Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, January 2026 – Basant Bafna has taken on a new leadership role as Head – Fixed Income at Mirae Asset Mutual Fund (India), marking a significant milestone in his institutional treasury, banking and asset management leadership journey. In his new mandate, he will lead the fixed income investment strategy, portfolio management frameworks and debt market positioning for one of India’s fastest-growing asset management companies.
Basant Bafna has built his recent leadership journey at Mirae Asset Mutual Fund (India), where he previously served as Senior Fund Manager – Fixed Income. During this period, he played a critical role in strengthening fixed income portfolios, driving disciplined investment strategies and enhancing risk-adjusted returns across debt fund categories.
Prior to joining Mirae Asset, Basant spent over a decade at India Exim Bank, where he served as Head – Dealing Room Operations and Assistant General Manager. In this role, he led large-scale treasury operations, managing investments, borrowings, derivatives, liquidity management and institutional client dealings. He was responsible for ideation and execution of ALM and trading strategies, managed a large institutional fixed income portfolio, led rupee borrowing programs, and oversaw one of the largest derivatives portfolios in the Indian banking ecosystem.
Earlier in his career, he gained foundational treasury exposure as an Intern at Union Bank of India, working closely with treasury and fixed income operations.
Basant Bafna is a Certified Treasury Professional from the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, where he secured All India Rank 1. He has also completed a program in Public Policy Economics from Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford.
About Mirae Asset Mutual Fund (India)
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund (India) is part of Mirae Asset Global Investments, one of the world’s leading investment management groups. Established in 2007, Mirae Asset India offers a diversified investment platform across mutual funds, alternative investment funds and advisory services, delivering innovative and sustainable investment solutions to a growing investor base across India.
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