Pakistan has 38 million bank accounts, versus less than 200,000 mutual fund investors, a sign of ample room for growth, according to Rahman. She’s counting on stock picks in Pakistan’s manufacturing industries to maintain her fund’s outperformance. The KSE 100 index rose 1.1 percent on Friday, the most since Jan. 26.
“I enjoy what I do to the point where it doesn’t feel like work,” she said.
If that ever changes, Rahman says she’ll leave.
“It’s a very high opportunity cost for me to be doing something I don’t enjoy.”