BNP Paribas MF expands its equities fund management team

BNP Paribas Mutual Fund continues to expand its equities fund management team with the addition of two senior members to enhance its research capabilities.

Mr. Apurva Shah has joined the team as Head - Investment Research and will head a team of analysts across asset classes. Mr. Shah was the Head of Research - Institutional Equities at Prabhudas Lilladher leading an 18-member research team and has over a decade of experience in the Indian equity markets first as an analyst covering various sectors and then as a strategist covering market overall. Through his career, he has covered sectors as varied as Technology, Media and Financials. Mr. Shah is a CFA charter, a post graduate degree in management from Mumbai University and an engineer from Poona University.

Mr. Abhijeet Dey, with over 10 years of experience, has also joined the team as a Senior Research Analyst. In his previous assignment, Mr. Dey was a Senior Research Analyst at Kotak Mahindra AMC. Mr. Dey has a master’s degree in management and is an Engineer from Mumbai University.

Announcing these appointments, Mr. Nikhil Johri, Managing Director, BNP Paribas Asset Management said, “We are delighted to welcome Apurva and Abhijeet to our team and are sure that their expertise and experience will add a lot of value to the performance track record of our funds.”

“We have been investing in building our team and capabilities in India as part of our endeavour to achieve our long term business ambitions in the country. We continue to strive towards delivering better performance for the benefit of our investors”, he added.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bnp-paribas-mf-expands-its-equities-fund-management-team/450619/