About Us
Banyan Capital Advisors LLP (Banyan Capital) was established in November 2011 to address the growing need of the high net worth investors (individuals, family offices and institutions) all over the world to invest in the Indian capital markets. We manage our investors’ capital with three fundamental ethos: expertise, accountability and transparency. Banyan Capital’s portfolio managers have a combined experience of over 25 years in the capital markets and over 11 years in managing funds and this expertise has been developed over multiple business cycles since 1991. While past performance is no guarantee of future success, the funds managed by our managers have handily beaten their respective benchmarks over a reasonably long period.
Accountability to us means a deep commitment to do what is right for our investors. It includes investing our personal savings alongside with their capital. It also means creating a fee structure that aligns our interest with those of our investors. Whether it is being forthright about the investment mistakes we have made (and will make), explaining our investment thesis or resolving issues related to operations, we believe transparency leads to trust which will create a long lasting fiduciary relationship between us. We proactively invest in systems and processes to further propagate the three ethos.
Banyan Capital aims to achieve a high absolute rate of return over a business cycle while minimizing risk of capital loss. We practice the established investment principles espoused by the likes of Graham, Buffett, Munger, Lynch, Klarman and Marks. The primary focus is to invest in undervalued companies from mid-cap/small-cap universe of the publicly traded Indian securities. While we patiently wait for such opportunities, we also invest selectively in large-cap companies, special situation strategies like open offers and demergers and fixed income securities to enhance our investors’ return on the capital. Banyan Capital is registered with the Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI) as a Portfolio Manager since February 2012 and is subject to its rules and regulations.