IDFC Asset Management
Company Ltd. was established in 2000 and is already one of the largest Mutual
Fund houses in India. In a relatively short span of time, it has developed a
robust network to deliver consistent value to its investors across
India.
IDFC AMC is among the few fund houses to get an ISO 9001:2000
certification for its entire range of customer service activities.
IDFC
and Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) have entered into a strategic
partnership in IDFC AMC. This partnership will give IDFC AMC the ability to
offer domestic investors access to international investment opportunities
through investment products managed by NGAM. Natixis Global Asset Management is
one of the largest asset managers in the world based on assets under management.
Natixis is the corporate, investment and financial services arm of BPCE,
the second-largest banking group in France with 22% of total bank deposits and
37 million clients spread over two networks, Banques Populaires and Caisses
d’Epargne.
Lineage
IDFC Limited is India’s
premier financial services institution focused on infrastructure. It was set up
in 1997 by the Government of India as a financier and catalyst for private
sector’s involvement in infrastructure development in India. IDFC has evolved
into a ’one stop shop’ for infrastructure finance in India, meeting the complex
and ambitious requirements of an expanding client base.
IDFC’s strategy
involves all parts of the value chain of infrastructure, providing a
differentiated value proposition to its clients. IDFC’s domain expertise in
infrastructure combined with product breadth – project financing, investment
banking and asset management enables it to provide creative solutions to its
clients. IDFC has strong relationships with the private sector and government
enabling it to provide objective advice and facilitate public-private
partnerships in infrastructure.