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Close to 550 mutual fund distributors (MFDs) attended All Mutual Fund Distributors Association’s (AMDwA) Annual Knowledge Summit 2025, which was held in New Delhi, recently.
Udghosh – The Proclamation was the theme of the event. It was focused on updating and reskilling of the mutual fund distributors (MFDs) regarding the current developments in the mutual fund industry.
Ajay Sharma, President of AMDwA, Sanjay Bhan, Head of the organizing committee, Rajesh Bansal, Sr. Vice President of AMDwA and Sandeep Bhargav & Lovey Mehra from Guidance Committee were the main organizers of the event.
Talking about the event, Ajay Sharma said that the key objective of the event was to disseminate the message about the growth potential of the MF industry in India. “The penetration of the mutual funds is still in single digit. This means that the MF industry is standing on the cusp of an exponential growth. India has the potential of achieving 100 crore SIP accounts”, said Sharma.
Sharma also said that participants have also gained knowledge on other products that can help them increase their offerings. For this purpose, the event hosted sessions on AIFs, PMS and passive/smart beta funds.
Ajay Khandelwal, Dy CIO of Motilal Oswal MF, Ajay Nair, Business Head of ASK Investment Managers, Alok Singh, CIO of Bank of India MF, Arun Sundaresan, Head ETF of Nippon India MF, George Mitra, Founder and CEO of Fintso, Krishnan Sharma, Founder, OSAT Knowledge Academy, Madhu Nair, CEO of Union MF, Mohit Sharma, VP & Co-Head, India Retail Sales for Franklin Templeton MF, Nishant Patnaik, Associate Editor, Cafemutual, Rajesh Bhatia, MD & CIO of ITI MF, Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO of Edelweiss MF, Raghav Iyenger, CEO of 360 MF, Rashim Bagga, CEO APMI, Sandip Bansal, Dy CIO, ASK Investment Managers and Vaibhav Shah, Head of Business Development of Mirae Asset MF were the speakers for the event.
Cafemutual was the online media partner of the event.