Spark Asia Impact Managers Pvt Ltd

Spark Asia Impact Managers Pvt Ltd

PMSBazaar

AUM (Cr.)

1053.73

No. of Clients

512

No. of Investment Approach

2

As On

31 May 2025

Spark Asia Impact Managers Private Limited (Formerly Spark Fund Managers Private Limited) is the Equity Asset Management (EAM) arm of Spark Capital (Spark). Since inception, Spark has cut its teeth on equities as an asset class. Be it assisting clients raise equity capital from investors in their role as investment bankers or recommending stocks directed at its wide roster of institutional investors as part of its erstwhile institutional equities business, the asset class is firmly imprinted in Spark's DNA. As proof, Spark's noteworthy track record has led it to being reckoned by market participants as an equities house possessing considerable heft. Leveraging off this body of expertise, the EAM initiative complements and completes the suite of equity solutions presented to clients.SAIMPL has Asia Impact from Europe as a strategic investor. Asia Impact is an entity sponsored by a group of private bankers with considerable business success in Asia and deep roots in Southern Europe, through them we hope to tap European investors in order to give them the best that Indian markets can offer in the years to come.

PMS Investment Approach(s) Returns
Investment Approach Category 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr Inception Date
India at 75 FlexiCap
MULTI CAP & FLEXI CAP 8.61% 25.10% 23.81% 25.21% Feb 2019
India at 75 Core and Satellite
MULTI CAP & FLEXI CAP 5.20% 23.86% 23.86% 28.00% Jun 2019

* Returns are as on  31st May 2025, * Returns over a 1 year period are annualized * Returns are calculated using the Time Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR) method and as provided by the respective AMCs. *ND (No Data) , * NA(Not Applicable) * Returns of the respective Benchmark Indices used are tabulated above. Benchmark(s) given are as per SEBI circular no. SEBI/HO/IMD/IMD-PoD-2/P/CIR/2022/172 dated December 16, 2022 and the APMI circular no. APMI/2022-23/02 dated 23rd March,2023 and Revised Annexure-1


Portfolio Manager Profile

Mr. P Krishnan

Mr. P Krishnan

CIO & Fund Manager

Parameswara Iyer Krishnan is the Head of the EAM business at Spark Asia Impact Managers Pvt Ltd and its Chief Investment Officer. He is an industry veteran with over 32 years of experience in asset management across India/Regional Equities. Krishnan had a highly successful stint of 19 years with DNB Asset Management (DNB), a leading Scandinavian fund management house that is part of the largest bank & insurance house in Norway. During his tenure, he helped build Carlson Fund and DNB as the most credible India and Emerging Market voice in the Nordic region between 1998 and 2017.As manager of Carlson Asian Small Cap Fund (CASC) and Carlson India Fund (CIF), he successfully negotiated a few crucial market cycles in India and Asia for close to two decades. CASC had NAV returns of 29% CAGR (in Euro terms) from 1999 to 2007. Assets under management (AUM) grew from under USD 10 mn to over USD 1 billion during the period. CASC was a highly regarded Asian growth fund in Northern Europe over a number of years. With an India allocation above 50% in 2014, CASC emerged as one of the top performing Asian funds across categories that year. CIF, starting in 2008, returned 15.9% CAGR (in Euro terms) between 2009 and 2017, despite the Indian rupee falling by 12.5% against the Euro during this period. Krishnan played a pivotal role in growing its AUM from USD 3 million at inception to about USD 150 mn. In the 1990s, during the formative years of the Indian fund management industry, he was the first Portfolio Manager of India's maiden private-sector mutual fund scheme (now Franklin India Bluechip Fund). He started his career with SBI Mutual Fund in 1990 where he was responsible for India's first bank-sponsored mutual fund scheme, MRIS-1987. Apart from India, Krishnan carries with him invaluable experience in Asian emerging markets such as China, Taiwan and Korea; he is amongst the few managers in the domestic fund management industry having regional experience. Krishnan has won several accolades as an India expert and country manager. He holds a B.E in Computer Science and PGDM from IIM, Bangalore.

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