Fund manager · Mirae

Basant Bafna

Head- Fixed Income at Mirae. Runs 9 schemes worth ₹21,694 Cr.

Fund house
MiraeThey run their schemes at Mirae.
AUM they run
₹21,694 CrThe AUM of the schemes they run, as main or co-manager, at the latest month's end, as AMFI reports it. A scheme two people run counts for both.
Schemes
9 now · 6 beforeSchemes they run now, as main or co-manager, and ones they ran before, since Aug 2024.
Experience
15 yearsMr. Basant Bafna has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Basant Bafna worked as Chief Dealer and Assistant General Manager with Export-Import Bank of India.

Profile^{(Mirae's SAI, 31 Aug 2026)}

About

Role: Head- Fixed Income
Studied: CFA, FRM, MBA (Finance), B Com (Hons), Certified Treasury Professional , Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers, cleared all levels of Company Secretary
Age: 38 years
Experience: Mr. Basant Bafna has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Basant Bafna worked as Chief Dealer and Assistant General Manager with Export-Import Bank of India.

Schemes now9

Mirae Asset Aggressive Hybrid Fund₹9,239 Cr
Mirae Asset Multi Asset Allocation Fund₹3,607 Cr
Mirae Asset Ultra Short to Short Term Fund₹2,290 Cr
Mirae Asset Balanced Advantage Fund₹2,109 Cr
Mirae Asset Equity Savings Fund₹1,994 Cr
Mirae Asset Ultra Short Term Fund₹1,808 Cr
and 3 more, all below

AUM they run^{(Jan 2023 – Sept 2026)}

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months	₹ Cr	Change
Sept 2026	21,694	−4.2%
Aug 2026	22,651	+3.3%
Jul 2026	21,926	+3.2%
Jun 2026	21,251	−0.2%
May 2026	21,301	+0.8%
Apr 2026	21,137	+4.5%
Mar 2026	20,232	−7.6%
Feb 2026	21,888	−15.6%
Jan 2026	25,938	+1.1%
Dec 2025	25,650	+202.0%
Nov 2025	8,494	+10.7%
Oct 2025	7,675	+11.4%

AUM at month end, Sept 2026

₹21,694

+182.6% since Oct 2025

Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Basant Bafna ran at each month's end, each only in the months they ran it, ₹ crore. A scheme two people run counts in full for both. Source: AMFI.

Schemes over time^{(Jan 2023 – now)}

Mirae202420252026

Fig. 1.The schemes they ran when, the oldest first: each from the date its fund house gives, or the first document listing them where it gives none, to when they left, coloured by fund house.

Schemes^{(Jan 2023 – now)}

Mirae

9 now · since Jan 2023

Mirae Asset Aggressive Hybrid Fund
Fund managerDec 2025—11m₹9,239 CrAggressive HybridTER 0.63%
Mirae Asset Balanced Advantage Fund
Fund manager, debtDec 2025—11m₹2,109 CrBalanced AdvantageTER 0.98%

Source.Each scheme's Scheme Summary Document at AMFI and its filings at NSE.

Performance^{(15 schemes)}

Growth · Direct plans, Regular before 2013

Return as manager: +7.41%
Beat peers: 3 of 4
vs peers: +0.09 pt
Longest run: 3.8 years
Beat benchmark: Upcoming

Each scheme Basant Bafna ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.

Mirae Asset Ultra Short Term Fund	Jan '23–now · 3.8y	+7.40%	+7.24%	+0.16 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Short Term Fund	Feb '24–now · 2.7y	+7.05%	+7.22%	−0.17 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Ultra Short to Short Term Fund	Feb '24–now · 2.7y	+7.43%	+7.32%	+0.11 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Multi Asset Allocation Fund	Feb '25–now · 1.7y	+11.80%	+11.74%	+0.07 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Nifty SDL June 2028 Index Fund	Dec '25–Feb '26 · 0.2y	+0.65%	−2.02%	+2.66 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Crisil IBX Gilt Index April 2033 Index Fund	Dec '25–Feb '26 · 0.2y	+0.24%	−2.02%	+2.25 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Income plus Arbitrage Active FoF	Dec '25–now · 0.9y	+3.77%	+4.18%	−0.40 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Equity Savings Fund	Dec '25–now · 0.9y	+1.63%	+0.54%	+1.10 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Money Market Fund	Dec '25–Feb '26 · 0.2y	+0.76%	+0.78%	−0.03 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset CRISIL IBX Financial Services 9 12 Months Debt Index Fund	Dec '25–Feb '26 · 0.2y	+0.59%	−2.02%	+2.60 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Balanced Advantage Fund	Dec '25–now · 0.9y	−0.44%	−2.81%	+2.37 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Nifty SDL Jun 2027 Index Fund	Dec '25–Feb '26 · 0.2y	+0.83%	−2.02%	+2.85 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Dynamic Term Fund	Dec '25–now · 0.9y	+2.17%	+3.01%	−0.85 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Aggressive Hybrid Fund	Dec '25–now · 0.9y	−2.31%	−4.51%	+2.20 pt	–	–
Mirae Asset Nifty 8 13 yr G Sec ETF	Dec '25–Feb '26 · 0.2y	+0.21%	−4.22%	+4.43 pt	–	–

Fig. 1.Each scheme Basant Bafna ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with^{(5 now)}

Harshad BorawakeAggressive Hybrid Fund · Multi Asset Allocation Fund · Balanced Advantage Fund · Equity Savings Fund4 schemes
Vrijesh KaseraAggressive Hybrid Fund · Equity Savings Fund2 schemes
Bharti SawantEquity Savings Fund1 scheme
Ritesh PatelMulti Asset Allocation Fund1 scheme
Siddharth SrivastavaMulti Asset Allocation Fund1 scheme