Institutional Equities Local promise, global leverage

We address the investment needs of institutional investors and companies with a bouquet of products. ACL is empanelled with ~120 domestic institutions (including 44 domestic MFs) and 232 foreign institutional investors, adding more every day across styles, geographies, and products.  

Alpha Capture

The IED team is constantly connecting the dots fundamentally and tactically, running alpha capture programs and populating model portfolios.

Execution

High touch: best-in-class execution supported by innovation, IOIs, data analytics and market intelligence

Low touch: data protection, best-in-class execution, and high quality algos. IOIs. Our strong connect with clients, strong F&O franchise and ECM mandate underpin our edge in sourcing liquidity

Derivatives

This desk is helmed by a strong, mature team – each picked for their prowess in hedging solutions, spot arbitrage opportunities and ability to manage market volatility.

Corporate Access

ACL’s corporate access is favoured by investors for its flagship conference, sector conferences, NDRs, webinars, bespoke trips, fieldtrips, speaker series and channel checks.

Research Advisory

Our research offering is a rich, actionable lode modelled by Neelkanth Mishra, our Global Head of Research and lead strategist. We offer our clients keen insights into ~250 stocks, from initiation reports to sector deep-dive/teach-ins and thematics, along with quick updates on the constantly evolving investment landscape.

Allied Access

  • Investment Banking

    Axis Capital ranks with leaders in the deal league table. In FY24, we did more than 90 IPOs, QIPs, Blocks, M&As, InvIT/ReITs, PE/NEG & SFs. FYTD, we are already clocking 60+ mandates, with marquee deals like Zepto, Pinelabs, Physics Wallah, LG, Credila, Tablespace, IGI, Ofbusiness, Ather etc.

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  • Custodial & Clearing Services

    IED works closely with Axis Bank and offers custodial services as well as clearing services.  Axis Bank’s custodial services currently manage USD 70 bn in assets for 500+ clients across segments. Axis Bank also clears ~14% of exchange volumes in equity derivatives, catering to Mutual Funds, FPIs and Corporates.

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Axis Capital’s Institutional Equities business is led by

  • Parag Gude MD & COO

    Parag Gude is a veteran of Indian financial services. Prior to Axis, he helmed the equities business of Morgan Stanley as Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Equities and Co-head of Equities. He was involved in setting up Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equities business in India in the late 1990s. He is highly skilled in the equities business and has led a highly ranked team for 25 years. Parag has completed a Master’s in Management Studies from JBIMS Mumbai and is a gold medalist in his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

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