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ASK Investment Managers
South Hub is ASK Investment Managers’ local representative for professional investors in Spain, Portugal and Andorra.
About ASK Investment Managers
ASK Investment Managers is the flagship company of the ASK Asset & Wealth Management Group and focuses solely on discretionary management of listed Indian equities; it describes itself as among the first firms to receive a Portfolio Management Services licence in India. The group, which spans listed equities, alternates, real-estate private equity, hedge funds and wealth management, says it is driven by a fundamental question — “What truly matters?” — and answers it with quality.
ASK aims first to achieve capital protection and then capital appreciation, seeking Indian companies that run high-quality businesses, operated by high-quality management, with sustained long-term growth prospects at fair and reasonable prices. Its FOCUS philosophy weighs fundamentals, opportunity size and scalability, cycles and capital allocation, unmatched moats, and margin of safety and stewardship. The Indian Entrepreneur strategy invests mainly in family-owned businesses, citing alignment of interest through significant promoter ownership, long-term vision and capital-allocation discipline. The fund’s investment manager is ASK Capital Management Pte. Ltd., in Singapore. South Hub introduces ASK’s UCITS Indian equity strategy to institutional and professional investors across Iberia within the regulatory framework of the CNMV in Spain and the CMVM in Portugal.
Strategies we represent
ASK Indian Entrepreneur Fund
The fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in equities and equity-related instruments that provide exposure to India-domiciled companies or companies that derive a substantial part of their revenue from India. The strategy focuses on family-owned businesses, defined as more than 25% promoter family holding, with selective non-family-owned exposure. UCITS · Allfunds
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ASK Indian Entrepreneur Fund
ASK Capital Management Pte. Ltd. · Singapore
The fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in equities and equity-related instruments that provide exposure to India-domiciled companies or companies that derive a substantial part of their revenue from India. The strategy focuses on family-owned businesses, defined as more than 25% promoter family holding, with selective non-family-owned exposure.
Fundamental, process-driven managers investing in companies that are expected to deliver predictable business outcomes over the long term.
Why we represent this fund
Focus on family-owned businesses. The strategy invests mainly in family-owned businesses, with selective exposure to non-family-owned businesses that offer structural tailwinds, policy support and market leadership or competitive moats.
Alignment through promoter ownership. The manager’s rationale for investing in family-owned businesses is high alignment of interest through significant promoter ownership, together with long-term vision, agility and capital-allocation discipline.
The F.O.C.U.S. investment philosophy. Fundamentals (balance sheet health, business quality, profitability); Opportunity size and scalability; Cycles and capital allocation; Unmatched moats (technology, brand, network effect); margin of Safety and stewardship (valuations, governance).
Data-driven quality grading of companies. The investment management framework combines macro-economic parameters, the fundamentals of the largest listed companies graded through the manager’s proprietary ABCD and Fair Value frameworks (governance, industry structure, growth prospects, balance sheet health, profitability, moat advantage, valuations), and sentiment and technical factors.
Responsible investment integrated in the process. ESG is integrated into the investment process under a Responsible Investment Policy and an internal bottom-up ESG framework, with continuous monitoring, constructive engagement with companies on material ESG factors and proxy voting under the Stewardship Policy.
Principal risks
Risk of complete loss of capital. The fund involves significant risks and is suitable only for those who can bear the risk of complete loss of their investment. There is no assurance that the fund will achieve its investment objective.
Market risk. The value of the fund’s shares will change as the value of its investments changes.
Emerging markets risk. International and emerging markets investing have additional risks involving foreign, economic, political, monetary and/or legal factors.
Small- and mid-size companies risk. Investing in small- and mid-size companies is generally riskier and more volatile than investing in larger companies.
Currency risk. Investments are often made in currencies other than the fund’s base currency; changes in exchange rates will have an effect on performance.
Marketing communication. This is not investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument. Addressed exclusively to professional investors and eligible counterparties as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II); it is not intended for retail clients. Capital is at risk: the value of investments may fall as well as rise, is not guaranteed, and you may get back less than you invested. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Any forward-looking statements reflect the manager’s opinion at the date of publication, are not guaranteed and may change. Costs and charges reduce returns and are set out in the KID and the prospectus, which together with the summary of investor rights are available from the management company and from us on request; read them before investing. Sustainability-related information is set out in the fund’s SFDR pre-contractual disclosures; an SFDR article classification is a disclosure regime, not a quality rating or a label. Tax treatment depends on each investor’s individual circumstances and may change; this is not tax advice. The management company may decide to terminate marketing arrangements. South Hub Investments, S.L. is a tied agent of Ursus-3 Capital, A.V., S.A. (CNMV reg. no. 251), acting in its name and under its responsibility; no investment advice or discretionary portfolio management services are provided.
