Krishnan V R
Krishnan leads the Quantitative Research team at Marcellus.
Krishnan leads the Quantitative Research team at Marcellus. He has around 10 years of experience spanning both equity and fixed income research. Prior to Marcellus, he was part of the New Indexes Development team at Morningstar, where he was involved in creating systematic, rules-based equity and multi-asset investment products. Before that, he was an equity analyst with D.E. Shaw & Co. and a credit analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) EM Corporate Debt Team.
Qualification: Krishnan has completed his MBA from IIM, Kozhikode and Engineering from NIT Trichy. He is also a CFA charter holder.
Articles by team Marcellus
Volatility underscores diversification benefits
Since inception 15 months ago, Marcellus Multi-Asset PMS (MAP-Balanced) has outperformed its benchmark by 2.44% points and Nifty 500 TSR Index by 4.57% points (annualised, net of fees and expenses). At that time, Indian equities had run up significantly and seemed overvalued when macro growth had slowed, the earnings cycle had already peaked and risk […]
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Marcellus' Portfolio Updates & Insights - November 2025
marcellus.in From Our CIO’s Desk The Long-Awaited Policy Response is Here The employment, wages and consumption slowdown that has played out in India post-Covid has now been recognised by India’s policymakers. Whilst their policy response has been substantive (especially with regards to boosting consumption, the mainstay of India’s economic growth), the structural issue of […]
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The Inevitability of Rupee Depreciation and How You Can Benefit from it
The Rupee loses approximately 40% of its value every decade. As a result, after paying taxes, you have less than a third of your income left in hand to finance your daily expenses and your long-term goals (like children’s education, retirement). However, it does not have to be like this. You can compound your wealth […]
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