Shuffle in the fund management industry continues. Gopal Agrawal, CIO, Mirae Asset has put in his papers, said two sources very close to this development. He has been with the fund house since its inception in 2008.
His last day would be March 31, 2017.
Though Gopal is in talks with several fund houses, sources said that Gopal is likely to join Tata Mutual Fund.
Under his leadership, Mirae Asset’s flagship schemes like Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip and Mirae Asset India Opportunity Fund have consistently outperformed their respective benchmarks by a wide margin.
With over 14 years of experience in financial services Industry, Gopal is a gold medallist chemical engineer by qualification and second ranked brain in MBM at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur.
Prior to this, Gopal Agrawal served as the fund manager of SBI Mutual Fund. He has also been associated with organizations like Kotak Securities, HDFC Securities, IDBI Capital, UTI Securities and IPCL.