Craving Alpha Wealth Fund - Fund Manager

Mayank Mehra is the Founder and Fund Manager of Craving Alpha Wealth Fund, a Category III AIF focused on high-quality franchises at inflection points, available at deep value. With over a decade of experience in equity research, quant investing, and portfolio construction, he combines fundamental insight with proprietary models to deliver alpha across market cycles.A CFA and FRM candidate and a Master in Business Administration, Mayank started his career on a proprietary trading desk before launching Craving Alpha as a SEBI-Registered Investment Advisor in 2018. His investing framework—MIST (Macro, Industry, Strategy, Trend)—guides a disciplined approach to identifying mis- priced opportunities while hedging risk through selective short positions.Craving Alpha Wealth Fund is designed to scale without style drift, maintaining a partially hedged posture to safeguard against macro shocks. Mayank’s philosophy centers on optimizing risk to unlock scalable alpha.He regularly shares insights via the Craving Alpha Substack and is known for his contrarian thinking, macro foresight, and focus on positioning equities as a scalable, liquid wealth-building asset class.