Radhika Gupta
Managing director and CEO, Edelweiss Asset ManagementAbout
Under Gupta, Edelweiss Mutual Fund earnedthe distinction of becoming the fastest-growing asset management company (AMC) duringFY20. At the end of July 2020, the AMC managed assets in excess of ₹40,000 crore. However,Gupta counts the launch of Bharat Bond ETF asher marquee achievement in the past year. Boththe product and category were created ground-up by Gupta’s AMC, and after its formal launchin December 2019, Bharat Bond’s market debutrequired close coordination with 10 ministries,PSUs, regulators like SEBI/IRDAI, stock exchanges, and many other stakeholders. Still, the firsttranche of ₹12,000 crore was launched 12 daysafter cabinet approval, while the second trancheof ₹11,000 crore was successfully completed afterthe debt mutual fund crisis of April (following theabrupt closure of six debt fund schemes by Franklin Templeton MF), and during the pandemic inJuly this year.
