Bhavana Acharya
Founding partner & Head – MFs and equities
About Bhavana
Bhavana was Deputy head of research at FundsIndia and was instrumental in converting many of the research outputs to products on the platform. She is a management graduate in finance with over 11 years of experience. 4 years were at FundsIndia, 7 years with The Hindu Business Line as research analyst.
Bhavana is an expert at analyzing stocks, sectors, and funds and creating portfolio products for investors. She is adept at providing structure and process to any research work and ensures a transparent and clear methodology to analysing products in an unbiased manner.
Bhavana’s ability to simplify complex analysis into simple, well-written, actionable commentaries has won the praise of many investors.
Bhavana is a management graduate from BIM.
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Bhavana in the media
- Why the carnage in mid and small cap stocks hit hybrid funds – Money Control
- Mutual funds bet on mid-caps cautiously – Economic Times
- Not so rewarding Credit card rewards – The Hindu Business Line
- Portfolio diversification – why and how – FundsIndia
- The lowdown on sector funds – FundsIndia
- It’s consumers to the rescue! – The Hindu Business Line
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Bhavana's recent articles
Prime Recommendation: A fund to move with the market
With the Sensex hurtling past the 60,000-mark and showing few signs of slowing down, you may be getting increasingly jittery about stock markets. If you’re wondering where in this market to invest and how to move with the market, then we have an option.
How you should use sector funds
It’s fairly obvious that sector funds and thematic funds can offer a good avenue to boost returns. Another plus is that these funds give you some control over which sector to hold, based on where you think opportunities are – unlike other equity funds where sector allocations are based on fund manager views.
IPO Review: Should you invest in the Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC IPO?
If not the fund, should you invest in the fund house? The Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC IPO is open now, through which the AMC’s sponsors Aditya Birla Capital and Sun Life AMC will offload stake.
NFO Review: HDFC Developed World Indexes FOF
This is the HDFC Developed World Indexes FOF, a fund that aims to track the MSCI World index. What’s this index, how does the fund plan to track it, and does it fit a portfolio? Let’s dig in.
NFO Review: Mirae Asset S&P 500 Top 50 ETF and FOF
Mirae Asset S&P 500 Top 50 ETF and FOF is a new NFO to hit the market, as part of this passive pipeline that will invest in the ETF. Does this index make for a good portfolio addition?
Should you use balanced advantage funds for SWPs?
Balanced Advantage Funds for SWPs – Last week saw the NFO of SBI Balanced Advantage Fund close – and collect a whopping Rs 14,500 crore. That puts it in third place, in terms of size, in the balanced advantage/dynamic asset allocation category. A lot of the attraction here for investors, seeded by the distributors and the fund itself, centered around the scheme’s ability to offer monthly income.