Arindam Mandal

Prior to joining Marcellus, Arindam spent nearly a decade in the United States working for Principal Global Investors (PGI).

Arindam brings over a decade of global investing experience, having spent nearly 10+ years in the United States with Principal Global Investors (PGI). He began his career as a Quantitative Analyst before transitioning to fundamental equity research, where he served as the lead analyst covering U.S. and Global Industrials and Utilities. In early 2019, he broadened his investment mandate to include Emerging Markets  and oversaw India public equity investments across PGI’s global equity platform. PGI manages more than 100B in equities. His primary fund during this period managed $5B+ in assets. Prior to his investment career, Arindam worked as a Lead Software Engineer in product research and development at Oracle Corporation.

Qualifications: Arindam holds a Bachelor of Technology (First Class with Distinction) from NIT Warangal and earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where he graduated with highest honours in Finance.

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NEWSLETTER
Marcellus Portfolio Updates & Insights - August 2026

  From Our CIO’s Desk Is Quality Investing Making a Comeback in India? Over the last five years (FY21–25), high-quality businesses—companies with clean accounting, strong management, and high returns on capital—lagged the broader market. The reason was simple: a post-COVID surge in household “revenge spending” and government infrastructure capex created a rising tide that lifted […]


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Global Compounders: Why have we underperformed the S&P500 in 2026?

Marcellus’ Global Compounders Portfolio (GCP) strategically invests in ~40 deeply moated global companies aligned with megatrends, with an aim to provide steady earnings growth and shareholder wealth compounding. Our underperformance vs S&P500 in 2026 has played out in two parts – in line until Feb’26 and underperformance post that. Two factors explain the underperformance: 1) […]


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Investing in boring, old-fashioned companies that allocate capital sensibly

Like our favourite cricketer, Rahul Dravid, the 7 companies decoded by us a decade ago in ‘The Unusual Billionaires’ delivered market beating performance by focusing on 3 principles which are simple to understand but hard to deliver on: (a) stick to the core and expand only into adjacencies; (b) focus on deepening your existing moats; and (c) […]


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