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Marcellus Curation-I

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Category PMS
Company Marcellus Investment Managers Pvt Ltd
Fund Managers Saurabh Mukherjea
Benchmark BSE 500 TRI
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About Company

Marcellus Investment Managers Pvt Ltd

Marcellus Investment Managers was founded in 2018 with their main objective of impacting the Indian economy’s effective capital allocation. We plan to accomplish this by directing household savings into high-quality Indian enterprises with a long history of sound governance and capital allocation. Our portfolio management strategy not only strives to provide healthy returns to our investors but also to do so by assuming relatively moderate risks. Marcellus’ core investment management team has been together for 15 years, and their experiences and lessons learned throughout that time have shaped the company’s investment philosophy. SEBI has granted Marcellus permission to provide Portfolio Management Services (PMS, SEBI registration number INP000006183) and Investment Advisory (IA) services. The Marcellus Consistent Compounders are our flagship investment product. Services for Portfolio Management (CCP). CCP’s investing approach aims to put money into a small number of substantially moated companies that can generate robust earnings compounding over long periods of time with little volatility. The PMS offers enticing performance-based fee choices that align our interests with the investors. It also boasts one of the most cost-effective cost structures in the PMS market, with no entrance, lock-in, or exit loads.

MARCELLUS CURATION-I

Fund Snapshot

Parameter Details
PMS Provider Name Marcellus Investment Managers Private Limited
Strategy Name Equity
Product Name Equity
Benchmark BSE 500 TRI
Date Of Inception 04/03/2024
Age 2.3 Years
AUM (CR) ₹147.92
Min. Inv. Amount ₹50,00,000
Fixed Fees Structure NA
Variable Fees Structure NA
Exit Load NA

Fund Purpose

To preserve the purchasing power of the Investment Portfolio whilst providing sustainable returns over long periods of time.

Fund Philosophy

Capital Purchasing Power Preservation

The core objective of the strategy is protecting investor capital against long-term inflationary erosion. Assets are strictly selected based on their capacity to pass on rising input costs to consumers, ensuring true wealth preservation over time.

Forensic Accounting Screening

The strategy applies exhaustive forensic accounting data screens across a multi-year window to filter out companies with weak governance or manipulated books. The fund prioritizes clean accounting frameworks to protect the portfolio from structural corporate disasters.

High Barriers to Entry

The investment team targets clean franchises that possess dominant, near-monopolistic structural barriers within their respective industries. These wide business moats safeguard long-term corporate profitability and discourage aggressive pricing wars from market competitors.

Superior Capital Allocation Track Record

Firms selected for investment must show a multi-year history of generating superior returns on capital that outpace their cost of capital. The framework filters for management teams that prudently reinvest free cash flows into high-return core operations.

Coffee Can Low-Churn Compounding

The strategy embraces a low-churn, long-term buy-and-hold framework inspired by traditional "Coffee Can" principles. By ignoring short-term quarterly stock market noise, the portfolio permits high-conviction structural compounders the necessary multi-year runway to maximize returns.

Section: Performance Analysis
Fund Growth vs Benchmark Trend

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Marcellus Curation-I

Benchmark: BSE 500 TRI

Section: Performance Comparison
Fund vs Benchmark Bar Graph

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Section: Performance Comparison
Fund vs Benchmark Comparison Table

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Marcellus Investment Managers Private Limited

AUM(Cr.) 1M 3M 6M 1Y 2Y 3Y 4Y 5Y Ince.
Performance ₹177.02 -11.02 -17.04 -15.30 -14.71 -4.11 NA NA NA -3.41
Benchmark NA -11.37 -13.94 -9.62 -3.12 1.32 NA NA NA 0.91
Section: Fund Leadership
Meet the Fund Managers

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Saurabh Mukherjea

Saurabh Mukherjea

Saurabh Mukherjea is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investment Managers. Saurabh was educated at the London School of Economics where he earned a BSc in Economics (with First Class Honours) and an MSc in Economics (with distinction in Macro & Microeconomics).   Saurabh co-founded Clear Capital in London and was named one of the top small cap analysts in the UK by the Extel Survey in 2007. Saurabh was voted India’s top equity strategist in Asiamoney surveys in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Saurabh was the CEO of Ambit Capital before founding Marcellus.

Section: Help & Support
Frequently Asked Questions

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1. What is the minimum capital required to open an active account under the Marcellus Curation-I strategy? +

To invest within the Marcellus Curation-I equity platform, investors are required to deploy a minimum financial commitment of ₹50,00,000 (INR 50 Lakhs), following standard SEBI regulatory baselines for Indian Portfolio Management Services.

2. Which reference index does Marcellus Curation-I use to evaluate its relative market performance? +

The underlying returns, portfolio risk metrics, and alpha generation history of the Marcellus Curation-I strategy are evaluated directly against the comprehensive BSE 500 TRI (Total Returns Index).

3. What is the primary purpose behind the construction of the Marcellus Curation-I portfolio? +

The explicit objective of the Marcellus Curation-I strategy is to consistently safeguard the long-term purchasing power of the underlying investment portfolio while securing highly sustainable, compounding equity returns over long horizons.

4. How does the accounting check process safeguard assets inside the Marcellus Curation-I scheme? +

The fund manager implements strict proprietary forensic accounting filters that score historical corporate financial metrics, eliminating poorly governed or low-transparency companies from the eligible Marcellus Curation-I stock selection pool.

5. How long has Marcellus Curation-I been active, and what is its operational age? +

With a formal corporate market inception date recorded on March 4, 2024, the Marcellus Curation-I strategy commands an established public market operational history of approximately 2.3 years.

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