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Intensive and recurring on-the-ground research is the cornerstone of Gymkhana's investing strategy. We have held approximately 700 meetings with 487 management teams (more than one-quarter of all Indian companies with market caps of at least $50 million), and have constructed a proprietary database covering over 2,000 Indian companies that combines financial metrics with appraisals of corporate governance. These meetings have taken us beyond Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai to cities untrodden by most other investors, including Ahmedabad, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kochi, Kolhapur Mysuru, Pune, Thrissur, and Vadodara.
In an effort to showcase our process and the high-quality companies and management teams that we regularly encounter during our research trips, we have decided to supplement Dispatches from India's written research with a series of interviews with management teams from some of the companies that we feel epitomize what makes India such an attractive place to invest. In many cases these videos will tie in with our written research and the economic tailwinds outlined within. In this case, the Equitization of Indian Savings.
In our first interview, Andrei Stetsenko sits down with Sanjay Shah, Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Prudent Corporate Advisory Services. Prudent is a roughly $1 billion market cap company and ranks as one of the top five mutual fund distributors in India. Together, they explore the ongoing financialization of Indian savings, tracking the historic shift away from traditional assets like gold and real estate toward mutual funds and listed equities. Sanjay unpacks the structural catalysts driving this transformation, the explosion of retail investing post-COVID, and Prudent's unique position in supporting thousands of mutual fund distributors across the country.
Learn more about Prudent Corporate Advisory Services.
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