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Prashant Jain

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Prashant Jain is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of 3P Investment Managers, a PMS / advisory firm. He is widely regarded as one of India’s most respected value-oriented equity investors following his 25+ year tenure as Chief Investment Officer of HDFC Asset Management Company , where he managed several of HDFC MF’s flagship schemes through multiple market cycles.

Career

Prashant Jain joined HDFC Mutual Fund early in its history and rose to become CIO. Schemes he managed included HDFC Top 100 (large-cap flagship), HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities, and HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund. He stepped down from HDFC AMC in 2022 and subsequently founded 3P Investment Managers.

PPFAS philosophy vs HDFC AMC philosophy

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

PPFAS Mutual Fund and HDFC Mutual Fund represent two structurally different positioning strategies within the Indian mutual fund industry. PPFAS Mutual Fund is a boutique AMC with seven active schemes as of May 2026, total AMC AUM of approximately Rs 1.6 lakh crore (driven primarily by the flagship Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund ), and an explicitly articulated value-investing philosophy. HDFC Mutual Fund is one of India’s largest AMCs by AUM (over Rs 8 lakh crore as of early 2026), operating more than 60 active schemes spanning equity, debt, hybrid, ETF, FoF and thematic categories, with an implicit growth-and-quality philosophy that is observed through portfolio holdings rather than articulated in dedicated philosophy documents.

Prashant Jain

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Prashant Jain is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of 3P Investment Managers, a SEBI-registered portfolio management and investment advisory firm established in 2023. He is best known for his 21-year tenure as Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer at HDFC Asset Management Company , one of India’s two largest mutual fund houses, which he left in 2022. During his time at HDFC AMC, Jain was the lead fund manager for HDFC Equity Fund, HDFC Top 100 Fund (formerly HDFC Top 200 Fund), and HDFC Flexicap Fund (formerly HDFC Equity Fund), among the most widely tracked actively managed equity funds in Indian mutual fund history. He is regarded as one of the defining figures of Indian equity fund management over a career spanning more than three decades.