InCred Alternative Investments Pvt Ltd – Portfolio Management Services (PMS)

Managing Partner & CIO

Extensive experience spanning over twenty years in capital allocation within prominent, industry-leading enterprises. Education includes degrees from IIM Lucknow and IIT Delhi, complemented by CFA charter.

Fund Manager

Previous professional affiliations include KKR, Edelweiss, Alvarez & Marsal, WL Ross & Co, and D.B. Zwirn & Co.

Fund Manager

Rishi possesses over two decades of comprehensive experience within the Indian financial markets, having held leadership positions in both sell-side and buy-side public equity operations. His career is marked by several significant market innovations, including pioneering options strategies and managed futures research for India during his tenure in institutional broking from 2004 to 2006. Subsequently, he spearheaded the establishment and management of India's inaugural quantitative hedge fund in 2007 and Asia's first systematic managed futures fund in 2011 at ProAlpha. This was under the umbrella of US-based Monsoon Capital, where he served a diverse clientele comprising global institutional investors offshore and prominent Indian family offices onshore. Rishi has a proven track record of managing various hedge fund strategies across India and Asia, with a particular emphasis on quantitative and systematic approaches. His achievements have been recognized with multiple global accolades, including awards for Best New Asian Fund and Best Managed Futures Fund in Asia. Furthermore, a quantitative fund under his management was ranked among the top 10 globally in its category in 2020. Currently, Rishi serves as the Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer for Hedge Fund Strategies within the Alternatives business at InCred. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Quant Strategies at Avendus, where he was instrumental in the rapid launch of several quantitative long-short strategies within their hedge fund division. Rishi is a frequent speaker at leading global conferences focused on quantitative finance and hedge funds, such as Quant Invest in Paris, Hedge Funds Asia in Hong Kong, the MFA Conference in Miami, VCCircle’s PE/VC Summit in Mumbai, and AIWMI’s Alternatives Summit in Mumbai. His market insights are regularly featured in prominent financial media, including television networks like CNBC and ET Now, and publications such as The Economic Times, Business Line, Outlook Money, and Business India. He is widely regarded as a leading authority on quantitative investing within the institutional buy-side sector in India. Academically, Rishi holds an MBA from IIM Lucknow and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.