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ICICI Pru PMS

IME Rating

IME PMS Rating

3 of 5 stars

ICICI Pru PMS faces common issues seen in large MF-driven PMS firms, such as PMS being an add-on instead of a separate business unit, turnover in the investment team, lack of commitment from the CIO, and loosely defined investment strategies. While the AMC's distribution capabilities can aid in growth and provide research access, MF-driven PMSs generally do not measure up to PMS firms led by strong CIO-founders.

The PMS/AIF AMC Rating is derived on the basis of our analysis on 5 key qualitative parameters that we use to analyse the quality of a PMS/AIF Provider. These include an assessment of the size of the AMC, the pedigree of the AMC, the pedigree of the team, the value of the investment philosophy & the level of differentiation. These insights of our central research team are documented in the IME RMS, and can be accessed during a consultation call with an IME PMS specialist.

 

PMS Background

As part of one of the top-3 Mutual Fund Houses, ICICI Pru PMS benefits from the substantial research, broker & corporate access and distribution strengths of the Mutual Fund. This helps explain its position in the top-10 PMS houses in the country.

PMS Investment Philosophy

ICICI Pru PMS does not have a clearly defined investment philosophy, that drives investment style across all their funds. Instead, the investment philosophy is more driven at a strategy level.

Investment Framework 

They utilise a 3 filter framework in order to search for companies with meaningful and sustainable earnings growth

  1. Business
  2. Management 
  3. Valuation 

Business Economics:

  • Growth defined by Company growing faster than industry, industry faster than market, that are also looking for Structural and long-term sustenance and are simple to understand and in a focused segment. 
  • Moats defined by Brand Franchise, Industry Structure, Technology/Patents, Cost Advantage, License area, Distribution, etc

Management and Governance 

  • Competence driven by Sales(Faster than sector); Margin(Improving); Capital(Smarter)
  • Governance based on Interests(Aligned with shareholders); and having credible Track Record 

Valuation 

  • Cash- Cash flow being the centre of investment Process (Intrinsic value, DCF, Dividend Yield, Op. Cash Yield, etc)
  • Evaluate Margin of Safety- Identifying a greater margin of safety based on weaker moat for a better risk-reward profile.

Taking both Cash and Margin of safety into consideration leads to a Fair Value

Investment Team

Anand Shah | 4-star rated FM

Fund Manager | 25 yrs Experience | 4 yrs at current firm

Past Experience: VP investments (Kotak MF), Co-Head Equities (ICICI Pru AMC), Head Equities (Canara Robeco AMC), Dy CEO & Head of Investments (BNP Paribas Asset Management), CEO (NJ Asset Management)

Chockalingam Narayanan | 3-star rated FM

Fund Manager

Past Experience: Fund Manager (BNP Paribas), Deutche Equities, Batlivala & Karani Securities

Narayanan has 15+ years of experience in fund management, and investment research. Prior to joining ICICI Pru AMC, he was at BNP Paribas, Deutche Equities and Batlivala & Karani Securities. He has a PGDM from TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal. He also passed the FRM certification by Global Association of Risk Professionals, USA.

PMS & Listed Equity AIF Schemes

Scheme Category 1 yr 3 yr 5 yr Since Inc
ICICI Pru Growth Leaders Flexi Cap 3 18.2 24.8 12.2
ICICI Pru Largecap Large Cap 5.3 20.7 27 16.4
ICICI Pru Pipe Mid & Smallcap 2.7 23.7 37 27.1
ICICI Pru Contra Contra 2.9 21.6 29.7 19.7

Returns as of 30-Apr-25

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