WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund on May 14 announced the launch of their new fund offer (NFO) – WhiteOak Capital Special Opportunities Fund.
WhiteOak Capital Special Opportunities Fund is an open-ended equity scheme that will be following special situations theme. The NFO will open on May 15 and close on May 29, 2024.
WhiteOak Capital Special Opportunities Fund investment objective is to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing in opportunities presented by special situations such as corporate restructuring, including mergers and acquisitions; government policy and regulatory changes; technology-led disruption and innovation; new trends; new and emerging sectors; companies and sectors going through temporary unique challenges; and other similar instances. The scheme is benchmarked against S&P BSE 500 TRI Index.
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The fund will focus on being ahead of the curve i.e. identifying Special Situations well in advance and capitalizing on them before the market fully factors in the outcome.
It adopts a bottom-up approach of investing, carefully selecting stocks and maintaining a diversified portfolio within the theme, ensuring a balanced investment strategy, by focussing on specific news, events, incidence that can impact a particular stock, sector or economy.
The risk-reward profile makes this fund an attractive option for those who understand and are comfortable with the potential volatility.
Speaking on the new fund offer, Aashish Somaiyaa, CEO of WhiteOak Capital Asset Management Limited, said, “Winston Churchill once has said that ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’. While this principle is at the heart of our Special Opportunities Fund, there is more to it. The equity market has remained eventful in the past and is likely to be eventful in future as well. The key is to identify a situation in which stock’s current market price is significantly lower than its intrinsic (fair) value due to an unfavorable event or pessimism about new development.”
Ramesh Mantri, CIO of WhiteOak Capital Asset Management, said, “With this special opportunities fund, the purpose is to capitalize on opportunities arising from a unique situation such as opportunities or challenges faced by a company, sector, or economy which may create a temporary disruption in the price. Opportunities arises if a transient, easily fixed issue has a negative impact on the stock price or if the stock price has not completely reflected a positive development.”
In a scenario like this, bad news may cause the price of stocks to drop, and unfavorable opinions could make the market unpredictable, Mantri said.
The outcome is that the stock of the company starts trading below its intrinsic (fair) value in the short term and that creates a “Buying Opportunity” for Special Opportunities Fund”.
Dheeresh Pathak, Equity Fund Manager, White Oak Capital Asset Management, said, “WhiteOak Capital Special Opportunities Fund will follow a bottom up approach of stock selection reflecting no bias for sectors or market capitalization. The underlying theme necessitates contrarian bets on certain stocks/sectors going through special situations. The scheme endeavors to keep a High Active Share, which is one of the necessary ingredients for potential alpha generation.”
The fund will be managed by Dheeresh Pathak (Equity), Trupti Agrawal (Assistant Fund Manager – Equity), Piyush Baranwal (Debt).