Alternates

Wealth Management

We help clients identify upcoming trends and sectors based on extensive in-house research and through a strong industry network of 100+ private equity (PE) funds and 50+ venture capital (VC) funds. Through a diverse alternative asset portfolio, we help in optimizing our clients’ overall investment returns.

Alternate Equity

Fund-
  • 1st ever Consumer Brands focused VC Fund in India; founded by ex-Helion Founding Partner, Kanwaljit Singh
  • Received commitments of INR 180 Cr; Key investors: Westbridge Capital, Premji Invest, Marico’s Mariwalas, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Emami Ltd
  • Sourced through founders’ connect with Kanwaljit Singh; worked closely with the partners to devise the risk mitigants
  • US$100M Early Stage Venture Capital Fund, founded by former Helion Partners: Rahul Chowdhri, Ritesh Banglani and Alok Goyal
  • Received commitments of ~ $ 75 Million; key investors are SIDBI, IFC and Infosys
  • Sourced through founders’ connect with the three partners through IB deals with Helion

Other Funds

Direct Deals+

Alternate Debt

KKR India Debt
Opportunities Fund II

One of the first credit funds open for non-institutional investors in India.

USD 236 million fund focussed on structured credit situations in either promoter holding entities or companies over two to three years.

Avendus Absolute
Return Fund

Headed by Andrew Holland and Vaibhav Sanghavi, Avendus Absolute Return Fund is positioned as a Fixed Income Plus product in the market.

The fund generates absolute returns irrespective of the market conditions owing to lower correlation with equity & fixed income products.

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Avendus Structured
Credit Fund I

Avendus Structured Credit Fund I is designed to provide flexible capital to mid-market firms targeting a gross yield in the mid-teens.

The fund will mandatorily invest in deals where Avendus proprietary capital is invested by Avendus NBFC at the same terms, benefiting from in-depth diligence used for the same.

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Direct Mezzanine Debt Deals

in the hospitality and automotive companies have earned the investors Internal Rate Of Return (IRR) of

16-26%

Wealth Management
March 2018

The flight of wealth: should we worry?

Recent reports of 7,000 Indian dollar-millionaires having left the country last year have revived fresh fears about wealth drain and its trickle-down effect on the economy.

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Wealth Management
July 2018

Distressed assets in India: Should you invest?

The Indian distressed assets investment landscape has come of age, and we think the time is ripe for discerning investors to step in and pick “value” assets.

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Wealth Management
July 2018

Rise of owner-fund managers: implications for Indian investors

The phenomenon of the owner-fund manager is gathering momentum and this could change the face of the Indian fund management industry.

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Wealth Management
September 2018

The Evolving Debt Market: Plan Your Exit Wisely, Just Like Your Investments

Over the past two decades, Indian markets have grown at a tremendous pace.

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Investment Banking
January 2019

How India's services sector is a perfect springboard for automation

Voice recognition software monitors quality of interaction between humans and the external world and has the ability to escalate matters and intervene in real time. Gone are the days where supervisors walked the aisles to troubleshoot.

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Asset Management
July 2018

India: top of the class investment destination

There is one aspect of investment that all practitioners of this noble art share, which is an immediate attraction to markets that have performed well historically, over those that have done poorly.

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Investment Banking
January 2019

Five trends that could fuel M&A activity in India

Let us try to put a perspective on the corporate trends that have evolved in our country spanning three generations of entrepreneurs since independence. In the post-independence era, the first-generation entrepreneurs in India seized the opportunity to build, whichever way they could.

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Investment Banking
December 2018

How can the auto-component industry survive the new emission norms challenge?

The Indian automotive industry is quickly gearing up for a major technology transformation owing to escalating environmental issues.

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