Avendus PE Investment Advisors Private Limited is an investment management and investment advisory firm that manages capital and advises its clients to invest in alternate asset class in India.
The firm manages two funds* to invest in undervalued midcap listed companies with a private equity approach.
Investment Philosophy: Avendus PE Investment Advisors uniquely combines the rigor of private equity evaluation approach with a large opportunity, attractive entry valuations and easier exits that public markets offer in India. Its investment evaluation process combines a thorough financial and strategic analysis of a company with a detailed business diligence through meetings with management, customers, competitors and industry experts. It invests through both primary and secondary investments, in under-researched midcap listed companies in India. The firm follows a mix of top-down and bottom-up analysis to come up with interesting investment ideas. In order to identify investment themes that cut across sectors, it constantly interacts with its existing investor network of Indian entrepreneurs, business families and industry experts. The firm believes that its investments in companies that are fundamentally strong and relatively undervalued shall deliver high absolute returns over a period of 4 years.
Private Equity Investing in Public Markets – an attractive opportunity : Indian public markets offer a large and an attractive opportunity set for investors with a private equity mindset. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), one of the two leading stock exchanges in India, has the largest number of listed companies in the world. As of June 2011, there are over 5,085 listed Indian companies with over 3,000 companies traded regularly. Outside the top 200 companies, most companies are under researched. This creates attractive investment opportunities for a fund with a private equity mindset which involves in-depth research and a long term fundamental approach.
* 'fund' shall be construed to mean a strategy of portfolio management services and should not be construed otherwise
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