Rethinking Risk, Returns & the Role of Diversification | Bengaluru
- February 28, 2026
- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
- LSEG Office, RMZ Infinity, OMR
What We Know for Sure… That Just Ain’t So
Rethinking Risk, Returns & the Role of Diversification
This session examines how widely held beliefs can distort risk and return assessments and how diversification can serve as an antidote to “what you don’t know, can’t know and what you know for sure that just ain’t so”.
What to expect:
Rupal Bhansali, Chief Investment Officer – Global Equities at New York-based Double Duty Money Management, will discuss analytical frameworks and real-world examples from global equity markets to demonstrate the power and payoff of non-consensus thinking in delivering higher returns without taking higher risks. A preview of her unconventional approach to stock picking can be found here: https://nonconsensusinvesting….
DETAILS:
DATE: Friday, 28th February 2026
TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Followed by Lunch)
VENUE: LSEG Office, RMZ Infinity, OMR
Registration Fees:
CFA Society India Members- INR 500 (Refundable on attendance)
CFA Registered Candidates- INR 600
Charter Pending & Others- INR 1000
Rupal Bhansali
CIO - Global Equities
Double Duty Money Management, LLC
Rupal Bhansali is the CEO, CIO and Portfolio Manager of international & global equity strategies at Double Duty Money Management, LLC, headquartered in New York. She is a rare woman of color to have broken through the glass ceiling on Wall Street and from 2001 to 2023 was among the 2% of female portfolio managers to solely manage a mutual fund in the US. She is also the author of a book called “Non-Consensus Investing” which describes her unconventional approach to investing. Previously, she worked at Ariel Investments for 12 years, at MacKay Shields for 10 years & at Oppenheimer Capital for 5 years, in senior leadership & portfolio management roles. She started out on the buy-side as a research analyst at the hedge fund, Soros. From 2020 to 2023, she was featured in Barron’s “100 Most Influential Women in US Finance” list and from 2019 to 2023 she served as a member of their prestigious Investment Round-table, which features “10 of Wall Street’s smartest investors”. In 2021 CNBC called her a “Legendary Contrarian”, in 2017, PBS’s Wealth Track described her as an “Unconventional Thinker”, in 2015, Barron’s recognized her as a “Global Contrarian,” and in 2009, Forbes International Investment Report named her a “Global Guru,”. She is a frequent guest on Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo Finance & Fox Business News, & a sought after speaker at conferences hosted by the CFA Institute, Morningstar & Schwab.
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