MUMBAI: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Network18’s English business news platform, CNBC-TV18, presented an expert-led knowledge sharing experience to its audience. The objective of this initiative was to raise awareness on its implications on the market and investments.

Through its show, Your Investment Guide, the channel interacted with top mutual fund houses and brought together industry experts to address significant issues related to the ongoing market mayhem.

The channel has launched a #AskCNBCTV18 digital campaign across its social media platforms to aid its audience identifying the right options available for long term wealth creation opportunities and resolve their queries. 

Hosted by CNBC-TV18’s ace anchor, Surabhi Upadhyay, the show provided an opportunity for the audience to raise the queries via #AskCNBCTV18 and get real-time advices on the show from the panel of eminent experts.
The show featured mutual fund maestros addressing audience queries related to stock market, personal finance and other investment guidance. 

Industry experts that participated at the show were: Morningstar Investment Advisor India's director and fund research Kaustubh Belapurkar; SBI Mutual Funds chief executive officer and managing director Ashwani Bhatia; Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC chief executive officer A Balasubramanian, Edelweiss Asset Management chief executive officer Radhika Gupta and DSP Investment Managers and Plan Ahead Wealth Advisors president Kalpen Parekh.

The panel of experts responded on queries posted on social media, that ranged from, ‘What are the best ways for Indian residents to invest in US Stocks/Index?’, ‘Is it the best time to invest in Index fund?’, and ‘Need information and understanding about ETFs in India?’ amongst others. 

In addition, the riveting conversations offered an in-depth analysis and expert-led advices on how to navigate through the stock market fall, how to revisit the mutual fund portfolio and investments that can be made during a global health pandemic.