B. Aswin Kumar

HSBC AM-India is an active, long-term manager which seeks to invest in companies they believe have sustainable business growth and which are trading at a substantial discount to their intrinsic value. The firm adopts a blend of value and growth strategies for stock picking and utilizes a bottom-up approach. HSBC AM-India constructs portfolios primarily following a buy-and-hold strategy. They may hedge portfolios to protect potential downside utilizing F&O and effective use of cash. Their investment decisions are process-driven and involve fund managers and sector specialists. For fixed-income portfolios, HSBC AM-India adapts the HSBC Global Investment Process for Asset Management, monitoring duration, credit, curve positioning and security selection. They employ a combination top-down, bottom-up approach applying the top-down perspective to duration and credit and the bottom-up perspective to curve positioning and security selection.