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Renaissance Midcap

AUM (136 cr) | Inc Date (24-Oct-2017)

Scheme Rating

IME Scheme Rating

3 of 5 stars

Renaissance Midcap is a concentrated midcap strategy, run by a pedigreed fund manager. While performance has been a bit volatile (large underperformance initially, followed by a strong recovery), the fund can be considered for investments by aggressive investors.

IME Strategy Rating

3 of 5 stars

Focussed portfolio approach of around 20 stocks. Buying High growth business at an early stage and riding the growth trajectory

AMC Rating

3 of 5 stars

AMC: Renaissance India PMS (click link for detailed AMC review)

While Renniassance India PMS has a fund manager with a strong track record, it is still young and sub-scale, possibly due to a focus on AIF’s. We prefer to wait for the PMS platform to mature before recommending investments.

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Investment Strategy

Renaissance Midcap Portfolio aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in mid-cap and small-cap companies poised for significant growth, with the potential to ascend to large-cap status.

Core Investment Approach

Investment Philosophy

  • Focus on Early-Stage Business Leaders: Targets companies demonstrating business leadership early in their lifecycle, emphasizing those with innovative approaches and strong market potential.
  • High-Growth Potential: Invests in businesses exhibiting very high growth trajectories, aiming to capitalize on their expansion phases.
  • Identifying Future Large-Cap Entities: Seeks mid-cap and small-cap companies with the potential to evolve into tomorrow’s large-cap and mid-cap leaders, respectively.
  • Low Mortality Portfolio: Emphasizes selecting companies with sustainable business models to minimize investment attrition and enhance portfolio stability.
  • Long-Term Investment Horizon: Adopts a patient investment approach, allowing businesses to realize their full growth potential over time.
  • Concentrated Portfolio: Maintains a focused portfolio comprising 20-25 high-conviction stocks, ensuring in-depth analysis and monitoring of each investment.

Sustainable Quality Growth at Reasonable Prices (SQGARP):

  • Sustainability: Focuses on companies with durable and robust business models.
  • Quality: Targets businesses demonstrating competitive advantages, pricing power, high Return on Equity (ROE), free cash flow, and competent management teams.
  • Growth: Seeks companies capable of delivering superior growth over the medium to long term.
  • Price: Emphasizes investing at fair valuations, assessing the economic value of businesses.

Key Investment Theme

  • Services: Investing in companies offering innovative and scalable service models.
  • Capital Markets: Focusing on firms that facilitate financial market operations and growth.
  • New Age Capex: Targeting businesses involved in modern capital expenditure projects, including infrastructure and technology upgrades.
  • IT / Gen AI: Investing in information technology and companies leveraging generative artificial intelligence.
  • Healthcare: Focusing on organizations advancing medical services, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.
  • Financials: Targeting institutions providing banking, insurance, and financial services.

Trailing Performance

1yr 3yr 5yr Since Inception
Renaissance Midcap 2.7 17.3 32.1 12.2
S&P BSE 500 4.8 12.3 24.8 13.1
Alpha over Broad Mkt BM -2.1 5 7.3 -0.9
Nifty Midcap 150 7.6 19.8 33.6
Alpha over Category BM -4.9 -2.5 -1.5

Performance as of: 31-Mar-25 | Inception Date: 24-Oct-17

Fund Managers

Pankaj Murarka | 4-star rated FM

Founder & CIO | 28 yrs Experience | 8 yrs at current firm

Past Experience: Head Equities (Axis AMC), India Portfolio Manager (Merril Lynch), Portfolio Manager (Rare Enterprises), Vice President (Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd), Portfolio Manager (UTI Mutual Fund)

Pankaj Murarka comes with 24 years of experience. He was associated with Axis Mutual Fund as CIO managing over $3bn in Indian Equities. He was recognized by Outlook Money as a Leading Fund Manager with 5 years of a track record of consistent performance in the year 2015.

Fee Structure

Fee Structure Fee
Fixed Fee Structure 2.5
Variable Fee Structures 1.5% and 20% above 8%
Exit Fees 1yr (1%)

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