Can ‘Quant’ style pick better stocks? ft. Deepak Shenoy & Anoop Vijaykumar | Capitalmind’s Quant MF

Capitalmind Mutual Fund approaches money management with a quantitative, rules-based framework. Rather than relying on traditional human judgment or trying to predict long-term corporate governance, they use factor investing to target momentum adjusted for volatility. In this video, Satya Sontanam from Zerodha Varsity sits down with Deepak Shenoy and Anoop Vijaykumar from Capitalmind Mutual Fund. They break down how quantitative models perform in the real world, the impact of transaction costs on high-turnover portfolios, and how key risk metrics shape their investment process. If you want to understand the philosophy behind quant investing and what to expect as an investor, this conversation provides essential insights. Timestamps 00:00 Sneak peek 01:16 All about Capital MF's quant strategy 15:55 Transaction costs in quant strategy 18:51 Return expectations from the fund 28:54 In it for the long term 32:44 Rolling returns 35:21 Risk-adjusted ratios 48:17 Capitalmind MF philosophy 5