ICICI Prudential – Corporate Credit Opportunities Fund


ICICI Prudential – Corporate Credit Opportunities Fund

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About ICICI Prudential – Corporate Credit Opportunities Fund

ICICI Prudential Corporate Credit Opportunities Fund – AIF II is a close-ended Category II alternative investment fund under the ICICI Prudential Debt Fund umbrella. Its mandate is to extend senior-secured, yield-enhancing private credit to Indian corporates through primary and secondary purchases of unlisted or privately placed NCDs. The strategy is sector-agnostic but currently emphasises promoter-backed operating companies and hold-cos with robust collateral packages.

Portfolio Stewardship Team

The scheme is run by ICICI Prudential AMC’s Private Credit desk, a group of longtenured ex-bankers and rating-agency professionals who sit within the AMC’s ₹50,000 cr alternatives platform. Risk, legal and operations functions operate under the AMC’s ISO-certified governance framework.

Investment Objective

Generate a 13–15 % gross IRR (₹) by creating a diversified pool of short- to mediumtenor (3-5 yr) senior-secured loans and NCDs, each structured with cash-flow escrows, amortising schedules and promoter guarantees where relevant.

Track Record to-date
Status Investee Tenor Current / Realised Yield*
Active Ramamandiram Agricultural Estate (Ramco) 36 m 12.83 %
T.S. Rajam Rubbers (TVS Group) 60 m 15.26 %
Sanmar Matrix Metals 42 m 13.28 %
Millennia Realtors (RMZ Group) 36 m 13.25 %
RV Consulting (Sagar Cements) 36 m 15.01 %
Artistery House (Apeejay Surendra) 40 m 13.80 %
Gold Plus Glass 40 m 14.57 %
Exited GMR Infra Projects 6 m 15.79 % real-ised
T.S. Rajam Rubbers (partial) 14 m 14.10 % real-ised

Yields are contractual or realised; future performance is not guaranteed.

Investment Strategy

  1. Structured Seniority – first-lien or pari-passu charge on operating assets; promoter guarantees wherever possible.
  2. Cash-Flow Discipline – monthly escrow sweeps; quarterly amortisation to accelerate principal recovery.
  3. Concentration Caps – single borrower exposure limited to ≤ 25 % of investable funds; target book 13–15 names for balance-sheet resilience.
  4. Event-Linked Upside – many deals include PUTs/step-ups at IPO, asset monetisation or rating upgrades (e.g., 50 bps coupon kicker post-construction top-ups).
  5. Active Monitoring – fortnightly borrower MIS, site visits, external forensic audits and trustee-monitored escrow accounts.

Investment Framework

“Yield with safeguards.” The fund prices each loan off three pillars—Promoter Character, Cash-flows, Collateral—and insists on contractual levers (PUTs, covenants, security top-ups) that protect principal while preserving attractive running coupons.
Risk Mitigation Framework

• Diversification – multi-promoter, multi-sector pool; no asset > 25 % of investable funds.

• No Leverage at Fund Level – the scheme itself does not borrow.

• Independent Valuation – 3rd-party twice a year; trustee oversight.

• Exit Visibility – each deal mapped to refinance, asset sale or coupon-driven amortisation within fund tenor.

Ideal Investor Profile

• Family offices & UHNWIs seeking double-digit INR yield with hard-asset collateral.

• Institutions allocating to private credit for duration-barbell and diversification.

• Global feeders requiring a SEBI-regulated, governance-heavy platform in India.

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