About Us

Our Story

For nearly 30 years, we have been helping salaried people, rich individuals, NRIs, small & medium business owners, big private & public corporations, trusts, and foreign institutional investors grow their wealth while guiding them to invest better. We are honored and proud that our investors are diverse, and this motivates us to manage money with care and responsibility while following the right principles.

DSP’s 160 year+ history and foundations lie in the simple belief that conducting business with unwavering ethics & integrity needs to be the highest priority at all times, even above the firm’s bottom line.

Hemendra M. Kothari

Founder

We exist to not only help our investors grow their wealth, but also to inspire and educate them so they gain confidence in being able to make better investing decisions by themselves. We recognize that only if we do this well, we will be able to elevate countless lives.

Aditi Kothari Desai

Chairperson

We prioritise the interests of our investors, follow well-designed scientific frameworks and maintain a relentless commitment towards doing what is best for them, while helping them think and invest more responsibly.

Kalpen Parekh

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

While our diverse range of analysts, strategists, dealers, and portfolio managers maintain their individual thoughts & philosophies, we are all united in our belief that our investors’ interests always come first when we make any decision.

Vinit Sambre

Senior Vice President

Our business requires strong, talented people with diverse skills, backgrounds, and points of view to drive innovation & excellence. So, whether you’re an engineer, an MBA, a designer, a statistician, or an economist working at DSP, you recognize the responsibility to always do the right thing for investors.

Sanjiv Kumar

Senior Vice President

Every step we take while investing is based on rigorous data analysis, disciplined risk management around changing data, and transparent communication of our views so our investors are better placed to make sound decisions with their money.

Sandeep Yadav

Senior Vice President

DSP Asset Managers at a Glance

A professionally managed, family-owned asset management firm, which means you get the best of both worlds.

Rs 1,50,000 crore+ Assets under Management
Trusted by 50L+ investors*
Recommended by 80K+ MF Distributors/ advisors^
Backed by our Founders’ 160+ years of rich Indian legacy
28+ years of Indian asset management experience
Comprehensive range with over 50 unique MF schemes

*No. of unique investors who have/ had ever invested in any DSP scheme
^No. of unique distributors who have/ had ever sold any DSP scheme

Our Values

Guiding Success: 28+ years of crafting intentional, responsible investment decisions for assured outcomes.

Investors First

We place our investors' interests ahead of our own in every decision. We pay attention to their needs, challenges, and goals, and aim to inspire and educate them with knowledge, insights, and advice so they can feel more confident while planning for about their financial future.

Honest Asset Management

We are always honest, ethical, and transparent in our actions. We act with integrity and honour our responsibility to our investors. We never give up on our principles or values.

Professional Management, Family Ownership

Our unique model combines the best of both worlds: family ownership and professional management. This allows us to think long-term and deliver durable results, without compromising on principles or accountability.

Setting the Right Expectations

Our relationship with our investors is based on being honest, reliable, straightforward, open, and thoughtful, and we create products that suit their needs and objectives. This helps us establish realistic expectations and attract aligned capital, which we appreciate the most.

Framework-driven, Responsible Investing

We follow a rigorous, rules-based analytical approach and risk management, which helps us navigate market complexities with better precision and higher confidence.

Skin-in-the-Game

Our shareholders, leaders and employees invest in our own funds, demonstrating our confidence and aligned interest in our products, which means sharing the risks and rewards of investing with our investors.

Vibrant, Collaborative Culture

Our rich, dynamic, and collaborative environment is driven by intelligent, curious professionals who care about investing responsibly. We respect and support different views while promoting a culture of learning and growth as a team, to deliver excellence.

#InvestForGood Philosophy

Investing for your own good future, investing energy to create a good world, and doing this with good intentions, over the long term, add up to a simple but powerful philosophy that our investors share and value.

Leadership Team

We have a team of some of the most talented professionals in the industry, who aim to deliver outstanding results through cutting-edge technology while following core principles.

Our fund managers