Background
- Qualifications
- • M.B.A – Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, USA • C.F.A (USA) • B.E (Mechanical) – Sardar Patel College of Engg, Mumbai University
- Experience
- Total number experience: 18 years, his last 10 years’ experience are as follows: • Axis Asset Management Company Limited June 2019 – Till date • SilverTree Hong Kong April 2017 – May 2019 18 • Asiya Investment, Hong Kong Sept 2008 – Feb 2017
Funds Karthik Kumar manages
14Named on 23 schemes; the 14 with a three-year record are ranked by 3Y CAGR. Open a fund for NAV history, rolling returns, risk metrics and peer rank.
| 1 | Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund | ★★★★☆ | +14.2% | +22.8% | — | 0.34% | ₹621.19Cr |
| 2 | Axis NIFTY Healthcare ETF | ★★★★★ | +13.0% | +20.1% | +13.7% | 0.44% | ₹21.69Cr |
| 3 | Axis Nifty Next 50 Index Fund | ★★★★☆ | +9.7% | +19.8% | — | 0.22% | ₹481.51Cr |
| 4 | Axis Nifty Midcap 50 Index Fund | ★★★★☆ | +11.9% | +19.2% | — | 0.29% | ₹665.65Cr |
| 5 | Axis NIFTY India Consumption ETF | ★★★☆☆ | -1.5% | +14.2% | — | 0.46% | ₹13.31Cr |
| 6 | Axis Quant Fund | ★☆☆☆☆ | +6.1% | +11.4% | +11.2% | 2.78% | ₹826.86Cr |
| 7 | Axis Nifty 100 Index Fund | ★★★★☆ | -0.4% | +10.6% | +9.8% | 0.25% | ₹1,973Cr |
| 8 | Axis NIFTY Bank ETF | ★★☆☆☆ | +3.6% | +10.0% | +11.1% | 0.25% | ₹342.94Cr |
| 9 | Axis Nifty 50 ETF | ★★★☆☆ | -2.3% | +9.1% | +9.3% | 0.16% | ₹1,256Cr |
| 10 | Axis Nifty 50 Index Fund | ★★★★☆ | -2.3% | +8.9% | — | 0.17% | ₹967.79Cr |
| 11 | Axis Arbitrage Fund | ★★★☆☆ | +6.6% | +7.4% | +6.8% | 1.45% | ₹9,735Cr |
| 12 | Axis BSE Sensex ETF | ★★☆☆☆ | -4.3% | +7.2% | — | 0.04% | ₹125.87Cr |
| 13 | Axis NIFTY IT ETF | ★☆☆☆☆ | -12.4% | +2.0% | +0.1% | 0.51% | ₹144.28Cr |
| 14 | Axis Nifty IT Index Fund | ★☆☆☆☆ | -12.5% | +1.8% | — | 0.43% | ₹118.12Cr |
NAV data as of 20 Aug 2026. Role, qualifications and tenure are disclosures from Axis’s Scheme Information Documents and Statement of Additional Information — SEBI filings, not our assessment of anyone. 16 of the 23 scheme assignments come from another of the house’s filings naming them rather than from that scheme’s own document, so that list may be incomplete. Returns are computed from AMFI NAV history; see our methodology. A fund’s performance is not attributable to one person, and nothing here is investment advice.