Investment Professional Intelligence — Pranav Gupta | Co-Fund Manager & Equity Dealer | Invesco Asset Management | India - Search APAC Insights

Pranav Gupta, Co-Fund Manager and Equity Dealer at Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited, has begun managing the Invesco India Arbitrage Fund, effective November 2, 2026. He joined Invesco on September 7, 2026, after moving from Edelweiss Asset Management Limited. The fund is jointly managed by Pranav Gupta and Deepak Gupta, CFA.

Before joining Invesco, Gupta was an Equity Dealer at Edelweiss Asset Management from October 2024 to August 2026. Prior to that, he was a Fund Manager and Dealer at Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC from April 2022 to September 2024, managing arbitrage, equity savings, exchange-traded fund (ETF), and index schemes.

Earlier, Gupta worked as a Research Analyst at Centrum India from August 2021 to March 2022, focusing on alternative institutional research. From December 2017 to July 2021, he was an Alternative Research Analyst and Sales Trader at Ohm Stock Broker, with responsibilities spanning sales trading and alternative institutional research.

Gupta holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Instrumentation from Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering and Technology (‘13) and a Master of Management Studies degree in Finance from N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research (‘18).

About Deepak Gupta, CFA

Deepak Gupta is a Senior Vice President and Fund Manager at Invesco Asset Management (India), having joined the firm in November 2021. Before Invesco, he worked in Sales Trading at Emkay Global Financial Services from July 2019 to October 2021.

Gupta previously spent over 14 years at Kotak Asset Management Company, where he served as Vice President from April 2005 to May 2019. He was the lead fund manager for several schemes, including Kotak Equity Arbitrage Scheme, Kotak India EQ Contra Fund, and Kotak Equity Savings Fund, as well as various ETFs. From 2008 to 2011, he also managed structured products, including Kotak Wealth Builder and Kotak Dynamic Asset Allocation.

His investment responsibilities included developing quantitative models using fundamental data and technical analysis to support investment decisions across strategies such as long-short investing, pairs trading, market-cap rotation, and factor-based stock selection. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai (‘03).

About Invesco India Arbitrage Fund

Invesco India Arbitrage Fund is an open-ended arbitrage scheme that seeks to generate income primarily through arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives markets. The remaining portfolio may be invested in debt and money market instruments.

Key facts

Category: Arbitrage Fund
Scheme type: Open-ended
Investment objective: To generate income predominantly through arbitrage opportunities in cash and derivatives markets, with the balance invested in debt and money market instruments.
Benchmark: CRISIL 1 Year T-Bill Index (AMFI Tier I Benchmark)

Fund snapshot

Average AUM: ₹27,912.26 crore for the quarter ended March 2026
Month-end AUM: ₹26,917.10 crore as of September 30, 2026
Inception date: April 30, 2007
Fund age: Approximately 19 years and 6 months as of October 2026

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