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Hedge Funds in India
Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., July 2008
The ‘Hedge Funds in India’ report covers the definition and an overview of hedge fund and other pooled investment vehicles. It focuses in detail on the global and Indian hedge fund market, types of hedge funds prevalent in the industry and the size and growth of it. This will facilitate the client in analysing the potential opportunities of the hedge fund market with the relevant facts and figures.
About the Industry:
The steady pace in the Indian economy and major developments in the stock market has opened up new possibilities for hedge funds in India. Hedge funds basically are pooled investment vehicles whose investment in publicly traded securities is huge as compared to average investors. Hedge funds in India are attracting large number of foreign investors, and if statistics are anything to go by then the amount will double soon. In the year 2003 alone, a staggering US$ 2 billion of hedge fund assets was seen flowing in the Indian hedge funds market. Variety in investment options and excellent growth prospects for hedge funds are the key attractions in the Indian market. Reputed names in the global hedge funds sector such as Renaissance Technologies, Old Lane, DE Shaw and Och-Ziff Capital Management has already made its foray into the Indian market. The global hedge funds volume surged from US $ 50 billion in 1988 to US $ 750 billion in 2003 at a CAGR of 24%. This optimistic figure also increases the chance of more outsourcing of international hedge funds to India.
Research Methodology Used:
-Information Sources
The information has been gathered from authentic and reliable sources like Government agencies, Trade associations, Trade journals, Industry portals Newspapers, White papers and Books. The data is also sourced from paid databases.
-Analysis Method
The methods of Historical Trend Analysis, Ratio Analysis, and Cause and Effect Analysis have been used.
Prospective Target Audience:
-Players from the PE/VC industry
-Consulting firms (looking for aggregated information that validates their own findings) In-house strategy teams of companies that operate in the -individual industry sectors or that seek to enter these sectors.
Scope of the report:
-The report covers the definition and an overview of hedge fund and other pooled investment vehicles. It will focus in detail about the global hedge fund market, the types of hedge funds prevalent in the industry and the size and growth of it. Additionally, the report will cover the opportunities and challenges faced by the industry.
-The report will enumerate the industry regulations followed in different countries and its effects on the hedge fund industry. This will be followed by the hedge fund industry in India in detail.
-The concluding part of the report covers the future outlook of the Indian hedge fund industry.
Hedge funds are private investment funds that employ highly speculative techniques aimed at earning maximum capital gains. These funds ‘hedge’ the risk by diversifying the portfolio of investments. In simple terms, hedge funds are pooled investment vehicles whose investment in publicly traded securities is huge as compared to average investors.
Unregistered investment pools, such as venture capital funds, private equity funds and commodity pools, are also sometimes referred to as hedge funds. Hedge funds are available in forms like hedge fund ETF and hedge funds real estate. Prominent hedge funds with over $10 billion capital include Bridgewater, GSAM, Citadel, SAC Capital, Renaissance, DE Shaw, Vega and Tudor.
Financial experts assert that India has tremendous potential for investments and global hedge funds have generated handsome returns by investing in the country. Variety in investment options and excellent growth prospects for hedge funds are the key attractions in the Indian market. Being a relatively new investment opportunity, the total hedge fund assets flowing into the Indian market was a whopping US$ 2 billion during the 2003 session. The prospective Indian hedge fund market has attracted big names such as Renaissance Technologies. It is the world’s largest hedge fund firm handling assets worth $35.4 billion (Rs 1, 41,600 crore). Additionally, some other well known names such as Old Lane, DE Shaw and Och-Ziff Capital Management have also entered the Indian hedge fund market.
There are about 10,000 hedge funds worldwide. This accounts for about 1% of the combined global equity and bond market. The unprecedented bull run in the US equity markets during the 1990s swelled investment portfolios. As a result, both fund managers and investors felt the need for diversification. The global hedge funds volume surged from US $ 50 billion in 1988 to US $ 750 billion in 2003 at a CAGR of 24%. Increase in hedge funds across the world entails more outsourcing to India.
As hedge funds inundate the Indian market, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) feels the need to regulate them. Sebi intends to provide a broad-based, registered and regulated platform to these entities, depending on their individual track records.
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