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Boutique AMC concept in India

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A boutique asset management company in the Indian mutual fund industry is a fund house that combines a deliberately small scheme portfolio, a focused investment doctrine, founder-or-team-led ownership and a relatively modest assets-under-management base, in contrast to the large bank-and-insurance-sponsored asset managers that dominate the upper tiers of the industry by AUM. The boutique category in India includes PPFAS Mutual Fund , Quantum Mutual Fund , Quant Mutual Fund , WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund, Bandhan Mutual Fund , Edelweiss Mutual Fund and several others, each occupying a distinct niche within the broader industry structure governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 .

Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund

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The Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund is an open-ended arbitrage scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , launched on 27 October 2023 by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited following a new fund offer that ran from 23 October 2023 to 27 October 2023. It is the fifth open-ended scheme in the PPFAS Mutual Fund product line, after the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (24 May 2013), the Parag Parikh Liquid Fund (9 May 2018), the Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund (4 July 2019), and the Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund (28 May 2021). The scheme is benchmarked to the Nifty 50 Arbitrage Total Return Index.

Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund

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The Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund is an open-ended conservative hybrid scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , launched on 28 May 2021 by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited following a new fund offer (NFO) that ran from 7 May 2021 to 21 May 2021. It is the fourth open-ended scheme in the PPFAS Mutual Fund product line, after the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (24 May 2013), the Parag Parikh Liquid Fund (9 May 2018), and the Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund (4 July 2019). The scheme is benchmarked to the CRISIL Hybrid 85+15 Conservative Index TRI, the standard benchmark for SEBI Conservative Hybrid Fund category schemes.

Parag Parikh Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund

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The Parag Parikh Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (PPDAAF) is an open-ended balanced advantage / dynamic asset allocation scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , launched on 22 February 2024 by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited following a new fund offer that ran from 20 February 2024 to 22 February 2024. It is the sixth open-ended scheme in the PPFAS Mutual Fund product line, after the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (24 May 2013), the Parag Parikh Liquid Fund (9 May 2018), the Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund (4 July 2019), the Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund (28 May 2021), and the Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund (27 October 2023). The scheme is benchmarked to the CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 Moderate Index.

Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund

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The Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund is an open-ended equity-linked savings scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , launched on 4 July 2019 by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited as the third open-ended scheme in the AMC’s product line, after the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (24 May 2013) and the Parag Parikh Liquid Fund (9 May 2018). It was originally launched as the Parag Parikh Tax Saver Fund and subsequently renamed to Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund to align with the AMFI and SEBI directive that all equity-linked savings schemes carry the standardised “ELSS” prefix in scheme nomenclature. The scheme is benchmarked to the Nifty 500 Total Return Index (Nifty 500 TRI ).

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund

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The Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (commonly PPFCF) is the flagship equity mutual fund scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , formally an open-ended equity-oriented mutual fund scheme of the Flexi Cap category under the SEBI Mutual Funds Regulations 1996 framework. PPFCF was launched on 24 May 2013 by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited and has been continuously managed by Rajeev Thakkar (Chief Investment Officer of PPFAS Mutual Fund) since its launch, with Raunak Onkar (Head of Research) and Raj Mehta (debt and overseas allocation) as co-fund managers.

Parag Parikh Large Cap Fund

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The Parag Parikh Large Cap Fund (PPLCF) is an open-ended large cap equity scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , launched on 4 February 2026 (date of unit allotment) following a new fund offer that ran from 19 January 2026 to 30 January 2026, with continuous-offer reopen on 6 February 2026. It is the seventh and most recent open-ended scheme in the PPFAS Mutual Fund product line, completing the seven-scheme line-up alongside the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (24 May 2013), the Parag Parikh Liquid Fund (9 May 2018), the Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund (4 July 2019), the Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund (28 May 2021), the Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund (27 October 2023), and the Parag Parikh Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (22 February 2024). The scheme is benchmarked to the Nifty 100 Total Return Index (Nifty 100 TRI ).

Parag Parikh Liquid Fund

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The Parag Parikh Liquid Fund is an open-ended liquid scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund , launched on 9 May 2018 by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited as the second scheme in the AMC’s product line after the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund . It is a liquid mutual fund under the SEBI Mutual Funds Regulations 1996 , benchmarked to the CRISIL Liquid Debt B-I Index, and managed jointly by Tejas Soman, Aishwarya Dhar and Mansi Kariya, with all three operating from the PPFAS debt desk at the AMC’s Nariman Point headquarters.

PPFAS custodian, RTA and auditor relationships

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The third-party service provider relationships of PPFAS Mutual Fund, comprising the custodian , the Registrar and Transfer Agent (RTA) and the statutory auditor, are core elements of the operational infrastructure that allows PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited to discharge its investment management responsibilities for the seven active schemes of PPFAS Mutual Fund . The three principal service providers are Deutsche Bank AG (Mumbai branch) as custodian, Computer Age Management Services Limited (CAMS ) as the Registrar and Transfer Agent, and M.M. Nissim and Co. LLP as the statutory auditor.

PPFAS Distributor Channel History

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The PPFAS distributor channel history denotes the chronological evolution of the routes through which units of the schemes managed by PPFAS Mutual Fund have been sold to investors in India from the launch of the first scheme in May 2013 through to May 2026. The history is shaped by three structural features specific to the AMC: a deliberate direct-plan-first ethos articulated since launch by founder Parag Parikh and continued by Chairman and CEO Neil Parag Parikh ; a small but durable AMFI-ARN distributor base servicing the regular plan; and a third-party aggregator and discount-broker distribution channel that has grown rapidly since 2016 in line with the broader direct plan adoption in India .

PPFAS flagship rename history: PPLTVF to PPLTEF to PPFCF

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The PPFAS flagship rename history documents the two formal name and category changes of the flagship equity scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund since its launch on 24 May 2013. The scheme has operated under three successive names corresponding to three successive SEBI-recognised category classifications, with each rename driven by SEBI regulatory initiatives rather than by AMC strategic repositioning. The three successive names are:

Parag Parikh Long Term Value Fund (PPLTVF), the launch name from 24 May 2013 to 15 February 2018, operating under the pre-rationalisation open-ended multi-capitalisation mandate.
Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund (PPLTEF), the post-rationalisation name from 16 February 2018 to 12 January 2021, operating under the SEBI Multi-Cap Fund category established by the SEBI scheme rationalisation circular 2017 dated 6 October 2017.
Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (PPFCF), the current name from 13 January 2021 onward, operating under the SEBI Flexi Cap Fund category established by SEBI in November 2020.

The two renames were administrative regulatory events: in each case, the AMC migrated the scheme to a new SEBI-defined category and adopted the corresponding standardised category-specific nomenclature, without altering the scheme’s fundamental investment philosophy, fund-management team (lead by Rajeev Thakkar continuously since the May 2013 launch), benchmark (Nifty 500 TRI), operational parameters, or the structural up-to-35-per-cent overseas allocation provision that has distinguished the scheme since its launch.

PPFAS Mutual Fund

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PPFAS Mutual Fund is an Indian asset management company , formally constituted as PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited (the AMC) and sponsored by Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Limited (PPFAS Ltd, the sponsor). The fund house is among the most distinctively positioned AMCs in India, operating a deliberately small scheme portfolio of seven active funds anchored by the Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (PPFCF), a globally diversified equity scheme that combines Indian equities with a substantial allocation to international stocks (predominantly US-listed mega-cap technology and financial companies) alongside a cash and arbitrage overlay.

PPFAS office and team structure

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The office and team structure of PPFAS Mutual Fund, formally PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited acting as the investment manager for PPFAS Mutual Fund , comprises a single headquarters office in Mumbai supplemented by a network of Investor Service Centres in thirteen Indian cities, with a compact senior team that has remained substantially continuous through the post-2015 succession from founder Parag Parikh to his son Neil Parag Parikh as Chairman and CEO. The team scale is materially smaller than the personnel counts at the largest Indian asset managers, consistent with the broader boutique AMC positioning of the firm, but is sufficient to manage the seven active schemes that the AMC operates as of 2026.

PPFAS Scheme Launch Timeline 2013 to 2026

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The PPFAS scheme launch timeline from 2013 to 2026 denotes the chronological sequence in which the open-ended mutual fund schemes of PPFAS Mutual Fund were launched, renamed and re-categorised between 24 May 2013 and 4 February 2026. It is a reference chronology that sets out the launch date and original product name of each of the seven schemes presently managed by PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited , the regulatory context under which two of those schemes were renamed under the SEBI scheme rationalisation circular 2017 , and the comparative category positioning at the time of each launch.

PPFAS Sponsor Commitment and Skin in the Game

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The sponsor commitment of Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Limited (PPFAS Ltd) to PPFAS Mutual Fund , together with the personal capital invested by members of the Parikh family and the senior fund-management team in the schemes they manage, is a structural attribute that PPFAS publicly emphasises as a differentiator from larger Indian asset managers. The combined doctrine, often referred to in fund-house literature and in the Annual Unitholders’ Meet discourse as “skin in the game”, encompasses three distinct layers: the regulatory minimum sponsor contribution prescribed under the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 , the additional voluntary investment by the sponsor entity in scheme units, and the personal scheme investments held by the founder family, directors, key personnel and fund managers of the PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited (the AMC).

PPFAS stance on not chasing AUM

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The PPFAS stance on not chasing AUM is a publicly articulated and operationally demonstrated principle by which PPFAS Mutual Fund and its investment manager PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited decline to pursue assets under management growth as a primary corporate objective, in contrast to the prevailing industry norm at most large Indian asset managers. The stance manifests in a deliberately small scheme portfolio of seven active funds, a selective and infrequent New Fund Offer calendar averaging roughly one launch every two years, a willingness to restrict or suspend inflows when capacity is reached or when valuations are unattractive, and a publicly stated orientation toward long-term unit-holder outcomes rather than short-term AUM-growth-maximisation.