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About Renaissance
Our life revolves around investing and long-term wealth creation. In our quest for identifying great investment ideas we focus on high quality businesses that can deliver superior growth over the long term. We like to think about ourselves as Owners of businesses, rather than stockholders. We believe that risk management is central to any investment approach and strive to generate superior risk adjusted returns.
Pankaj Murarka
CIO
Pankaj is the founder and drives the investment process at Renaissance Investment Managers.
Pankaj Murarka
Pankaj is the founder and drives the investment process at Renaissance Investment Managers. He has over 21 years of experience in Equity Research & Fund Management with credible track record of performance over his professional career.
In his last role, Pankaj was associated with Axis Mutual Fund as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) managing over $2bn in Indian Equities. He was part of the 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. 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 has also worked with Rare Enterprises, MotilalOswal Securities and UTI Mutual Fund. During his career apart from delivering superior risk adjusted returns consistently over 20 years in public markets, Pankaj has also been instrumental in executing various PIPE and Private Equity investments.
Ganesh Binjola
Head- Operations
Ganesh has over 23 years of experience in the Indian Capital Markets in Securities Operations, Back Office & Accounts.
Ganesh Binjola
Ganesh has over twenty three years of experience in the Indian Capital Markets in Securities Operations, Back Office& Accounts. Prior to joining Renaissance Investment Managers, he was Associate Director - Middle Office with Standard Chartered Securities (India) Limited for 4 years.
He has also worked for 5 years with Citigroup Global Market India Pvt. Ltd. as Asst. Vice President – India Middle Office supporting India Institutional desk.
He has also worked with Morgan Stanley India Securities Limited and was a member of the team instrumental in setting up trade processing and settlement operations for the securities broking business.
During his career he has successfully led team managing operations and accounts with focus on implementing systems and processes to ensure flawless execution and customer service. He brings with him superior experience in managing various operational risks.
Pawan Parakh
Senior Analyst
Pawan has over 10 years of experience in investment research.
Pawan Parakh
Pawan has over 10 years of experience in investment research. He started his capital markets career with Edelweiss Securities as an equity analyst in 2007.
Prior to 2007, Pawan did 3 years of internship at marquee organizations like Deloitte (Audit - 2 years) and HSBC Bank (Financial Control - 1 year). However his passion for equities made him join the research team at Edelweiss.
Since then he has covered multiple sectors like Capital goods, Infrastructure and Power across different organizations. He has depicted ability to understand different business models across several sectors.
Over last several years, he has actively interacted with company managements and industry experts to write several thematic / company reports. His work has been well appreciated by fund houses.
He also presented to company management on his view of the market dynamics and strategies suitable for them.
Pawan is a meritorious Chartered Accountant (all-India 48th Rankholder). He is also a CFA® charter holder from CFA Institute (Virginia, USA).
Anandha Padmanabhan
Senior Analyst
Anandha Padmanabhan has over 13 years of experience in Indian capital markets.
Anandha Padmanabhan
Anandha Padmanabhan has over 13 years of experience in Indian capital markets. He comes with an in-depth understanding of varied sectors like Healthcare, Information Technology, Metals & Mining and Real Estate
His previous role was with Canara Robeco Asset Management Co. Ltd as an Equity Research Analyst, where he was responsible for recommending investment opportunities to the investment team. He also worked closely with the international business development team at Canara Robeco for preparation of the sales pitch for Indian equities strategy.
Anandha started his career in the capital markets division of ICICI Bank Ltd. He has also worked with National Stock Exchange of India Limited in their equity derivatives market-watch division.
He is a Chartered Accountant (ICAI, India) , CFA Charter Holder (CFA Institute, USA) and FRM (GARP, USA).