SIP numbers will be at least double of what they are today in 2 years: Anthony Heredia

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Anthony Heredia, MD & CEO, Mahindra Manulife, says “smallcaps are clearly the winner of the last three to six months, but we personally believe that investors should be thinking about diversifying across caps at this point and within that, either you look at multi or flexi cap or you choose largecap from a three- to five-year perspective is our view.”
The Street is shouting that the smallcap and the midcap end of the market is getting very crowded and very stretched but the retail end of the market continues to pour in record numbers in mutual funds via the SIP data. What is your view?
The numbers look very positive and it is not just the SIPs; at least the August month data seems to be an all-round success. Obviously, small and midcaps continue to see flows, but you will interestingly see that a number of NFOs that were there in the month in sectoral or multi-cap themes did equally as well and the SIP numbers continue to be strong. I have said before that SIP numbers in 24 months from now will be at least double of what they are today because given the market valuations, SIPs is not just a great way for retail investors to participate but a lot of high net worth investors are also using the systematic route either through SIPs or STPs to come in.
So, all around, it is a very good show from the industry standpoint.

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You say the SIPs have potential to go double of what they are? Are you talking about Rs 32,000 crore in 24 months?
I think so. It sounds extremely aspirational,