Kresha Gupta on How India’s HNI 2.0 Is Driving the Alternative Investment Revolution
Date: October 17, 2025
Kresha Gupta, Director and Fund Manager at StepTrade Capital, features on the cover story “HNI 2.0 – Alternative Investment Is the New Mainstream” published in Forum Views Magazine (October 2025 issue). In this insightful feature, she highlights how India’s new generation of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) is transforming the country’s investment landscape by embracing innovation and diversification through Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).
Sharing her perspective, Kresha Gupta explains, “The newer generation of traditional HNIs is more open-minded, unconventional, risk-taking, and wiser, setting a new benchmark in investment behaviour. They’re not satisfied with merely preserving wealth — they want to grow it through innovative strategies and meaningful participation in high-potential opportunities.”
She further adds, “The rise of India’s capital markets is undeniable. AIFs stand as the gateway for investors, and the allocations made today will shape the benchmarks of tomorrow.”
Through this feature, Kresha Gupta sheds light on how sophisticated investors are diversifying beyond conventional instruments into private equity, venture capital, and pre-IPO opportunities, signaling a structural shift in India’s wealth creation story. StepTrade Capital continues to be at the forefront of this evolution, empowering investors with research-driven, goal-oriented fund management strategies that align with the dynamic vision of HNI 2.0.