About

For more than twenty-five years, I have worked across financial services, wealth management, and capital markets in India and the United States. Along the way, I have worked with individuals, families, entrepreneurs, technology leaders, investors, and institutions navigating long-term financial decisions in changing markets.

What has always fascinated me is not simply how markets behave, but how people behave within them. The most consequential investment decisions are rarely driven by information alone. They are shaped by psychology, incentives, experience, uncertainty, and the stories we tell ourselves about the future.

This website is where I explore those questions.

My writing sits at the intersection of investing, wealth management, behavioral finance, technology, climate finance, and the broader forces shaping long-term capital allocation. Some essays are informed by professional experience, others by observation, research, and curiosity. All are attempts to better understand how people make decisions in an increasingly complex world.

Today, I am building an AI-native venture focused on the future of wealth management. The company is currently operating in stealth mode. The experience of building in this space continues to inform many of the questions I explore here.

Based in Delhi and working across India and global markets.

I enjoy connecting with investors, founders, wealth management professionals, family offices, researchers, and others exploring the future of capital, technology, human behavior, and long-term decision-making. If these themes resonate with your work, I'd be glad to hear from you.

Diptes Basu — capital markets practitioner and behavioral finance writer based in Delhi