Date: 30th Nov 2021 | Publication: Ausbiz
When it comes to the performance of major emerging market equities this year, the divergence between China and India has been stark. Chinese markets have struggled while those in India have soared. India Avenue Investment Management’s Munguthan Siva expects the trend will continue, noting that even after the strong run we’ve seen, corporate earnings continue to impress. He says strong growth in the technology sector, a steady recovery in loan growth and asset quality across most private sector banks, a pickup in economic activity after the devastating Delta variant wave and higher commodity prices have all contributed to annual profit growth of 40-50%. Looking ahead, Munguthan says he’s looking for businesses who can gain market share during periods of turmoil, allowing them to boost their brand, management and underlying growth over the longer-term. He gives his tips on the sectors likely to outperform next year, along with the outlook for interest rates and the Indian rupee.
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India Avenue is a boutique investment management firm providing investment solutions that allow our clients to benefit from India’s remarkable growth story.
OUR BUSINESS
2005
The journey towards the “birth” of India Avenue originated in 2005, when ING Investment Management started a business in India as a separate division, utilising a practiced multi-manager philosophy in markets like Australia, and exported it to India. Three of our founders, Mugunthan Siva, Rajeev Thakkar and Sajjan Raut Desai worked together for INGIM (India), building investment strategies and structures, under this philosophy and applying them to Indian capital markets
2011
In 2011 our founders started discussing the possibility of building an investment firm with a capability to provide a focus on India as an stand-alone investment jurisdiction for foreign investors. The founders identified Australia and New Zealand as nascent markets for investing in regional locations, with the potential to accelerate given education and insights which the firm could provide.
2015
By 2015 the group of founders decided to work full-time on this concept to bring it to life. They did this by leaving their existing employment, thus exercising high conviction in the investment region of India as a long-term structural story for investors in Australia and New Zealand. Thus, the firm India Avenue Investment Management was registered and came to life in 2015 in Sydney, Australia.
2016
After building our business for a period of 12 months, our first fund, The India Avenue Equity Fund was launched on 6th September 2016, with strong service provider partners like Equity Trustees (RE), Mainstream (Fund Administrator), KPMG (Fund Auditor) and BNP India (Custodian).
NOW
India Avenue is now a boutique investment business firm, with clients spread across family offices, high net worth individuals, wealth advisers and financial planning firms. Our firm has focused on education and knowledge as a driver of investment behaviour and have taken a long-term approach towards Australian and New Zealand investors contemplating an allocation to India’s growth as part of their portfolios. Our firm has assets in excess of A$50m and the India Avenue Equity Fund is rated “Recommended”* by Lonsec and is available on multiple investment platforms across Australia and New Zealand.