Abakkus Four2Eight Opportunities Fund – Category II AIF Fund

Abakkus Four2Eight Opportunities Fund – Category II AIF Fund

About Company

Abakkus is a premier boutique asset manager focused on generating alpha, managing approximately INR 32,700 crores* in long-only strategies for Indian equities. In just six years, Abakkus has made a significant impact on the Indian equity market and is recognized for both performance and asset growth. We’ve been awarded the best Category III AIF based on risk-adjusted returns over three years, securing Rank 1 and Rank 2 in the AIF-Long Only Equities category. The Fund is a scheme of India – Ahead Private Equity Trust (“Trust”), Trust is registered with the SEBI as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund. India is poised to grow from a $4 trillion economy to $8 trillion in 7-8 years: the Fund aims to benefit from India’s growth trajectory.

Category: AIF, AIF Category II

Fund Snapshot

OPPORTUNITY FEATURES
Mid to Late-Stage Invest in mid to late-stage and soon-to-be-listed companies(Pre IPO)
Secondaries Promoters and/or PE/VC funds approaching the end-of-life stage where the company plans to list in the next 2-3 years
PIPE deals Focus on the listed companies looking for growth capital or recapitalization

Investment Philosophy

Risk reward equation

  • Expected returns must justify the risk / uncertainty taken
  • A good company might not necessarily be a good investment opportunity
  • Focus on the price we pay, and value derived
  • What is in the price?

Patient investors

  • Invest in a company as ifinvesting in a business
  • Think like a partner

Agile and flexible

  • Each investment opportunity is looked upon individual merit
  • Not constrained to a particular theme or style

Alpha generators

  • Believe in investing with an endeavor to generate alpha over the markets
  • Growth companies where profitability is expected to grow higher than market average
  • Fundamentally undervalued businesses with reasonable growth expectations

Fundamental driven

  • Bottom- up research with focus on balance sheet
  • Numbers speak more than presentations and hype
  • Returns ultimately are all about earnings

Happy to be contrarian

  • Prefer to be first, early and/ or only investors
  • Do not chase the momentum
  • Open to look at companies across sectors, market caps and business cycles
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Fund Manager

Sunil Singhania

Sunil Singhania

Sunil Singhania founded Abakkus Asset Manager LLP, an investment management company, in 2018 after 24 years of work experience. He is a chartered accountant who then became a chartered financial analyst from CFA Institute.

 

Mr. Singhania was a member of the 15-member international committee that rewrote the Code of Ethics handbook of the CFA Institute. For eight years (2005-13), he headed the Indian Association of Investment Professionals. The CFA Institute also enlisted him as a board member, and he later became the chair of the investment committee.

 

The renowned CFA worked at Reliance Capital for 15 years, where he initially headed the equity investments with a focus on Indian companies. He then went on to become Global Head- Equity at Reliance Capital. During Mr. Singhania’s leadership, 100% growth occurred in a reliance growth fund in 22 years.

 

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