Ajay Argal

FTAM-India’s investment philosophy is based on the belief that the analysis of fundamentals is more rewarding in the long-term than technical, even though these can be useful in the short-term. The firm's equity portfolio managers are primarily bottom-up investors. They conduct in-house fundamental research and use quantitative models based on proprietary research to screen the equity market and filter investment opportunities. FTAM-India complements this research process with company visits and meetings with key management.

BAM-Asia is an active, GARP-oriented manager which performs in-house research to identify and exploit unrecognized growth opportunities. The firm also draws on the expertise of BAM's global sector teams in Tokyo and London to determine macroeconomic themes and emerging trends. For enhanced index, multi-asset and fixed-income, the firm's emphasis is top-down. For fixed income, BAM-Asia believes that an in-depth understanding of consensus drivers helps reveal out-performance potential. For their actively managed equity funds and their range of single strategy hedge funds, the firm seeks companies whose growth prospects are not reflected in their prices.

UTI-IM considers asset allocation and sector allocation to be as important as stock picking and therefore combines top-down and bottom-up approaches, adapting portfolios to varying market conditions and making sure investment opportunities are not overlooked. They make investments based on their in-house research.

ABSLAMC-IM is a long-term, fundamental research-based investor which manages portfolios invested in equity, fixed-income and money-market instruments across regions and sectors. These assets are available via a wide range of financial vehicles including diversified or sector specific equity funds, fund of funds, hybrid and monthly income funds, debt and treasury products and offshore funds. These funds can be actively or passively managed.