India’s growing tribe of SIP investors may be chasing financial freedom through mutual funds. However, top fund managers believe wealth creation requires much more than simply starting a monthly investment plan. At the Groww India Investor Festival 2026, veteran market experts Navneet Munot of HDFC Mutual Fund, Nilesh Shah of Kotak Mutual Fund and Kalpen Parekh of DSP Mutual Fund cautioned investors against unrealistic return expectations, emotional investing, and blindly following market trends or social media narratives.
Speaking at a panel discussion titled What Your Fund Managers Wish You Knew, Navneet Munot, Nilesh Shah and Kalpen Parekh shared lessons on disciplined investing, asset allocation, and behavioural mistakes that often hurt long-term returns.
