15 years+ experience in Indian financial markets with expertise in trading equities, both index and individual stocks. Strong understanding of both domestic and global macros affecting various asset classes ranging from equities, rates and currencies. Attended seminars and short courses to gain equities domain knowledge in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. MBA (finance) from IIM Calcutta, batch of 2009
Vinay Arya, MBA (FMS Delhi), All India rank-holder CA, CS, B.Com (H) (SRCC)
Vineet is an Entrepreneur Partner at AA driving the systematic equity investing business (Elysium). He brings 25+ years of experience in quantitative investments, early stage venture and private equity. He is also an active board member and key stakeholder in several social impact businesses. He previously co-headed the alternative investing business at DE Shaw, and prior to that worked with IDFC Private Equity, JumpStartUp and Citibank. Vineet is MBA from IIM Lucknow and BA Economics from DU
Vinit Gala, CA & CFA, is the Founder and Fund Manager of the Xylem Maverick Strategy under Brightseeds Advisors LLP. He has over a decade of experience in institutional equity research and portfolio management where he has managed discretionary portfolios and led investment strategy. His approach combines deep on-ground research, risk management, and a focus on capital allocation to identify early-stage multi-bagger opportunities.
Vinod specializes in investing in listed Indian mid and small cap companies. He is always in the lookout for companies that are relentlessly taking small steps in the right direction that in turn builds on itself and gains momentum and produces more and more positive results, just like a flywheel. He was associated with one of the best performing small & mid cap fund (Novastar Funds) during 2010-2015 (family of a board member at Berkshire Hathaway invested in the fund). He has done his PGDM from IIM Lucknow and B.com (Hons) from Sri Satya Sai University. His interests include Crossfit, Vipassana, Running and Reading.
Vipul Prasad is the Founder and CEO of Magadh Capital Advisors LLP. He has been running the PMS, as the Fund Manager of Magadh Capital since August, 2021. Vipul has worked in senior roles in investment management, equity research, planning, marketing and maintenance in fields of investment banking and manufacturing in his career spanning over 26 years. Vipul was Fund Manager for Magadh Capital’s long-only equity fund (Alternative Investment Fund, Category III) for 3 years and had earlier worked for 12 years as an institutional equity research analyst with some of the largest and most reputed investments banks in the world (10 years with Morgan Stanley and before that, 1 year each with Motilal Oswal Securities and ABN AMRO), advising institutional investors- largely foreign institutional investors but also some of the largest Indian mutual funds and insurance companies- regarding stock investments in Indian markets. He was consistently ranked amongst top equity analysts in client ratings – both internally as well as externally {Institutional Investor (2012, 2014, 2015), Asiamoney (2008)}, and in other rankings like India Today (2008) and Bloomberg (2007). He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata (PGDM in Finance and Strategy) and a Bachelor’s degree (B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi.
Viraj has over 20 years of experience in finance, with 10 years in Private Equity in India as part of Actis (AUM of over US$ 7.5 Bn across various funds), one of the largest emerging market PE funds. • He has over 5 years experience in previous assignments including M&A and capital raising for Healthcare and Consumer sectors at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup based out of their London offices. • He holds an MBA in Finance and Leadership Change Management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (2004) and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2000).
Mr. Viraj Mehta has more than 16 years of experience in Investment & Research. He is the CIO and Partner at Enigma Investment Partners LLP and has completed his PGDBM in Finance from MDI, Gurgaon, and B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Nirma Institute of Technology (Gujarat University), respectively. He was the Managing Director of Equirus Portfolio Management Services, where he was responsible for setting up the PMS (AMC business) and the team from scratch, and was managing capital of ~ Rs. 11bn for clients. Equirus Long Horizon Fund was one off the best performing PMS schemes delivering ~25% CAGR returns for its clients over his tenure. Prior to Equirus, he was associated with Franklin Templeton as lead analyst for managing the small companies fund, which was awarded the best small-cap MF scheme by CRISIL & Business Standard. He has also worked with ValueQuest Capital LLP.