Investing Mistakes Senior Vice President - Equity With 20 Years Experience Still Sees Every Single Day | Paisa Vaisa | Anupam Gupta
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Anupam Gupta interviews Karthikraj Lakshmanan about investing strategies and insights from a seasoned equity fund manager.
In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta sits down with Karthikraj Lakshmanan, Senior Vice President - Equity at UTI Asset Management Company, one of India's most experienced equity fund managers with over two decades in the markets. Karthik manages the UTI Large Cap Fund (formerly UTI Master Share, one of India's oldest mutual funds with a 40-year history), the UTI MNC Fund, and the recently launched UTI Multicap Fund. This is a masterclass in how professional fund managers think about Indian equities, sectors, valuations, and long-term wealth creation. We cover India's macroeconomic outlook for FY26, why large cap stocks are better positioned than small and mid caps right now, the state of the Indian banking sector (private vs PSU banks), the future of Indian IT in an AI-disrupted world, and how UTI uses its proprietary 'Score Alpha' framework a 3x3 ROC and operating cash flow matrix to evaluate and rank stocks across the entire investable universe. Karthik also breaks down the difference between flexi cap and multicap funds, explains how MNC funds are evolving with Indian exporters now included, and shares his honest views on gold and silver inflows chasing momentum…
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