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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Diversification in a Concentrated Portfolio of Compounders
In an uncertain macroeconomic environment shaped by AI disruption and shifting global geopolitics, the Consistent Compounders Portfolio (CCP) strategy has evolved significantly. While maintaining a concentrated portfolio focused on good-quality businesses, we have diversified our top holdings across uncorrelated sectors such as healthcare, auto components, and export-led manufacturing. This deliberate shift away from our historical […]
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Marcellus' Portfolio Updates & Insights - February 2026
marcellus.in From Our CIO’s Desk RBI’s Report Flags Indian Consumer’s Debt Trap For the past year, we have warned that the Indian middle class is financing its lifestyle through a precarious reliance on debt. The RBI’s latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) has now validated these concerns, signalling that the “consumption story” is hitting a wall […]
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Retirement Planning: Tackling the Hardest Problem in Finance
Summary: Across the world, retirement planning is viewed as one of the most complex problems in Finance due to the multitude of unpredictable variables at play. In India, this problem is made more complex by the high and variable inflation in the cost of living. The problem is made even more challenging for the Indian middle […]
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