Co-founder Gubbi leads Marcellus foray into MFs as it looks beyond ultra HNIs
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Marcellus Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd's co-founder Pramod Gubbi is said to be helming the firm's foray into India’s ₹81 lakh crore mutual fund industry, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The move signals a strategic shift to a sales-first approach for the high-profile portfolio management service (PMS) provider, synonymous with chief investment officer Saurabh Mukherjea, as it seeks to expand its footprint beyond ultra-high-net-worth clients. A career institutional sales and research veteran, Gubbi currently manages sales and marketing efforts of the Mumbai-based Marcellus. He is also on the company's investment committee that discusses and approves its investment strategies.
"Gubbi heading the AMC push instead of Mukherjea shows Marcellus' focus on distribution," the head of a domestic mutual fund business told Mint, wishing not to be named. "Gubbi's background in sales will be crucial for navigating the intense competition for shelf space among India’s mutual fund distributors and banking platforms," this person added. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Gubbi earlier served as the head of institutional equities at Ambit Capital, where he spent eight years managing relationships with foreign institutional investors before co-founding Marcellus in 2018.
Gubbi will oversee the establishment of the new asset management company, said one of the people quoted above. The AMC has already received an in-principle nod from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in November last year. His mandate includes hiring an investment and compliance team by the time Sebi's final approval comes through, said the person, who asked not to be
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