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‘Private Markets New Equity': Edelweiss Mutual Fund's Radhika Gupta Highlights Investors' Shifting Risk Appetite
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Edelweiss Mutual Fund MD Radhika Gupta notes a shift in investor behavior towards high-risk investments, redefining large-cap equities as stable options.
For long-term investors, the large-cap equities have remained a preferred choice due to a blend of growth and stability. However, investor behaviour is shifting dramatically with an appetite for higher risk. According to Edelweiss Mutual Fund MD and CEO Radhika Gupta, stable instruments like large-cap equities are being redefined amid a shift towards high-risk, high-reward investment avenues among investors.
'Large-cap is the new debt. Private markets are the new equity," she wrote recently.
— Radhika Gupta (@iRadhikaGupta) August 6, 2025
She added, 'An interesting quote I heard today that summarises how risk appetite has shifted upwards in the last 5 years, and some asset allocation buckets have been forgotten."
Through her post, Gupta expressed the prevailing market sentiment, highlighting a trend where investors' risk appetite has shifted towards high-return instruments, leading to a change in conventional asset allocation.
Previously, fixed-income assets like government bonds or high-grade debt instruments were seen as the safer, low-return options.
However, with the market maturing and returns across asset classes evolving, investors have started placing large-cap funds in the 'stable' bucket. Much of the aggressive play is taking place in private markets such as venture capital, private equity and unlisted debt.
'My favourite index in this Nifty500 space is Nifty500 Multicap Momentum Quality 50," said Gupta, as quoted by Business Today, elaborating on the switch while attributing the same to the expanding Nifty500-based indices. The Nifty500 Multicap Momentum Quality 50, Gupta says, offers the simplicity of multi-cap portfolios, while also adding quality mid and small caps to the mix and creating momentum.
Nifty 500 TRI, Nifty 500 Momentum 500 TRI, Nifty 500 Multicap, Momentum Quality 50 TRI, Nifty 500 Quality 50 TRI and Nifty 500 Flexicap Quality 30 TRI are the five unique indices in the category, according to Gupta. She also encouraged investors to explore the first and only index fund and ETF tracking the Nifty500, launched by Edelweiss Mutual Fund.
The performance of the large-cap mutual fund reflects well on the evolving role of the asset class. Returns over the last six months have remained modest amid global market pressures. Over one year, funds like WhiteOak Capital Large Cap Fund managed to deliver 8%, as per the Business Today report.
Over three years, ICICI Prudential and DSP Large Cap Funds have given impressive annualised returns of around 18-19 per cent, supported by smart portfolio strategies. Over the five years, Nippon India Large Cap Fund delivered a stellar 25.91 per cent CAGR, while thematic ETFs like BHARAT 22 gave over 33 per cent returns, the report added.
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August 13, 2025, 16:00 IST
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