About
Akshay Gupta, CFA, currently serves as Assistant Portfolio Manager at Nipun Capital, L.P. in California. In this role, he is responsible for supporting portfolio management efforts across the firm’s Asia and global emerging market equity strategies, including both long/short and long-only public equity approaches. He specializes in Asian and emerging market equities, helping to implement innovative, institutional-caliber investment strategies that leverage fundamental and behavioral insights within a systematic framework.
Prior to joining Nipun Capital, Akshay Gupta gained valuable industry experience from roles at other investment firms, though specific prior employers are not cited in available records. His expertise centers on public equity markets, with a particular focus on alpha extraction and disciplined risk management across Asian and emerging market stocks.
Akshay is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), underscoring his strong analytic and quantitative skills in portfolio construction and risk assessment. While his full educational background is not explicitly detailed in the most authoritative sources, his professional credentials, experience, and expertise position him as a specialist in Asian and emerging market equity investing. He has contributed to the growth and innovation of Nipun Capital’s investment process, which is recognized for its systematic methodology and use of local market insights.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Nipun Capital, L.P. | Assistant Portfolio Manager | Mar 2023 to Present | Global Emerging Markets Long/Short and Long only Equity fund. | 
| Moody's Analytics | Portfolio Research, Assistant Director | May 2020 to Mar 2023 | • Integral part of the research team that redesigned 2021 NAIC regulatory guidelines (RBC C1 bond factors) in collaboration with ACLI for life insurance ~$3 trillion credit holdings. (literature attac... | 
| Moody's Analytics | Quantitative Research and Modelling | Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 | • Portfolio Research (Credit Asset and Liability Management Team): Pricing complex Insurance products using Multi-Dimensional Simulations. • 2019 VHK Innovation Recognition: First Place. | 
| Deutsche Bank | Senior Analyst | Nov 2016 to Feb 2019 | • Worked in TradeFinder team with Treasury desk; primarily involved in building money management reports and trade booking systems for Treasury desk. • Designed and implemented comprehensive platform ... | 
| Samsung Electronics | Lead Engineer | Apr 2016 to Nov 2016 | • Worked on Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Samsung's voice command application named Bixby. • Researched and implemented NER statistical models for information extraction & coalesced it into St... | 
| Samsung Electronics | Senior Software Engineer | Jun 2014 to Mar 2016 | — | 
| Schneider Electric | Intern | May 2012 to Jul 2012 | — | 
| Polytech Nantes | Research Intern | May 2011 to Jul 2011 | — | 
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Master of Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance
2019 — 2020
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Dual (B.Tech + M.tech), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2009 — 2014
Others at Nipun Capital, L.P. (2)
| Name | Role | Location | 
|---|---|---|
| Senior Portfolio Manager | San Francisco, CA , United States | |
| PPooja Malik | Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer, Founding Partner | San Mateo, CA , United States |