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What Mutual Fund CEOs Say About FinEdge

Senior leaders from India's mutual fund industry have shared their own perspectives on FinEdge — from our people and client relationships to our operating approach, technology and journey over time. Each perspective is attributed and published in full, in each leader's own words.

These are attributable external perspectives about FinEdge—not reviews, ratings, investment advice, performance claims or guarantees.

Leaders featured

  • Radhika GuptaEdelweiss Mutual Fund
  • Avinash SatwalekarFranklin Templeton India
  • Kalpen ParekhDSP Mutual Fund
  • Nilesh ShahKotak Mahindra AMC
  • Saurabh NanavatiInvesco Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Attributed perspectives

5 perspectives from India's mutual fund industry

Each card below carries the leader's own view of FinEdge. Click through to read the complete original perspective in their own words.

  • Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund

    Radhika Gupta

    MD & CEO

    Edelweiss Mutual Fund

    FinEdge's commitment to delivering elite service and their focus on putting clients first, distinguishes them in the industry.

    Their innovative approach, which combines human expertise with advanced technology in their Bionic business model, sets a high standard for excellence.

    Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund
  • Avinash Satwalekar, President, Franklin Templeton India

    Avinash Satwalekar

    President

    Franklin Templeton India

    While technology was available to scale the business, they also knew making informed investment decisions needed high touch. Hence, the choice for FinEdge was never about 'Technology or Humans' but always 'Technology and Humans' or Hutech.

    This unique 'Bionic' business model christened as 'Dreams into Action (DiA)' investing platform, was a perfect answer for building a scalable, conversational, and personalized goal-based financial planning culture in the country.

    Avinash Satwalekar, President, Franklin Templeton India
  • Kalpen Parekh, MD & CEO, DSP Mutual Fund

    Kalpen Parekh

    MD & CEO

    DSP Mutual Fund

    a very customer centric tech platform that enables them to reach lacs of Indian investors, with no barriers of geography. Being digital is easy, building trust in digital is not.

    They have used technology to make investing accessible & simple for their investors at the same time personalising portfolios in scale via human touch and well defined processes.

    Kalpen Parekh, MD & CEO, DSP Mutual Fund
  • Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mahindra AMC

    Nilesh Shah

    MD

    Kotak Mahindra AMC

    Its unique 'Bionic' business model brilliantly blends human expertise with cutting-edge technology, enabling a more efficient, personalized approach to investing.

    The company's 'Dreams into Action' platform is another feather in their cap. It revolutionizes the investment process, making it accessible and interactive.

    Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mahindra AMC
  • Saurabh Nanavati, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.

    Saurabh Nanavati

    Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

    Invesco Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.

    FinEdge's relentless commitment to excellence, their proprietary 'Dreams into Action' investing platform and outstanding client centric approach has played a pivotal role

    helping them to deliver superior investment experience to clients and helping them achieve their financial goals.

    Saurabh Nanavati, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.

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What we find meaningful in these perspectives

These are five individual perspectives, not a collective verdict. What stands out to FinEdge is the recurrence of characteristics we deliberately built around: human expertise working with technology, personalisation at scale, high-touch investing, a client-centred process and financial goals. Several leaders connect those ideas to our Bionic model and our Dreams into Action platform.

How it fits together

How these perspectives connect to FinEdge's model

These perspectives touch on different parts of how FinEdge works — the Investment Manager, technology, process and the investing journey.

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