Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited
Niraj Karia currently serves as the CEO of the Private Credit Fund at Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd, a position held since June 2022, and is also involved in incubating the Private Equity (Buyouts) Strategy at Kotak Alts. Prior to this role, Karia worked at KKR & Co. Inc. as a Director from May 2018 to March 2022, and at Kotak Investment Banking as an Executive Director from October 2004 to May 2018. Karia's career began at PriceWaterhouse Coopers as an ABAS Senior from 2002 to 2004. Educational qualifications include a CFA from the CFA Institute (2003-2006), a CA from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1999-2002), a BCOM in Commerce from the University of Mumbai (1996-2002), and SSC schooling from St Xaviers Boys Academy (1991-1996).
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Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited, erstwhile Kotak Investment Advisors Limited, is a part of Kotak Mahindra Group (Kotak), focuses on alternate assets management and investment advisory businesses. The company was set up in early 2005 and has raised/managed/advised over US$ 22 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations, Data Centre and Private Credit. Kotak Alts also has a significant Investment Advisory business, and all asset management and Investment Advisory businesses are managed by independent teams. This change reflects the company's continued commitment to build and operate best in class investment and strong governance led alternate investment firm. KIAL was set up in early 2005 with its first structured third party funds to bring a sharper focus to this business. Since then it has raised / managed / advised in aggregate ~US$ 18 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations, Data Centre and Private Credit. Kotak Alts also has a significant Investment Advisory business, and all asset management and Investment Each of these teams has significant industry and investment experience with strong deal origination and networking capabilities and a proven investment track record with demonstrated exits. The teams are known for their deal structuring capabilities, value creation and are among the few managers in India to have returned significant amount of capital and returns to our investors. Kotak is well versed in managing institutional capital and currently has several Sovereign Wealth Funds, Global Pension Funds, Insurance Companies and Development Finance Institutions as investors. Kotak Alts has consistently pioneered in identifying unique and differentiated investment opportunities in India and will continue to pursue this for the benefit of our Global LPs and domestic family office investors.