Avendus Absolute Return Fund

Asset Management

Overview-

Avendus Absolute Return Fund is a Category III Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) focused on innovative risk management strategies, with a goal of capital preservation. The fund seeks capital appreciation and positive returns in an efficient, risk-adjusted manner through long and short positions in equities and indices.

The fund led by one of India’s marquee fund managers - Andrew Holland and Nandik Mallik successfully managed equity, based on positive absolute return strategies with a view of low volatility, for over 10 years in all market scenarios.  


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Asset Management
June 2025

India’s Moment: The Time to Build a Global Luxury Brand is Now

The global luxury industry is facing a quiet but powerful disruption. Once seen as invincible, iconic Western brands are struggling to retain relevance in a world that’s rapidly evolving. As global luxury brands grapple with unprecedented challenges,...
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Asset Management
October 2024

Growing interconnectedness of India's public and private financial ecosystems

The market whispers its own narrative while economists shout their forecasts." – Anonymous
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Asset Management
August 2024

Fast Moving Consumer Goods: Time for a strategic pivot

The strategic measures initiated by the government to boost agricultural incomes coupled with forecasts of a normal monsoon offer potential for a rural growth revival and turnaround in India’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector.
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Asset Management
July 2024

Budget gives a boost for capex allocation and fiscal discipline, despite concerns over LGT increase

From an economic viewpoint we like the Budget. Capex has remained as per interim Budget with the RBI dividend being wisely utilised to support expenditure in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and other eastern States whilst still being fiscally prudent.
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Asset Management
July 2024

Balancing Act: Budget addressing tax disparities between asset classes

Fiscal allocations and income tax changes are always considered as the cornerstones of any budget, but as a fund, we were intrigued if an attempt would be made at normalizing tax rates between different asset classes.
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Asset Management
June 2024

Will Arbitrage funds continue to enjoy tax arbitrage going forward?

Debt investments get taxed at a higher rate when compared to equities. The rationale being equity investments carry much higher risk and hence such investors need to be appropriately compensated by way of lower taxation.
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Asset Management
January 2024

Low protection cost in the first half of 2024

2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha election cycles saw fair amount of Nifty rally going into the event, and since the 3rd of December, similar pattern seems to have started emerging this time again for the 2024 cycle.
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Asset Management
October 2023

Diworsification: The trap no investor should fall into

The urge to hedge bets when it comes to asset classes or portfolios could lead to spreading oneself too thin, apart from the inherent risk of poor performance from a loss of focus. Consolidation may be a better way to go.
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