KOTAK SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND

Kotak Special Situations Value Series I & Series II

Fund Snapshot

Fund Overview

Kotak Special Situations Fund invests strategically in businesses with a focus on all industries. Using a mix of suitable instruments, the Fund invests with the primary goal of earning long-term capital appreciation and returns in the form of interest, dividends, capital gains, or shares of profits.

To capitalise on the unusual conditions and stressed assets potential in India, we invest across industries. In addition to real estate, healthcare, infrastructure, electricity, consumer goods, industrials, information technology, and financial services, we also have experience in a wide range of other industries. Rising income levels, higher consumption, and favourable demographics in India will boost all of these industries. Investors might anticipate significant returns from distressed ventures given these underlying factors and the appealing entry prices.

Investment Philosophy

The Kotak Special Situations Value aims at long-term wealth by investing in the following two opportunity types:

–        Stocks trading at discount value

–        Value unlocking through events like delisting, demergers, and more.

The investment revolves around value and special situations.

Investment Strategy

The investment goal of the Fund is to achieve target returns by primarily investing in exceptional circumstance or distressed opportunities in India. Debt, equity, and mezzanine instruments are frequently used in investments. These are the main objectives of our investing strategies:

Special Situations: Due to legal limits on banks and non-banking financial organisations, there may be certain unique opportunities in specific exceptional situations. This will comprise scenarios including promoter financing, group restructuring, and investor take-out finance.

Asset Acquisitions: a small firm with continuous operations but significant assets that may be sold to make money. In these situations, we consider pure asset plays, in which we invest in companies that have assets like real estate, hotels, or other types of commercial assets. Returns are mostly produced by selling underlying assets to one or more parties over time.

Stressed Assets: has a good and steady outlook for company and professional management. Nonetheless, these companies can be experiencing financial strain due to a number of temporary or external factors. In these situations, we collaborate with current promoters by providing the necessary financial assistance.

IBC Opportunities: Where a change or augmentation of management is required to improve performance for regulatory reasons and where company prospects are favourable and steady. In these situations, we work in partnership with an operational or strategic partner to buy and restructure the company.

How It Is Different

Kotak Special Situations Fund differentiates itself in the following ways:

The Fund is focused on opportunities in special situations like investor take-out financing, group restructuring and promoter financing, credit and distressed assets under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), pre-IBC opportunities, and assets under liquidation.

The Fund has a broad mandate to invest across asset types and sectors with a flexible approach to investing and structuring.

The Group and team has a profound understanding of various sectors and experience of working with Indian promoters over last 30+ years.

Unique Feature

Benefit from a combo of value opportunities and special situations