Aashish P Somaiyaa, Chief Executive Officer, White Oak Capital Management, answers questions related to key industry issues
24-Dec-2021 •Research Desk
What is your strategic roadmap? Where do you visualise your AMC five years down the line?
The White Oak Group is purely an investment-management house founded by a professional fund manager and managed by investment professionals. It is not a bank, broker, mortgage company, fintech, industrial conglomerate et al; there is no background other than fund management. Over the years, the mutual fund industry, and distribution in particular, has become more open and meritocratic and the digital ecosystem has also made it more democratic, which means that product differentiation and performance is the 90 per cent rule for success in this industry. We will lead with product differentiation and a performance-first culture coupled with an omni-channel presence (physical, virtual and digital), covering the length and breadth of the country. In five years, we see ourselves as a preferred equity manager for domestic and global equities out of India.
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Disclaimer: "The regulator has approved White Oak Group's application to act as sponsor of Yes AMC but the integration is still in process"
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