'We're bullish on Indian equity, despite volatility'

Summary: quant Mutual Fund’s founder and CIO calls the year one of strong performance despite a tough backdrop and names a mistake rooted in his own data-driven approach. He puts a ceiling on how big passives will get, and when asked about falling average assets, he answers with a different set of numbers.

Summary: quant Mutual Fund’s founder and CIO calls the year one of strong performance despite a tough backdrop and names a mistake rooted in his own data-driven approach. He puts a ceiling on how big passives will get, and when asked about falling average assets, he answers with a different set of numbers. How would you describe the past 12 months for your fund house in one sentence? Our Predictive Analytics and VLRT framework made quant Mutual Fund a top performer in most categories, despite a tough macro environment. What was your single biggest mistake this year, and what did it cost investors? Our philosophy relies on decades of data, so we avoided new-age tech platforms lacking measurable data and cash-flow visibility. Thus, some mid-cap-oriented schemes la

This article was originally published on October 23, 2026.