# Nilesh Shah warns investors not to chase ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ bets 2026-09-30T23:21:36+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Nilesh Shah, Managing Director of Kotak Asset Management Company, has advised investors against chasing investments marketed as ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunities. Speaking at Kotak Private’s Take and Counter Take platform, Shah said, ‘You should never ever chase any investment because the sell side is saying this is once in a lifetime opportunity.’ He argued that missing one opportunity is not an irreversible loss, using the analogy of a train leaving a station where another will arrive. Shah also noted that the distinction between startups and large listed companies may blur as established firms create entrepreneurial units. He pointed to India’s long history of informal private capital becoming more structured. At the same event, Renuka Ramnath of Multiples Alternate Asset Management argued that private markets offer greater control during a crash. Both agreed on diversification. The event, reported by Business Today, Livemint and the Economic Times, carried similar neutral coverage. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The three outlets provided uniform neutral-report coverage of Nilesh Shah’s comments, with no discernible pro-government or critical slant. Business Today led with the FOMO warning and the train analogy, while Livemint emphasised Shah’s remarks on private equity culture becoming structured. The Economic Times focused on the debate with Renuka Ramnath about post-bubble investment strategy, contrasting public and private markets. All sources omitted any external critique of Shah’s views or mention of specific market risks. The consistent framing across outlets suggests the story was treated as straight market commentary rather than a contested issue. Investors are left to weigh Shah’s advice against their own risk appetite. All three sources reported the event as straight market commentary, with identical factual details and no external critique. The common framing leaves no interpretative gap, the balanced reading is that the coverage simply reported Shah’s views as delivered at the Kotak Private platform. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - businesstoday.in (neutral report) Straight report of Shah's advice, no slant or external critique - livemint.com (neutral report) Focus on Shah's message and the platform, no added opinion - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Reported the debate between Shah and Ramnath, neutral framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, Kotak Private, Nilesh Shah Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nilesh-shah-warns-investors-not-to-chase-once-in-a-lifetime-bets/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nilesh-shah-warns-investors-not-to-chase-once-in-a-lifetime-bets/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/