Mumbai, NFAPost: InCred Alternatives Investments Pvt Ltd. (“InCred”), the, alternative assets arm of InCred Group, announces the appointment of Rishi Kohli as Chief Investment Officer – Hedge Fund Strategies.
Rishi Kohli will be responsible for spearheading InCred’s first Quant Fund. His appointment marks the next step of InCred’s foray into Alternative strategies including long-short equity, venture capital, and structured credit.
Rishi Kohli is a hedge fund veteran with an experience of over 21 years in the Indian capital markets. Prior to joining InCred, he was associated with Avendus. He has been a pioneer in options strategies in India, launching India’s first quantitative hedge fund in 2007, and the first systematic managed futures fund in Asia in 2011 at ProAlpha, as part of US-based Monsoon Capital.
He has run various hedge fund strategies across India and Asia with a focus on quantitative and systematic strategies and earned industry recognition in the form of awards for the Best New Asian Fund and Best Managed Futures Fund in Asia. He holds an MBA from IIM Lucknow and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Commenting on this occasion, InCred Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bhupinder Singh said the company is delighted to have Rishi on board.
“His deep expertise in developing and managing quant investment strategies will help enhance our bouquet of alternative strategies. He will add immense value to our asset management platform as we expand into new asset classes and build diverse solutions for our clients,” said InCred Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bhupinder Singh.
Commenting on his appointment, Rishi Kohli said he is excited to join InCred and look forward to leading the team in creating differentiated long-short systematic/quant strategies with strong risk-adjusted returns and further diversifying InCred’s product portfolio as there is a growing appetite for long-short Funds among Indian investors.
“I look forward to working closely with the incredible team at InCred and contribute significantly to the future growth of the franchise,” said Rishi Kohli.
About InCred
InCred Group is a leading diversified financial services firm with two distinct businesses – InCred Finance, a new-age tech and analytics-based lending NBFC and InCred Capital an integrated institutional, wealth management, asset management platform.
InCred Finance, the lending business of the group was founded in 2016 by Bhupinder Singh and its business verticals include Retail Lending, Small Business Lending and Education Finance. InCred Finance’s equity investors include KKR, ADIA, TRS, INVESTCORP, OAKS, Moore Capital, Elevar Equity, Paragon Partners, Anshu Jain, Ranjan Pai, Gaurav Dalmia etc.