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RAMANESH MAHENDRAN RAMANESH MAHENDRAN Intern India Avenue Investment Management Australia Pty Ltd Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Ramanesh is currently studying a degree in Commerce (Finance, Accounting) and Economics (Macroeconomics and Financial Markets) at University of NSW, Sydney.
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June 09 2023RAKESH PATEL RAKESH PATEL Finance & Operations India Avenue Investment Advisor Pvt Ltd Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY RAKESH comes with over 18 years of work experience in diversified industries with comprehensive skills, knowledge & exposure in the field of Financial Operations, Accounts, Receivables & Payables, Statutory Compliance, Audits and MIS across his tenure. During his past
SHAMAIL SHAIKH SHAMAIL SHAIKH Manager – Investment Research & Marketing India Avenue Investment Advisors Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Shamail comes with a rich experience of 15 years in the Asset Management Business. She has been handling multiple facets of this business including operations, research, learning & development and sales support. She has been associated with ING (Optimix)
CYRIL JACOB ANDREWS CYRIL JACOB ANDREWS Manager Product and Operations India Avenue Investment Management Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Cyril comes with a strong background in Product and Operations from the wealth management industry. He was responsible for setting up the Bancassurance business at Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai, and setting up the wealth management system at Dubai
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SAJJAN RAUT DESAI SAJJAN RAUT DESAI Director India Avenue Investment Advisors Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Sajjan has over two decade of experience in portfolio construction, manager selection as well as stock and mutual fund research in Indian markets. He has both buy and sell side experience and has worked as a portfolio manager. He was previously the
ARAN NAGENDRA ARAN NAGENDRA Director India Avenue Investment Management Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Aran has worked in the Australian investment and superannuation industry for over 10 years. His experience covers capital markets research, asset allocation, multi-asset portfolio management, quantitative analysis, and investment manager research. Aran previously worked at MLC, one of Australia’s largest multi-asset funds, and prior
RAJEEV THAKKAR RAJEEV THAKKAR COO & CFO India Avenue Investment Advisors Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Rajeev has an extensive understanding of operations and structuring within Indian capital markets. He was previously the CEO for ENAM Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd and has over two decade of experience in Operations, Finance, Legal & Compliance and Risk. Additionally, he
MUGUNTHAN SIVA MUGUNTHAN SIVA Managing Director India Avenue Investment Management Icon-envelope1 Icon-linkedin BIOGRAPHY Mugunthan spent three years in India as CIO of a boutique asset management business. In this period Mugunthan set up a foreign access vehicle to allow global investors to access India’s equity markets. Mugunthan previously worked as Head of Portfolio Management for ANZ
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.