 4, respectively, and the total dividend amounts were RMB 871M, RMB 209M, and RMB 0.01 billion. However, the combined share of these three is less than 3% of the total dividend amount of all funds.

In Q1, 106 public fund institutions participated in distributions. In terms of the number of distribution products, Nanfang Fund and E Fund involved 84 and 81 funds, respectively. Following closely were Bosera Fund and GF Fund, with 76 and 75 funds, respectively. In addition, in Q1, China Merchants Fund, Guotai Fund, and Harvest Fund had more than 50 distribution funds.

Looking again at distribution amounts, 8 public fund institutions had distributions each exceeding RMB 1 billion. Huatai-PineBridge Fund led with RMB 10.98B in distributions. E Fund ranked second with RMB 9.03B, and Southern Fund ranked third with RMB 3.45B.

Edited by / Xu Nannan, Xu Nan

(Data source: Wind data)

(Edited by: Xu Nannan)

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