Overview
A. QIEF Management LLC (“we” or “QIEF”) is a limited liability company governed under the
laws of Mauritius. QIEF holds a CIS Manager and an Investment Adviser (Unrestricted) license
issued by Financial Services Commission, Mauritius under the Securities Act 2005 of Mauritius.
It is also registered as an Investment Advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission1 and as a Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) – Category I (non-investing FPI) with
Securities and Exchange Board of India.
QIEF began operations as a Delaware limited liability company in September 2004 but
migrated to Mauritius for operational convenience and reorganized itself as a Mauritius
limited liability company in May 2006. Our principal place of business is currently located in
Mauritius.
The principal owners of QIEF are Quantum India (Mauritius) Limited and Quantum Advisors
Private Limited. The principal owners of Quantum Advisors Private Limited are Ajit Dayal,
HWIC Asia Fund Class Q Shares (“HWIC Asia”) and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (FFHL).
The day-to-day operations of QIEF are managed by a team of experienced professionals.
Advisory Services
We currently provide discretionary investment advisory services to an India focused Equity
Private Fund (“Fund”) which is a Mauritius based Fund. We advise the Fund pursuant to the
objectives specified in the materials by which the Fund offers its ownership interests to the
investors. The board of directors of the Fund has the authority to determine that Fund’s
objectives, and to supervise the Fund’s investment and trading activities.
We also offer discretionary investment advisory services to institutional clients, which we
refer to herein collectively as our “Private Accounts”. We shall generally manage our Private
Accounts with either a focus on the Indian equity market (our “Equity-India Focused Private
Accounts”) through two strategies vis. (i) Q India Equity Value Strategy that follows a value
investment philosophy and employs
a bottom-up process for portfolio construction and (ii) Q
India Responsible Returns Strategy that is focused on investing in equity shares of companies
that have relatively better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices as measured
through our proprietary ESG scoring methodology or on the Indian fixed income securities
1 Registration of QIEF with the regulator does not imply any level of skill or training.
market (our “Fixed Income-India Focused Private Accounts”) through the Q India Sovereign
Focus Bond Strategy that is fixed income focused. Presently, we do not have any “Equity-
India Focused Private Accounts” or “Fixed Income-India Focused Private Accounts” as our
clients.
B. Our agreements with our clients state or shall state that we must make/ recommend
investments for the clients in line with the investment guidelines and restrictions, as
stipulated by them. These guidelines generally impose limits on the types of securities or
other instruments which the clients may invest in, the types of positions they may take, the
concentration of their investments by sector, industry, fund, country, class or otherwise, the
amount of leverage they may employ and the number or nature of short positions they may
take. In case of clients which are Funds, the Funds’ investors do not have the right to specify,
restrict, or influence the Funds’ investment objectives or any investment or trading decisions.
C. We do not participate in wrap fee programs.
D. Assets under Management
As of February 29, 2024, the Regulatory Assets under Management (“RAUM”) of the QIEF was
approximately USD 27 million for the Fund we advise on discretionary basis.
This brochure is a general summary of QIEF’s investment advisory services, fees and
compensation, and advisory practices and is not specific to any one client. Clients should
consult their agreements with QIEF for the specific terms and information applicable to their
relationship with QIEF.