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
4 reasons why short term returns matter for MFs
While long-term returns are the best when analysing mutual fund performance,
there are certain situations where short-term returns become important.
Prime Recommendation: A thematic fund to add in long-term portfolios
Propelled by economic growth, along with signs of recovery, the underlying theme of this fund makes for a good long-term option now.
NFO Review: Motilal Oswal Nifty Microcap 250 Index Fund
Of the passive options that have caught investor attention, the NFO of the Motilal Oswal Nifty Microcap 250 index is the newest. This fund aims
NFO Review: HDFC Defence Fund
If there’s one NFO that’s trying to be a hop out of the regular, it is the HDFC Defence Fund. And with good reason – the defence space has been garnering increasing attention in stock markets with defence plays rallying. This open-ended thematic fund opens for subscription today.
HDFC Defence will be the only fund on the defence theme, making it differentiated from other sector offerings. There’s also no denying the scope in the defence sector, especially after key changes in defence capex spending which focuses on indigenous procurement. So, can this NFO make a good portfolio addition?
Prime Fund Recommendation: A multi-asset fund for long-term portfolios
Multi-asset allocation funds as a category are not easy to use. With funds in the category having the freedom to swing drastically between asset classes, the aspects to consider range from how asset allocation calls are taken, how much the allocation changes, whether this translates into returns, and finally what the taxation is going to be.
Debt funds for double indexation and high returns
If there is one thing that has dominated the new fund offer space, and your collective interest, it is target maturity funds. Over the past year, the debt market has dealt with a swift rise in interest rates and we have issued multiple strategies to alert you on opportunities that presented themselves.