Fundamental bottom-up investing focused on Indian consumer growth
Alder Capital is an independent investment management firm which serves high-net-worth individuals, families and private foundations. Though the firm is a boutique, catering to a very small and exclusive group of clients, it thrives on its in-depth proprietary research and insights from its industry relations built over the year. The firm believes the rise of the Indian consumer is a multi-decade event which will have positive spill over effect on consumer product and services businesses. Thus its portfolios are essentially made up of businesses that cater to domestic consumers, based on a fundamental bottom-up approach and structured with a long term orientation.
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Rakhi Prasad
Fund managerConsulting Investment Manager
NISM Series XXI-B
Rakhi Prasad is an consulting investment manager with focus on investment research covering financials, healthcare and technology. She has over 24 years of experience across asset management, investment banking, private equity and risk management. As Director at Matrix Partners India, she managed investor relations and fund portfolio reporting. Prior to that she worked at Enam Securities leading the financial sponsors team preparing well-researched consumer sector investment banking mandates. She started her career at Goldman Sachs, NY where she built strategies to hedge against counterparty risk. She has been honoured as India's Top 100 Women in Finance in 2020 by AIWMI. Education: Columbia University, New York, MS Financial Engineering, 2005; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, BS Computer Science, 2001; Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, BA Economics Honours, 1999. Portfolio Managers NISM Series XXI-B Certification, 2023.
Hemant Patel
Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer
NISM Series XXI-B
Hemant Patel is the founding partner and chief investment officer at Alder Capital. He has 25 years of experience in institutional equity research, advising some of the largest global and domestic institutional investors. His 10 years tenure with Axis Capital team (earlier known as Enam Securities), culminated in his role as Executive Director – Consumer Equity Research. He has been voted by Wall Street Journal as India's top analyst for home and personal care sector and received numerous awards from Reuters StarMine for consumer staples category. Education: Australian Graduate School of Management, University of NSW, MBA, 2000; Loyola College, Chennai, Bachelor of commerce, 1995. Portfolio Managers NISM Series XXI-B Certification, 2023.
Swati Gaikwad
Head - Finance & Operations and Compliance Officer
Chartered Accountant (CA)
Swati Gaikwad heads the finance and operation functions and also handles the role of compliance officer. She has been instrumental in business planning, formulating, and improvising organizational processes with focus on quality, productivity, and technology. She completed her CA articleship in a CA firm- Pandey & Pandey firm with exposure in Audit & Taxation. Subsequently, she worked in the Taxation and Accounts department at Apex Consultants. Education: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Chartered Accountant (CA), 2024; University of Mumbai, Master of Commerce, 2017; University of Mumbai, Bachelor of Commerce, 2015.
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