ABSL AMC's Bhupesh Bameta beats benchmark with a highly liquid portfolio

Financial markets are full of surprises, and one needs to have humility and the ability to quickly learn and unlearn, says Bhupesh Bameta, who has been selected as the Business Standard Fund Manager of the Year in the Medium- to Long-Duration Debt category.

Bameta is a fund manager and an economist with Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company (AMC) and manages the Aditya Birla Sun Life Income Fund. His fund has delivered a return of 6.91 per cent for the 12-month period ending September 2021, compared to the scheme’s benchmark index return of 5.83 per cent.

An engineering graduate from IIT-Kanpur,