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JM Financial Asset Management Company is expanding its Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) platform with the launch of Rs 1,000 crore early-stage real estate fund to address the sector's financing gap. "Our objective is to build a comprehensive AIF ecosystem that supports India's next phase of enterprise growth. We are creating strategies that are thematic, real asset-?backed and focused on non-traditional opportunities," JM Financial Asset Management Ltd MD and CEO Amitabh Mohanty told PTI. The AIF platform will offer specialised pools of capital across credit, real estate and pre-IPO opportunities, he said. JM Financial has launched its early-stage real estate (RE) fund, which capitalises on the group's expertise and track record over more than a decade managing real estate credit, he said, adding that the fund aims to bridge the capital gap that traditional lenders are unable to address due to regulatory constraints. The fund aims to raise Rs 1,000 crore, with likely first close o
JM Group entities -- JM Financial, JM Financial Services and JM Financial Products -- have settled with markets regulator Sebi a case of alleged irregularities in managing public issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of Piramal Enterprises after paying Rs 3.92 crore. Additionally, JM Financial Ltd (JMFL) and JM Financial Services Ltd (JMFSL) disgorged illegal gains worth Rs 1.22 crore and Rs 1.33 crore, respectively, according to a settlement order passed by Sebi on September 19. Also, JM Financial has agreed to a voluntary three-month debarment from acting as a manager in any public issue of debt securities, effective from the date of the settlement order. Similarly, JMFSL will refrain from acting as a distributor in such issues for the same period, while JMPL has accepted a three-month ban on undertaking IPO financing activities. The case relates to public issues of NCDs during 2023. During the examination of one such public issue of NCDs of Piramal Enterprises, it was obser