Ajit Dayal, is a well known fund manager with the distinction of managing equity assets on a global basis including the position of lead manager of the then USD 2 billion Vanguard International Value Fund.
Ajit has championed the need for India opening its capital markets to international investors since 1984 - eight years before the Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) rules were announced.
Ajit is also a strong critic of the existing financial system and believes that most financial companies are built to work against the interests of the retail investors.
He is also a strong believer in the ease and simplicity of long term investments. Ajit’s views are chronicled in a series of articles and columns that he has written over the years for Business India, www.Equitymaster.com and www.PersonalFN.com.
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Quantum Equity Direct is a compilation of thought-provoking articles on investments with a focus on mutual funds.
Ajit’s articles and views on the long term investment opportunity have also been published in AsiaMoney, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Business India, Business Standard, Business Today, Business Week, Business World, DNA, The Economic Times, The Far Eastern Economic Review, Hindu Business Line, and The Wall Street Journal.
Ajit has been featured on various radio and TV Channels including BBC, Bloomberg-UTV, CNBC, Doordarshan, Economic Times, Financial Times, NDTV Profit, and Zee Business.
Ajit is well known as the founder of 3 businesses:
An investment management firm (Quantum Advisors and Quantum Mutual Funds) - Ajit spends his time on these businesses;
A build-your-own-portfolio equity research company, Equitymaster Agora, which provides views on individual stocks listed on the Indian stock exchanges for a subscription fee; and
A financial planning entity, PersonalFn, which allows families to invest their wealth and savings based on their long term needs - the advice given is not influenced by the commissions earned from "selling" financial products.
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