Aarati Krishnan

Co-Founder

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India8 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

30 years of experience in financial markets.
Expert in investment strategies and portfolio design.
Contributing editor for a leading financial publication.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in Fintech and Media, specializing in investment advisory and financial journalism.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investment StrategyResearch ManagementInvestment ResearchJournalismEducation

Other Skills

Investment advisoryPortfolio designMarket researchTeam mentoringProduct developmentRisk managementMarket analysisFramework developmentData analysisResearch frameworksData modelingInvestor educationProduct ratingsRisk analysisEditorial writing

About

I am a Founding Member and Head of the Advisory function at Primeinvestor.in. At Primeinvestor.in I help design products, build portfolios, craft investing strategies and build and mentor the advisory and research teams. I also write on markets, bonds, mutual funds, insurance and all things investing. I am a Contributing Editor for the Hindu Business Line, writing on the economy, financial market regulations, personal finance, stocks and bond markets and mutual funds. I have been tracking and writing on India's corporate sector and financial markets for the last 30 years. I have tracked Indian stock markets and the mutual fund industry since 1994 and was earlier a Consulting Editor for Value Research Pvt Ltd. I contribute to the framing of market regulations as a member of SEBI's Mutual Fund Advisory Committee. Researching financial markets, companies and sectors and translating complex financial jargon into actionable content is my passion. I welcome conversations with investment professionals, regulators, and FinTech innovators seeking to advance transparency and trust in Indian markets.

Experience

8 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Primeinvestor

2 roles

Head of Advisory

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Currently leading PrimeInvestor’s expansion into advanced advisory products for high-net-worth and institutional investors, with an emphasis on risk-optimised, transparent solutions.
Heading PrimeInvestor’s investment advisory function while contributing to portfolio design, strategies and product development across equity, debt and alternative domains. Responsible for translating deep market research into actionable investment guidance for a wide investor base.
Key contributions
Part of founding team which built PrimeInvestor’s proprietary rating frameworks for funds, bonds, and insurance, now used by thousands of subscribers. Now building investment strategies and products for HNI clients.
Building and mentoring a high-performing research team delivering evidence-based recommendations across asset classes.
Shaping the firm’s research architecture, balancing quantitative screening with qualitative evaluation.
Shaping content and product strategy to align investment recommendations with evolving SEBI and AMFI guidelines.
Representing PrimeInvestor in public forums and media interactions, establishing the platform’s reputation for independent, data-driven research.
Driving collaboration between advisory, product, and research teams to ensure consistency and integrity of financial guidance.

Investment advisoryPortfolio designMarket researchTeam mentoringProduct developmentInvestment Strategy+1

Head of Investment & Insurance products

Aug 2020 – Oct 2025 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Established and scaled PrimeInvestor’s research frameworks for mutual funds, stocks, and insurance products. Defined evaluation criteria, built data models, and authored investor-facing reports translating technical analysis into practical recommendations.
Launched insurance-research vertical delivering unbiased product ratings and risk-coverage analysis.
Developed end-to-end methodology for fund recommendations, integrating performance, cost, and portfolio-risk metrics.
Collaborated with technology teams to embed research tools and screeners into the PrimeInvestor platform.
Contributed thought-leadership content driving investor education and subscriber growth.

Research frameworksData modelingInvestor educationInvestment Research

The hindu business line

Contributing Editor

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Tracking and writing actionable content on Indian stock, bond, mutual fund markets from August 1995. Mentoring research
Was Editor of the Portfolio section of the newspaper for 7 years until February 2014, with the paper achieving all-time high circulation of over 2 lakh copies a day during this period
Built and led a team of qualified analysts tracking markets, sectors and asset classes
Curated the weekly Portfolio section of the paper
Wrote and continue to write editorials, op-eds, columns on the economy, macros, financial markets, regulations, policy and investing.

Editorial writingMarket analysisTeam leadershipJournalism

Aegon life

Advisory Council Member

Dec 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · India

Sebi mutual fund advisory committee

Member

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Self employed

Consulting Editor, Value Research

Apr 2014 – Apr 2019 · 5 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Asian college of journalism

Adjunct Visiting Faculty

Sep 2013 – Sep 2019 · 6 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Taught an elective on business reporting comprising of writing and reporting on the Indian economy, macro data, financial markets and regulations, to a class of under-grad students.

TeachingBusiness reportingEducation

Business line (aka the hindu business line)

Editor - Portfolio

Dec 2006 – Apr 2014 · 7 yrs 4 mos

As Head of Research at Hindu Business Line, I was responsible for commissioning, curating and editing the paper's investment edition - Portfolio (formerly Investment World). I headed a team of qualified research professionals to provide recommendations on stocks, IPOS, bonds and mutual funds. .

Research managementInvestment recommendationsInvestment Research