Pankaj Murarka is the founder of Renaissance Financial Services Pvt Ltd. Renaissance Financial Services Pvt Ltd is an Alternate Investment Manager founded in 2016. Prior to this, Pankaj has been associated with Axis Mutual Fund as CIO managing over $3bn in Indian Equities. He was part of the set up team that set up Axis Mutual Fund in 2009 and over the years built it into one of the leading AMC in India on back of excellent investment performance. He was responsible for the performance of all the equity funds of Axis AMC and during his stint as Chief Investment Officer, Axis AMC was recognized as the best Equity Fund house of the year by Outlook Money for 2014.
He was also awarded as Best Fund Manager – Runner up Award for Axis Midcap Fund by Outlook Money in 2014. The fund delivered a CAGR return of 24% (2011–2015), significantly outperforming the benchmark and was a top decile fund for 2012 & 2013 and was ranked the No1 performing fund in India across all funds in 2014 on 3 year basis. Some of the other funds managed by him included Axis Equity Fund, Axis Focus 25, Axis Small Cap Fund and SISF- India Opportunities Fund.
He was also recognized by Outlook Money as a Leading Fund Manager with 5 years of track record of consistent performance in the year 2015
Pankaj has also worked with Merrill Lynch as India Portfolio Manager for Strategic Investment Group. He was the Portfolio Manager for the Long Only and the Long Short Fund. The fund did incredibly well including during the Global Financial Crisis in 2008
He has also part of the set up team at Rare Enterprises. During his stint with Rare Enterprises (Investment Office of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala), he has instrumental in making various investments for the firm which have done exceedingly well over the years and delivered strong returns. He also represented the firm’s interest on board of various companies advising them on capital allocation.
Pankaj started his career with UTI, AMC in 1998. During his career Pankaj has consistently delivered superior risk adjusted returns over 20 years in public markets by following the Investment Philosophy of SQGARP (Sustainable Quality Growth at Reasonable Price). Pankaj has also been instrumental in executing various PIPE and Private Equity investments in his career.
Pankaj is the founder of Renaissance Financial Services Pvt Ltd He has over 21 years of experience in Equity Research & Fund Management with credible track record of performance over his professional career.
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Vijay Choudhary, Director
A Credible Industry expert with Deep Undertanding of advisory and Wealth Management and rich experience of more than two decades including his last tenure with L&T Mutual Fund for eight Years, Setting up the architecture of Wealth Management. He also build an enviable AUM as Director of Neptune Capital Advisors within a short span of three Years. He has accomplished Honors in Economics from Mumbai University.
Vikram Singh, Senior Director
Renowned Wealth Management With more than 17 Years of rich experience in Financial Services Industry encompassing Private Banking, NRI Business and Consumer Banking. He also Worked as Account Driector at L&T Finance. His academics include MIB from ESC Grenoble and MBA from pune University.