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'Small caps will drive India's future growth'

An exclusive conversation with Sandeep Bagla, CEO, TRUST MF

‘Small caps will drive India’s future growth’

Model-driven vs human-led portfolios? We are currently launching core equity and hybrid products. We may launch model-driven strategies later to complement our fund manager-led strategies. India has only 100 large-cap and 150 mid-cap companies. The country’s future growth is likely to come from the 4,500+ small-cap stocks. Many small caps have experienced significant growth and become quite large in terms of market size. We believe that alpha in the future will be generated from sectors that are expanding and from fund managers who can navigate the changing business envir

This article was originally published on October 27, 2025.