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Edelweiss an asset management platform with assets worth INR 75,000 Cr under management, on Monday (October 19), announced the final close of its $900 Mn (INR 6,600 Cr) alternative investment fund ESOF III, third in the Edelweiss Special Opportunities Fund (ESOF) series. The first two funds in the ESOF series were launched in 2010 and 2015 respectively. EAAA

The asset management platform, which is a part of Edelweiss Asset Management (EAM), through ESOF III, will look to provide structured credit to Indian companies and has received commitments from marquee foreign institutional investors — Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP), Florida’s State Board of Administration, Swedish Pension Fund AP4 and a European insurance investor. EAAA also has other investment funds, such as the Edelweiss India Stressed Asset Fund, launched last year, and Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus, launched in 2018.

“Banks and Mutual Funds have been receding from the structured credit space in line with global trends and the current dislocation has further accentuated the need for long-term flexible capital,” said Rashesh Shah, chairman and CEO Edelweiss Group.

While the harsh market environment this year, amid the financial disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, saw the Indian economy contract by 24% in the June quarter of the financial year (FY) 2020 and several Indian companies announce layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts for their employees, there seems to have been a positive sentiment amongst investors in the Indian startup economy July onwards.

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