YES Bank likely to rope in Suresh Soni for its mutual fund operations

Private sector lender YES Bank may rope in Suresh Soni, former head of DHFL Pramerica AMC, to spearhead its foray into the Rs 23-trillion mutual fund industry. In early July, Yes Bank announced it had received the go-ahead from Securities and Exchange Board of India to start its mutual fund operations. Yes AMC will become the 43rd fund house to join the MF industry.
 
Sources said the AMC had zeroed in on Soni to head its MF operations.
 
Soni didn’t deny the development but refrained from making any comment. Yes Bank in an e-mailed response cited its policy