Paul P.

About Paul P.

Paul is a seasoned investment professional with over 18 years of experience in portfolio management across asset classes and investment styles, consistently delivering top-quartile results.Currently, he leads the AIF Category (Absolute Return & Multi-Strategy) platform at one of India’s top three asset managers—India’s equivalent of global hedge funds, operating within a regulated frameworkPreviously, Paul was a Client Portfolio Manager at Franklin Templeton in both the UK and India, where he managed / advised global multi-asset portfolios.Before Franklin Templeton, he held senior investment roles at Edelweiss Group, including Associate Director – Strategic Investments and Vice President & Head of Equities at Edelweiss Asset Management. His focus spanned absolute return and benchmark aware equity strategies using quantitative and thematic approaches, as well as asset allocation across public and private asset classes.He holds a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Bachelor\'s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.Areas of Expertise:Global: Absolute return strategies | Multi-asset solutions & custom mandates | Goal-based portfolios | Capital allocationIndia: Public equity (mutual funds)| Quantitative & factor-based investing | Thematic equities | Special situations | Strategic Proprietary Investments | Absolute Return | Derivative StrategiesCross-functional: Decision sciences | Management consulting | Macro advisory

Experience

1. Head Alternate Investment Fund - Absolute Return

   ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd

   May 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Head of AIF Category Long-Short Funds, overseeing Absolute Return and Multi-Strategy mandates

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  PGDM, Finance and Economics

  2003 — 2005

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  B.Tech(Hons), Electrical Engineering

  1999 — 2003

• KU Leuven

  Exchange Program, Finance and Economics

  2004 — 2004

Skills

• Portfolio Management
• Strategy
• Asset Management
• Quantitative Finance
• Valuation
• Investments
• Capital Markets
• Trading Strategies
• Algorithms
• Management Consulting
• Technical Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Hedge Funds
• Decision Analysis
• Quantitative Analytics
• Behavioral Finance
• Predictive Analytics
• Economic Modeling
• Equities
• Private Equity
• Quantative Analysis
• Trading
• Financial Modeling
• Investment Banking
• Analysis