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Unifi BCAD AIF

AUM ( cr) | Inc Date (1-Aug-2022)

Scheme Rating

IME Scheme Rating

5 of 5 stars

Unifi BCAD is a good thematic/multi-cap strategy backed by a credible team, AMC pedigree and more than a decade of running/identifying successful themes.

IME Strategy Rating

5 of 5 stars

Unifi’s BCAD strategy, aims to invest in businesses that are benefiting from industry consolidation after a period of disruption. The original BCAD thematic strategy was launched in 2018 to benefit from consolidation post GST & demonetisation, and has delivered attractive returns to investors. The BCAD strategy has recently been relaunched, on the back of attractive investment opportunities emerging from regulatory changes, demographic changes, urbanisation, consumer behaviour & technology. The strategy aims to benefit from underlying consumerism growth and the immiment value migration from unorganised to organised players. The BCAD strategy has a focused investment approach towards companies & sectors that are benefiting from underlying consumerism and consolidation brought about by a variety of different disruptions. This is a mid & small-cap strategy, which fits well within Unifi’s known area of expertise.

AMC Rating

5 of 5 stars

AMC: Unifi PMS (click link for detailed AMC review)

Unifi’s unique thematic investment approach and experienced in-house team have positioned them as a leading player in the PMS market, allowing them to successfully deliver consistent results across various strategies and achieve significant growth.

PMS Scheme Ratings are driven by IME’s Proprietary Scheme Rating Methodology, which takes into account our ratings of the Scheme’s investment strategy, its maturity, the investment team, and our separate rating on the AMC that runs this particular scheme. Our views on each of these individual criteria are available via the IME RMS – which you can view by reaching out to one of our relationship managers (using either the live chat or book appointment feature on this site).

Investment Strategy

Unifi Capital’s Business Consolidations After Disruptions (BCAD)AIF  invests in leaders in business segments that have numerous fragmented players. These businesses are well placed to leverage the disruptions to gain market share and create value for their investors. The BCAD fund has been structured to benefit from the imminent migration of market share from unorganized segments to organized players on the back of disruptions caused by demographics, regulatory changes, consumer behavior, urbanization, and technology. 

Core Investment Approach

Identifying Structural Shifts:

  • Formalization of the economy driven by GST, demonetization, and digital adoption.
  • Increased consumer preference for branded, organized players across various sectors.
  • Financialization of savings shifting household wealth from physical to financial assets.

Bottom-Up Stock Selection:

  • Companies with consistent volume growth, operating leverage, and capital efficiency.
  • Focus on market share consolidation, premiumization, and cost leadership.
  • Strong governance standards – eliminating firms with poor capital allocation history.

High-Growth, Buy-and-Hold Strategy:

  • Targets long-term wealth creation while maintaining flexibility to reallocate capital.
  • Invests at reasonable valuations, with a long runway for growth.

Sector-Agnostic Approach:

  • Invests across consumer, financials, IT, healthcare, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
  • Key themes: Roti, Kapda, Makaan + Financialization and Services.

Trailing Performance

1yr 3yr 5yr Since Inception
Unifi BCAD AIF 0.8 11.8 25.7 14.4
S&P BSE 500 4.8 12.3 24.8 13.8
Alpha over Broad Mkt BM -4 -0.5 0.9 0.6
S&P BSE 500 4.8 12.3 24.8
Alpha over Category BM -4 -0.5 0.9

Performance as of: 31-Mar-25 | Inception Date: 01-Aug-22

Fund Managers

Sarath K Reddy | 5-star rated FM

CIO | 35 yrs Experience | 24 yrs at current firm

Past Experience: Navia Markets (MD), Stan C (Manager)

Having started his career with Standard Chartered Bank, Sarath founded Unifi Capital in 2001 and has since built the company into one of the leading PMS providers in India. As CIO, he works closely with his investment team to deliver outperformance on Unifi PMS strategies.

Baidik Sarkar | 4-star rated FM

Fund Manager | 18 yrs Experience | 17 yrs at current firm

Past Experience: Unifi (Corporate Finance), PWC (Strategy Consultant)

Baidik has been with Unifi for over a decade, with core responsibilities of research in the IT, real-estate and the agricultural sectors and assisting the CIO in managing the spin-off and APJ funds.

Fee Structure

Fee Structure Fee
Fixed Fee Structure 2
Variable Fee Structures 1.5% + 10% over 10% hurdle
Exit Fees

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