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History of PPFAS (1979 to present)

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The history of PPFAS spans more than four and a half decades, from the 1979 founding of a Mumbai-based stock-broking and advisory practice by Parag Parikh at the age of twenty-five, through the 1992 incorporation of the practice as Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Limited , the 1996 launch of the Cognito discretionary Portfolio Management Service , the 2011 incorporation of PPFAS Asset Management Private Limited , the 2012 set-up of the mutual fund trust, the 2013 launch of the Parag Parikh Long Term Value Fund (subsequently renamed twice and now the Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund ), the watershed of the founder’s death in May 2015, the succession of Neil Parag Parikh as Chairman and CEO, and the subsequent expansion of the scheme range to seven active funds by February 2026. In May 2025 the flagship became the first actively managed equity scheme in India to cross Rs 1 lakh crore in AUM.

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 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.