With 5-7 year horizon, investing in international funds is ideal: Radhika Gupta of Edelweiss AMC
Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC - BusinessLine×
With domestic stock price rally making stock valuations very pricey, investors are beginning to look for avenues to diversify risk. Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC, outlines the case for allocating some funds into international funds in this interview with
BusinessLine.
What are the compelling arguments due to which investors ought to consider investing in international funds?
There are three arguments for investors to look at international funds. The single most important view is diversification. Different countries tend to perform at different points in time. Just as you diversify across fixed income, equity and gold, you can diversify across countries; you cannot take the single country risk. The second argument is access. This means there are many themes and ideas that you may be consuming as an Indian, but the