Axis AMC, which is the seventh-largest asset management company of the country, suddenly finds itself in a soup with allegations of serious violations by its fund managers. It needs to clear the air soon on what went wrong and what it is doing to fix the problem
Fund manager Deepak Agrawal, who joined Axis AMC as equity research analyst in 2015, has been sacked with immediate effect; chief trader Viresh Joshi was sacked on Thursday.
The seventh-largest fund house in terms of assets under management had earlier suspended chief trader Viresh Joshi and assistant fund manager Deepak Agrawal.
Among those who have been removed as fund managers are Chief Trader & Fund Manager Viresh Joshi and Assistant Fund Manager Deepak Agrawal. While Joshi has been with Axis MF since 2009, Agarwal joined the fund house in 2015 as an equity research analyst.