ICICI Prudential MF’s Anish Tawakley, who is the deputy CIO (Equity) at the fund house.
He said the banking system would struggle with deposits due to consolidation in the sector, which would put pressure on its income ratios and margins.
Tawakley said that while they are underweight in banks, they are “overweight in mutual fund houses and insurance companies”.
“I like quality and growth companies because they are market leaders. But I don’t like companies that fall in the middle. They are neither market leaders nor cheap.”
“When either the economy is bottoming out, or people are still pessimistic. Or where capacity utilisation has peaked, and earnings are likely to plummet.”
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