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India Avenue’s core investment philosophy seeks to capture two primary sources of investment return over time:
India’s expected strong GDP growth over the upcoming decades is likely to lead to significant returns from investing in its capital markets
Active management, particularly where markets are less efficient, is likely to produce superior returns over the long term in comparison to passive investing
To benefit from mispricing which can occur in an inefficient market, it is our view that partnering with selective local investment advisers, to identify the best companies to invest in, can lead to substantial value-add, relative to investing passively in a benchmark.
INVESTING FOR ALPHA
It is our view that equity markets around the world operate with differing levels of efficiency. The more “deeply traded” the market is, with significant levels of sell-side coverage and regular company profit updates, the more efficient the pricing of securities become.
It is our view that emerging markets like India remain relatively inefficient in its pricing of securities. This is particularly the case for small-to-mid capitalisation companies where the level of information disseminated is likely to have less transparency.
Our carefully selected local investment advisers are more likely to benefit from on the ground broker networks, access to management, a better understanding of microeconomics drivers and reforms which can change an industry.
By leveraging from the skill set of our investment adviser partners, we believe we can deliver to our clients the potential to achieve investment returns higher than a passive investment over the recommended horizon.
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.