Ask Group Investments

ASK Hedge Solutions aims to raise Rs 3,000 crore from AIF in 18 months

ASK Hedge Solutions on Monday said it is targeting to raise Rs 3,000 crore corpus from wealthy individuals and family offices in the next 18 months for its alternative investment fund. The ASKAbsolute Return Fund is an open-ended category-III alternative investment fund (AIF), which will be seeking to raise the money from high networth individuals, ultra HNIs, family offices and corporate treasuries, the company's chief executive officer Vaibhav Sanghavi told reporters here. Over the past decade or so, the nascent long-short platform has delivered returns of 10-15 per cent from a compounded annual growth rate perspective, Sanghavi said. He said the current fund will be targeted purely at domestic investors, but the next one of a similar strategy will open it for foreign investors as well. The newly launched fund has already received commitments of Rs 50 crore, and the company is targeting to take it to Rs 1,000 crore in six months. When asked about market regulator Sebi's concerns

ASK Automotive collects Rs 250 cr from anchor investors ahead of IPO

Auto ancillary player ASK Automotive on Monday said it has mobilised a little over Rs 250 crore from anchor investors ahead of its initial share sale which opens for public subscription on Tuesday. The company has allotted 88.71 lakh equity shares to 25 funds at Rs 282 apiece, which is also the upper end of the price band, according to a circular uploaded on the BSE website. At the price, the company has garnered Rs 250.17 crore from anchor investors. Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte, Copthall Mauritius Investment Ltd, BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Societe Generale, Goldman Sachs Fund, SBI Life Insurance Company, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company, Nippon India Mutual Fund (MF), Tata MF and Edelweiss MF are among the anchor investors. The IPO is an offer for sale (OFS) of 2,95,71,390 equity shares by promoters -- Kuldip Singh Rathee and Vijay Rathee. Since the IPO is completely an OFS, the entire proceeds will go to shareholders divesting the

Shriram Properties, ASK Property Fund invest Rs 206 cr in a Chennai project

The project, Shriram 122 West is the second joint investment by the co-investment platform set up by ASK & Shriram in November 2022

ASK Group plans to launch Rs 1,000-crore property fund post lockdown

The fund manager feels there is good demand from first time homebuyers and developers need capital in the current scenario

ASK Group invests Rs 200 cr in first ever commercial project of ATS Infra

This is the fourth investment by ASK Group in ATS projects